This month we are reading Mississippi Mud, by Seal Beach's own Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Humes.
On a quiet September afternoon, Lynne Sposito learned that her parents, Vincent and Margaret Sherry, had been shot to death in their Biloxi, Mississippi, home. One of the city's most prominent couples — he served as Circuit Court judge and she was running for mayor — the Sherrys were mourned by a community. But for a stunned and grieving daughter, the nightmare was just beginning.
Racing to Biloxi for answers, Lynne found the police investigation in chaos. The only sure lead was that the Sherrys murder somehow was connected to the Dixie Mafia, a predatory band of criminals who ran Biloxi's beachfront hub of sex, drugs, and sleaze known as The Strip. Lynne, armed with a savvy private eye—and a .357 Magnum—set out to accomplish what the authorities could not or would not do: hunt down her parents' assassins and bring them to justice.
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, Edward Humes' latest book is Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution (Harper Collins, May 2011). His other books include the PEN Award-winning No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year In the Life of Juvenile Court, the bestseller Mississippi Mud, and Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion and the Battle for America's Soul, now under development at HBO. Come to our book discussion and meet Edward Humes! Join us for an interesting evening.
