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bobbieinok

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1. Learned about mob history of HotSprings in S. Shankman mystery He Was Her Man

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2020, 02:02 PM

Jul 2020

Like the other books of hers I've read, the story is weird and humorous.

I'd been to Hot Springs several times but had no idea it had been a major vacation spot for the mob.

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Hazel: an excerpt from 'The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Ho [View all] LiberalArkie Jul 2020 OP

Learned about mob history of HotSprings in S. Shankman mystery He Was Her Man bobbieinok Jul 2020 #1

An earlier mystery of hers is set in Tupelo MS, birthplace of Elvis bobbieinok Jul 2020 #2

Tupelo MS web page says there are many statues of Elvis, his childhood home bobbieinok Jul 2020 #4

Oh, yea. Kind of neutral ground between the Chicago Mob, New York Mob and the Dixie Mafia. LiberalArkie Jul 2020 #3