Dennis Lenahan is a traveling high-dive artist making a living performing daredevil-esque dives into a miniscule water tank at mostly low-end hotel
s and resorts. His latest gig has him set for the rest of the summer at an Indian Hotel and Casino in rural Tunica, Mississippi. It's a place where remnants of the Old South are still going strong, even if new ideas and organizations have steadily infiltrated the territory. Unbeknownst to Dennis, the resort and its clientele, primarily consisting of traveling businessmen and middle-income vacationers, is heavily involved in the drug business run by the Dixie Mafia. It isn't long before Dennis learns how much involved the hotel really is when he accidentally witnesses a murder below his perch on his high dive platform. Warned to keep silent about what he's just seen, Dennis does his best to mind his own business, planning to wait it out.
s and resorts. His latest gig has him set for the rest of the summer at an Indian Hotel and Casino in rural Tunica, Mississippi. It's a place where remnants of the Old South are still going strong, even if new ideas and organizations have steadily infiltrated the territory. Unbeknownst to Dennis, the resort and its clientele, primarily consisting of traveling businessmen and middle-income vacationers, is heavily involved in the drug business run by the Dixie Mafia. It isn't long before Dennis learns how much involved the hotel really is when he accidentally witnesses a murder below his perch on his high dive platform. Warned to keep silent about what he's just seen, Dennis does his best to mind his own business, planning to wait it out. .
Things become even more complicated when a smooth-talking gangster from Detroit, Robert Taylor, befriends Dennis and gradually incorporates him into his masterplan for moving in on the Dixie Mafia's turf. Soon Dennis can't help but become involved in the proceedings as caught in the middle of the conflict, he has no choice but to play his part in the battle, one that takes on literal proportions when the rival gangs (all of the major players included) face off in a Civil War reenacment.
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Elmore Leonard doesn't know how to write an out-of-place sentence or bad line of dialogue. Effortlessly, his stories and characters elicit the sort of wise-guy demeanor and cool back-and-forths readers can't get enough of. His over 50 novels have him squarely established as one of the country's leading authors of crime fiction.
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