Daredevil Denis Lenahan has brought his act to the tishomingo lodge & casino in tunica, Mississippi - diving off an eighty foot ladder into nine feet of water for the amusement of gamblers, gangsters, and luscious belles. His riskiest feat, however, was witnessing a Dixie style mob execution while atop his diving platform. Robert Taylor saw the hit also. A blues loving Detroit hustler touring the southland in a black Jaguar, Taylor’s got his own secret agenda re the “cornbread cosa nostra” and he wants Dennis in on the game. But there’s a lot more in Robert Taylor’s pocket than a photo of his lynched great grandfather. And high diver Dennis could be about to take a long, fatal fall right into a mess of hoop skirts, civil war play acting, and more trouble than he ever dreamed possible.