000 01173nam a2200181 4500
010 _a2001044405
020 _a9780060083946
024 _a47705779
050 _aPS3562.E55
082 _a813.54
100 1 _aElmore Leonard
245 1 _aTishomingo Blues
260 _bHarperTorch
_c2002
300 _a400 pages
520 _aDaredevil Dennis Lenahan has brought his act to the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi -- diving off an eighty-foot ladder into nine feet of water for the amusement of gamblers, gangsters, and luscious belles. His riskiest feat, however, was witnessing a Dixie-style mob execution while atop his diving platform. Robert Taylor saw the hit also. A blues-loving Detroit hustler touring the Southland in a black Jaguar, Taylor's got his own secret agenda re the "Cornbread Cosa Nostra," and he wants Dennis in on the game. But there's a lot more in Robert Taylor's pocket than a photo of his lynched great-grandfather. And high-diver Dennis could be about to take a long, fatal fall -- right into a mess of hoop skirts, Civil War play-acting ... and more trouble than he ever dreamed possible.
650 _aMystery
999 _c6818
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