Tony Valenti decides to take a closer look after the father of an associate at his law firm is mowed down in the middle of the street in a small Mississippi town—a hit and run the locals quickly pass off as an accident. When Tony discovers what Clay Fish was investigating at the time of his death—not to mention who was most likely behind the wheel—he realizes that Clay’s death was no accident. Clay isn’t the first person to die to protect a dark secret from the past—nor is he likely to be the last.
Tony partners with local County Attorney Harper Baudry to prosecute the case. The unlikely duo is up against violent, ruthless families that have reigned over their isolated fiefdom since Antebellum times. The big dogs in this corner of Mississippi don’t abide strangers poking into their affairs—especially not a cocky Yankee lawyer determined to go toe-to-toe with them both inside and outside the courtroom.
Tony’s resolve to take down the local power structure while delivering justice for Clay Fish puts him and those around him in the crosshairs of killers who know where all the bodies are buried—and who won’t think twice about feeding a few more to the alligators lurking in the local swamps. Will Tony recognize the peril he’s in before it catches up to him? Will he prove up to the task of delivering justice in a rigged game? It’s going to take every ounce of Tony’s legal wizardry to win in court, and all of his wiliness—plus a little luck—to escape Mississippi with his life.
