02131cam a2200373 i 4500 608548730 TxAuBib 20221104120000.0 220516s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022942560 9780385548922 0385548923 (OCoLC)1322177532 TxAuBib rda Grisham, John, author. The boys from Biloxi / John Grisham. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2022] ©2022. 454 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, and drugs to contract killings. The vice was controlled by small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be members of the Dixie Mafia. Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the sixties and were childhood friends, as well as Little League all-stars. But as teenagers, their lives took them in different directions. Keith's father became a legendary prosecutor, determined to "clean up the Coast." Hugh's father became the "Boss" of Biloxi's criminal underground. Keith went to law school and followed in his father's footsteps. Hugh preferred the nightlife and worked in his father's clubs. The two families were headed for a showdown, one that would happen in a courtroom. Life itself hangs in the balance in The Boys from Biloxi, a sweeping saga rich with history and with a large cast of unforgettable characters. 20221104. BPL: David Winn Bishop and Isabel MacPherson Bishop Memorial Fund. Organized crime Fiction. Mafia Fiction. Male friendship Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Legal fiction (Literature.) Novels. TXLVP