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Biloxi Strip: The Dixie Mafia: Blood, Profit, and Silence on the Gulf Coast, Part One
BILOXI STRIP
The Dixie Blood, Profit, and Silence on the Gulf Coast — Part One
Biloxi, 1977. Neon glows over the Gulf like a promise it never keeps.
Beneath it, the hustlers, thieves, gamblers, arsonists, and crooks of the Strip chase fast money through a world where loyalty is temporary and trouble is never far behind.
Joe Wexler, a restless wheelman with more talent than luck, drifts through the Gulf Coast underworld looking for his next score. Legendary burglar Ford Smith moves quietly through locked doors and dark hallways, always one job ahead of the law. Charles Roddington gambles with other people’s money and dangerous expectations. Jack Jones runs one of the Strip’s loudest nightclubs while trying to keep the chaos outside its doors. Deputy Lester Covington wears a badge, but the line between law and opportunity grows thinner every night.
Watching it all from the shadows is Bertrand Hume, a discreet financier whose influence seems to touch every corner of the coast’s underground economy.
As the summer grows hotter and the stakes climb higher, the criminals of the Biloxi Strip begin to sense that the loose world they know is changing. Old habits, new alliances, and quiet power struggles begin to reshape the Gulf Coast’s underworld—whether anyone is ready for it or not.
Perfect for fans of Don Winslow, Dennis Lehane, Elmore Leonard, and Southern noir filled with heat, ambition, and the dangerous promise of the Gulf Coast.
The Dixie Blood, Profit, and Silence on the Gulf Coast — Part One
Biloxi, 1977. Neon glows over the Gulf like a promise it never keeps.
Beneath it, the hustlers, thieves, gamblers, arsonists, and crooks of the Strip chase fast money through a world where loyalty is temporary and trouble is never far behind.
Joe Wexler, a restless wheelman with more talent than luck, drifts through the Gulf Coast underworld looking for his next score. Legendary burglar Ford Smith moves quietly through locked doors and dark hallways, always one job ahead of the law. Charles Roddington gambles with other people’s money and dangerous expectations. Jack Jones runs one of the Strip’s loudest nightclubs while trying to keep the chaos outside its doors. Deputy Lester Covington wears a badge, but the line between law and opportunity grows thinner every night.
Watching it all from the shadows is Bertrand Hume, a discreet financier whose influence seems to touch every corner of the coast’s underground economy.
As the summer grows hotter and the stakes climb higher, the criminals of the Biloxi Strip begin to sense that the loose world they know is changing. Old habits, new alliances, and quiet power struggles begin to reshape the Gulf Coast’s underworld—whether anyone is ready for it or not.
Perfect for fans of Don Winslow, Dennis Lehane, Elmore Leonard, and Southern noir filled with heat, ambition, and the dangerous promise of the Gulf Coast.
261 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 9, 2026
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