{"product_id":"dead-mans-testimony-james-dargan-9798233304668","title":"Dead Man's Testimony","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEAD MAN'S TESTIMONY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dixie Mafia: Blood, Profit, and Silence on the Gulf Coast - Part Four\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiloxi, 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bodies are piling up. The feds are circling. And silence is no longer enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a federal grand jury hands down sweeping RICO indictments against the Dixie Mob, the Gulf Coast underworld shifts from shadows to headlines overnight. Bertrand Hume is named-but not arrested. Joe Wexler walks free-for now. Nixon Charles remains untouched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the witness dies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside federal custody.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoisoned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalvin Mercer's incomplete testimony leaves just enough truth behind to threaten everything. Roddington is dead. Ford Smith has been \"corrected.\" Covington has fallen. The New Orleans family now holds leverage, and percentages are recalculated in quiet rooms far from the docks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mob survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs courtrooms replace gunfire and paper becomes deadlier than bullets, the Dixie Mafia faces its most dangerous evolution yet: not collapse-but absorption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause economies survive correction.\u003cbr\u003eEmpires survive war.\u003cbr\u003eMen do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDead Man's Testimony\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e is a brutal, slow-burn Southern crime thriller about power, leverage, and what happens when the system you built no longer belongs to you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Dargan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233304668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Danny Boy Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d","brand":"James Dargan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623637004543,"sku":"9798233304668","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-mans-testimony-james-dargan-9798233304668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}