Crossword Blues Author:Ace Atkins An ex-football pro, Nick's days are now as languid as the Big Easy itself - he teaches the History of Blues at Tulane and occasionally plays the harmonica at JoJo's Blues Bar in the French Quarter. But when a colleague disappears into the Mississippi Delta while researching 1930's blues legend Robert Johnson, Nick's life takes a tailspin. On t... more »he trail of the lost professor, Nick also delves into Johnson's mysterious death, and suddenlyh finds himself dealing with two baffling mysteries on his hands, each more convoluted than the mighty Mississippi.« less
If you are at all interested in blues music, New Orleans, Mississippi, or a good mystery with interesting characters, you would enjoy this book. (And the correct title is "Crossroad Blues" not Crossword Blues.)