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"The big city has no lock on misery in these 16 portraits of dark doings in the Deep South."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Mississippi, as Franklin notes in his introduction, has the most corrupt government, the highest rate of various preventable ills, and the highest poverty rate in the country. In short, the state is a natural backdrop for noir fiction. The 16 stories...emerge from a cauldron of sex, race, ignorance, poverty, bigotry, misunderstanding, and sheer misfortune."
--Publishers Weekly
"With the most corrupt government, the highest rate of preventable diseases, and the highest poverty rate in the country, Mississippi is a natural fit for Akashic's noir anthology series."
--Publishers Weekly , Fall 2016 Announcements
"Ace Atkins. Michael Farris Smith. Megan Abbott. Jack Pendarvis. Mary Miller. William Boyle. All your favorite writers are there in the latest noir anthology from Akashic Books, many of them...
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Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies...Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographic area of the book. -- Publisher's website.
### Amazon.com Review *Mississippi Blues* is a uniquely twisted vision of a postapocalyptic future in which nanotechnology is just the most recent rung humanity has climbed in its techno-evolution. Goonan's story features a wild ride down the Mississippi to "Norleans," propelled by a nanoplague tha
**The final installment in the epic** Natchez Burning **trilogy by #1** New York Times **Bestselling Author Greg Iles** **"**Natchez Burning **is extraordinarily entertaining and fiendishly suspenseful. I defy you to start it and find a way to put it down; as long as it is, I wished it were lon
**The final installment in the epic Natchez Burning trilogy by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Greg Iles** **"Natchez Burning is extraordinarily entertaining and fiendishly suspenseful. I defy you to start it and find a way to put it down; as long as it is, I wished it were longer. . . . This
**The final installment in the epic Natchez Burning trilogy by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Greg Iles** **"Natchez Burning is extraordinarily entertaining and fiendishly suspenseful. I defy you to start it and find a way to put it down; as long as it is, I wished it were longer. . . . This