The Princes of Shelby County - Murder in the Mississippi Delta, #2

Ember Prince is a dynamic, young local political candidate who has been accused of the brutal murder of a political rival and infamous playboy. It looks to be another messy situation in Memphis.

True crime journalist and former war correspondent, Marnie Gellhorn returns once again to the Bluff City to learn the details surrounding the crime. It's impossible to investigate Ember Prince without digging into her background, and that of her family, and their political legacy. For generations, the Princes of Shelby County have been in power, and have been major players. It hasn't all been triumphs and successes for the Prince family, there have also been scandals, tragedies and rumors of darker deeds, indeed. With the help of homicide detective, Rex Lester, Marnie Gellhorn will have to find the truth amongst a myriad of lies and deceptions.

It's more than a murder trial, it's a foray into lives and histories of six generations of women in the Prince family, forced into the shadows as the men build their empire, from the humblest of beginnings into one of the great American political dynasties, rivaling the Kennedys, the Bushes, and the Adams in their ascend towards the presidency. As the Cabot Lodge, Taft and Roosevelt dynasties fade into the past, with the Cuomo dynasty and Kennedy family fallen through scandal and tragedy, smaller, and more geographically local families emerge.

Only one family has what it takes to endure. Despite hardships, setbacks and discrimination, they continue to push thru the forefront, from Civil War to Civil Unrest, from the Great War, to the Great Depression, from Vietnam to the Gulf Wars, through the Reagan and Clinton eras to the present. Will the Prince family of Shelby County continue to survive thru scandal, corruption and now murder?