Mississippi blue 42

"Special Agent Rae Johnson grew up on football fields alongside her father, a national-championship-winning coach. Which is exactly why, fresh out of Quantico, she's sent down to Compson, Mississippi, to investigate the illicit money flowing into a bustling football program in the heart of the Delta...

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Main Author: Cranor, Eli, 1988- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Soho Crime, 2025.
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Summary:"Special Agent Rae Johnson grew up on football fields alongside her father, a national-championship-winning coach. Which is exactly why, fresh out of Quantico, she's sent down to Compson, Mississippi, to investigate the illicit money flowing into a bustling football program in the heart of the Delta. But two days into the assignment things take a dire turn when UCM's star quarterback is flung from the roof of a college bar, lands on a bag of money, and dies. Hoping to turn a routine fraud case into a career-defining bust, Rae ingratiates herself with the fans, coaches, players, and politicians who make up the university's complex social hierarchy. With rumors of corruption rustling through the kudzu vines, Rae soon realizes there's more to the game than what she'd learned as a child. And in order to win, she'll have to put all her father's lessons to the ultimate test. In the vein of Carl Hiaasen and Sue Grafton, Mississippi Blue 42 takes a hard and often hilarious look at the big-money world of college athletics. In Cranor's capable hands, football isn't just a game, it's a front-row seat to the great American show"--
Physical Description:372 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781641296977
1641296976
Author Notes:Eli Cranor is a nationally bestselling, Edgar Award-winning author who played quarterback at every level: peewee to professional. These days, he serves as Writer in Residence at Arkansas Tech, where he also lends his expertise to the university's football team. Eli's column, "Where I'm Writing From" appears weekly in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . His previous works include Don't Know Tough , Ozark Dogs , and Broiler . For exclusive content and monthly updates, subscribe to Eli's newsletter by visiting elicranor.com.