02823cam a2200301 4500 1600945303 TxAuBib 20240919120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063386037 0063386038 ed19dd5c-6e29-42a9-bca5-e524caa19fd0 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10130516 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wright, Snowden. The Queen City Detective Agency [Libby] : A Novel. HarperAudio, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 291MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 291MB. Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML:<p><strong>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.</strong></p> <p>Meridian, Mississippi—once known as the Queen City for its status in the state—has 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 city's powerbrokers, wealthy white Southerners clinging to their privilege, resent any attempt at change to the old order.</p> <p>Real-estate developer Randall Hubbard took advantage of Meridian's economic decline by opening strip malls that catered to low-income families in Black neighborhoods—until he wound up at the business end of a .38 Special. Then a Dixie Mafia affiliate named Lewis "Turnip" Coogan, who claims Hubbard's wife hired him for the hit, dies under suspicious circumstances while in custody for the murder.</p> <p>Ex-cop turned private investigator Clementine Baldwin is hired by Coogan's bereaved mother to find her son's killer. A woman struggling with her own history growing up in Mississippi, Clem braves the Queen City's 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 ends—and will kill anyone who threatens to reveal their secrets.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-09-18 20:00:03. Small, Shayna. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ed19dd5c-6e29-42a9-bca5-e524caa19fd0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ed19dd5c-6e29-42a9-bca5-e524caa19fd0&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)