{"product_id":"mississippi-blue-42","title":"Mississippi Blue 42","description":"\u003cb\u003eFormer quarterback turned Edgar-winning author Eli Cranor throws a glorious game winner in this series debut starring a rookie FBI agent who finds herself caught in the tangled web of a college football empire—and the bloody greed that fuels it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Former college quarterback Eli Cranor scores big with \u003ci\u003eMississippi Blue 42\u003c\/i\u003e, a fun, provocative crime novel that takes aim at the heart of the American game.”—Michael Koryta, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAn Honest Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Agent Rae Johnson grew up on football fields alongside her father, a national-championship-winning coach. Which is exactly why, fresh out of Quantico, she’s sent down to Compson, Mississippi, to investigate the illicit money flowing into a bustling football program in the heart of the Delta. But two days into the assignment things take a dire turn when the university’s star quarterback is flung from the roof of a college bar, lands on a bag of money, and dies. With rumors of corruption rustling through the kudzu vines, Rae realizes there’s more to the game than what she’d learned as a child. And in order to win, she’ll have to put all her father’s lessons to the ultimate test.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the vein of Carl Hiaasen and Sue Grafton, \u003ci\u003eMississippi Blue 42\u003c\/i\u003e takes a hard and often hilarious look at the big-money world of college athletics. In Cranor’s capable hands, football isn’t just a game—it’s a front-row seat to the great American show.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57505014088053,"sku":"9781641298346","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/mississippi-blue-42","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}