A review by heyhawk
Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard

5.0

If you liked the show Justified but haven't read any Elmore Leonard, this is a good one to start with (it even has a passing reference to the Temple of the Cool and Beautiful JC, the church/drug house that got blown up by Boyd in the pilot (which was based on one of Leonard's short stories)).

A stunt diver witnesses a murder at his new gig, and is drawn into events that culminate in the "Dixie Mafia" battling some real gangsters from Detroit during a Civil War reenactment. All in Leonard's inimitable style. Southern noir at its finest.