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Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy in 1980s Mississippi, The Queen City Detective Agency is a riveting, razor-sharp Southern noir that unravels the greed, corruption, and racism at the heart of the American Dream.Meridian, Mississippi—once known as the Queen City for its status in the state—has lost much of its royal bearing by 1985. Overshadowed by more prosperous cities such as New Orle...

Houghton Forster, figlio di immigrati britannici giunti negli Stati Uniti nella seconda metà dell’Ottocento, è sempre stato ambizioso e dotato di fiuto per gli affari, fin dai tempi in cui era un semplice ragazzino di Batesville, Mississippi, e lavorava dodici ore al giorno nell’emporio del padre. Quando si innamora della figlia di un ricco armatore di New Orleans, quella Annabelle Teague che contro ogni sensata previsione diventerà sua moglie, Houghton sta già studiando la ricetta di una ...

""The House of Forster is built on bubbles; watching each wealth-addled generation try not to blow the family fortune and/or disgrace its name provides not only excellent Southern Gothic fun but a panoramic tour of the American Century.""— Jonathan Dee, author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The PrivilegesThe story of a family.The story of an empire.The story of a nation.Moving from Mississippi to Paris to New York and back ag...

Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspiracy in 1980s Mississippi, The Queen City Detective Agency is a riveting, razor-sharp Southern noir that unravels the greed, corruption, and racism at the heart of the American Dream.Meridian, Mississippi—once known as the Queen City for its status in the state—has lost much of its royal bearing by 1985. Overshadowed by more prosperous cities such as New Orle...