Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy in 1980s Mississippi, The Queen City Detective Agency is a riveting, razor-sharp Southern noir that unravels the greed, corruption, and racism at the heart of the American Dream.
Meridian, Mississippionce known as the Queen City for its status in the statehas lost much of its royal bearing by 1985. Overshadowed by more prosperous cities such as New Orleans and Atlanta, Meridian attracts less-than-legitimate businesses, including those enforced by the near-mythical Dixie Mafia. The citys powerbrokers, wealthy white Southerners clinging to their privilege, resent any attempt at change to the old order.
Real-estate developer Randall Hubbard took advantage of Meridians economic decline by opening strip malls that catered to low-income families in Black neighborhoodsuntil he wound up at the business end of a .38 Special. Then a Dixie Mafia affiliate named Lewis Turnip Coogan, who claims Hubbards wife hired him for the hit, dies under suspicious circumstances while in custody for the murder.
Ex-cop turned private investigator Clementine Baldwin is hired by Coogans bereaved mother to find her sons killer. A woman struggling with her own history growing up in Mississippi, Clem braves the Queen Citys corridors of crime as she digs into the case, opening wounds long forgotten. She soon finds herself in the crosshairs of powerful and dangerous people who manipulate the law for their own endsand will kill anyone who threatens to reveal their secrets.
Genre: Mystery
Meridian, Mississippionce known as the Queen City for its status in the statehas lost much of its royal bearing by 1985. Overshadowed by more prosperous cities such as New Orleans and Atlanta, Meridian attracts less-than-legitimate businesses, including those enforced by the near-mythical Dixie Mafia. The citys powerbrokers, wealthy white Southerners clinging to their privilege, resent any attempt at change to the old order.
Real-estate developer Randall Hubbard took advantage of Meridians economic decline by opening strip malls that catered to low-income families in Black neighborhoodsuntil he wound up at the business end of a .38 Special. Then a Dixie Mafia affiliate named Lewis Turnip Coogan, who claims Hubbards wife hired him for the hit, dies under suspicious circumstances while in custody for the murder.
Ex-cop turned private investigator Clementine Baldwin is hired by Coogans bereaved mother to find her sons killer. A woman struggling with her own history growing up in Mississippi, Clem braves the Queen Citys corridors of crime as she digs into the case, opening wounds long forgotten. She soon finds herself in the crosshairs of powerful and dangerous people who manipulate the law for their own endsand will kill anyone who threatens to reveal their secrets.
Genre: Mystery
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