{"product_id":"mississippi-blue-42-9781641298346","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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641298346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Eli Cranor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801243807925,"sku":"9781641298346","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mississippi-blue-42-9781641298346","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}