"Luke Williamson thought that things were going just about according to plan: He and his partner owned a couple of river-boats and were making their mark on the run between St. Louis and New Orleans. Then the Mary Justice went down off Natchez. Williamson had lost not only the boat but his closest friend. The banks were getting ready to foreclose, the insurance company was looking for a way out of paying." "Mid-South Insurance went about things the right way: They hired Masey Baldridge to investigate the claim. Of course, they expected him to place the blame on the boat's pilot. But Baldridge had other ideas. He knew that something wasn't right, and he knew that he'd find out just what was wrong . . . as soon as he had another drink. The fact that shortly before Williamson had worn blue and Baldridge was nursing a wound received in a skirmish with Union troops near Selma made no difference to him." "The same couldn't be said for everyone along that stretch of the Mississippi."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved