Ellen Mansoor Collier

Before Las Vegas, Galveston, Texas was called the “Sin City of the Southwest.” Real-life rival gangs fight over booze and bars during Prohibition in this soft-boiled Jazz Age mystery series. Inspired by actual events, places, and people, Collier’s series recreates Galveston’s gangster past during the 1920s, when bankers rubbed elbows with bootleggers and dirty cops made shady deals with gang leaders.