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Mississippi Vivian / Bill Crider and Clyde Wilson.

by Crider, Bill, 1941-

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Five Star, c2010.

Private investigators -- Texas -- Fiction.

Insurance crimes -- Fiction.

Mississippi -- Fiction.

9781594148743 (alk. paper)

1594148740 (alk. paper)

233 p. ; 23 cm.

"In 1970, Losgrove, Mississippi, wouldn’t seem to be a hotbed of crime. It’s a sleepy burg in which the Magnolia Café serves as the community center, and its proprietor, Mississippi Vivian, is the filter for all gossip and news. Ted Stephens, a Houston private eye, is working for National Insurance. The company suspects a worker’s disability scam with a dozen or so citizens--an inordinate number in such a small town--receiving payments. Stephens is a stranger and viewed with suspicion by the citizenry. His only ally is Vivian; she feeds Ted info and meatloaf. Both have a fixed price. Ted suspects a recent death may be related to the scam and thinks a cover-up is in place. Soon enough, Ted’s life is in danger, and another body turns up."--Booklist.

Mystery fiction.

Wilson, Clyde, 1923-2008.

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