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In the Southern flame of Natchez, Mississippi, former prosecutor Penn Cage becomes mayor and faces a hidden danger: a casino gambling syndicate that secretly invites Las Vegas mobsters to pull the city into blood sport and crime. When a childhood friend provides evidence of these heinous dealings and is brutally murdered, Penn realizes the local authorities are compromised by the very money and power he must challenge.
Penn’s quest to unmask the perpetrators forces him into a solitary battle against corruption. With his family’s safety threatened, he must rely on loyal allies bound by kinship or honor to bring the hidden enemies to justice.
Set amid the river steamboats and the town’s re‑imagination, the novel explores themes of power, redemption, and the dark underbelly of gambling addiction intertwined with violent crime.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Crime Fiction/Criminal Underworld
Authors: Greg Iles
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