Great book! Amazing what you can get away with in prison.
Barbara B. (redhatter) reviewed Mississippi Mud : Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia on + 577 more book reviews
These were very dear friends of mine and I found the book well written, and suspenseful. I knew all the parties involved, even the person who put out the contract on the Sherry's. Edward Humes does an excellent job of portraying all the principals involved.
I don't agree with all the great ratings given to this book, but it was decent and entertaining.
From front cover:
"one of the most suspenseful and chilling crime books I've ever read"--Jonathan Kellerman
"with coverage of the shocking trial and conviction"
from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes"
From Back Cover:
"a story almost too unbelievable to be true. But it is...terrific"--Ann Rule
On a quiet September afternoon, Lynne Sposito learned that her parents, Vincent and Margaret Sherry, had been shot to death in their Biloxi, Mississippi, home. One of the city's most prominent couples--he served as Circuit Court judge and she was running for mayor--the Sherrys were mourned by a community. But for a stunned and grieving daughter, the nightmare was just beginning.
Racing to Biloxi for answers, Lynne found the police investigation in chaos. The only sure lead was that the Sherrys' murder somehow was connected to the Dixie Mafia, a predatory band of criminals who ran Biloxi's beachfront hub of sex, drugs, and sleaze known as The Strip. Lynne, armed with a savvy private eye--and a .357 magnum--set out to accomplish what the authorities could not or would not do: hunt down her parents' assassins and bring them to justice.
Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Humes delivers a shocking and bizarre tale set against a teeming underworld of merciless killers, ruthless con men, and venal politicians. MISSISSIPPI MUD portrays how one woman's steely obsession for the truth shook a city to its foundation--and nearly destroyed everything she loved.
"Reminiscent of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood....Read(s) as smoothly as a finely crafted suspense novel."--Joyce R. Slater, Chicago Tribune.
From front cover:
"one of the most suspenseful and chilling crime books I've ever read"--Jonathan Kellerman
"with coverage of the shocking trial and conviction"
from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes"
From Back Cover:
"a story almost too unbelievable to be true. But it is...terrific"--Ann Rule
On a quiet September afternoon, Lynne Sposito learned that her parents, Vincent and Margaret Sherry, had been shot to death in their Biloxi, Mississippi, home. One of the city's most prominent couples--he served as Circuit Court judge and she was running for mayor--the Sherrys were mourned by a community. But for a stunned and grieving daughter, the nightmare was just beginning.
Racing to Biloxi for answers, Lynne found the police investigation in chaos. The only sure lead was that the Sherrys' murder somehow was connected to the Dixie Mafia, a predatory band of criminals who ran Biloxi's beachfront hub of sex, drugs, and sleaze known as The Strip. Lynne, armed with a savvy private eye--and a .357 magnum--set out to accomplish what the authorities could not or would not do: hunt down her parents' assassins and bring them to justice.
Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Humes delivers a shocking and bizarre tale set against a teeming underworld of merciless killers, ruthless con men, and venal politicians. MISSISSIPPI MUD portrays how one woman's steely obsession for the truth shook a city to its foundation--and nearly destroyed everything she loved.
"Reminiscent of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood....Read(s) as smoothly as a finely crafted suspense novel."--Joyce R. Slater, Chicago Tribune.
