The Mississippi Gulf Coast was dotted with small towns along some twenty miles of beach. Redmann is a gay rights activist and works as the Director of Prevention at NO/AIDS Task Force. Darkness was perfect for the purpose of this. Redmann's third book The Intersection of Law and Desire won the Lambda Literary Award for lesbian mystery.

Her novels follow the tradition of hardboiled fiction. Main themes of Redmann's novels are the protagonist's troubled childhood and how it affects her adult life, discrimination based on sexual orientation and alcoholism. Jean Marie Redmann is an American novelist best known for her mystery series featuring New Orleans private investigator Micky Knight. Redmann is a gay rights activist and works as the Director of Prevention at NO/AIDS Task Force. Redmann is the author of a mystery series featuring New Orleans private detective Michele ‘Micky’ Knight. Redmann's third book The Intersection of Law and Desire won the Lambda Literary Award for lesbian mystery. Redmann was born in Mississippi and currently lives in New Orleans.-This text refers to the paperback edition. Her novels follow the tradition of hardboiled fiction. Redmann is the author of three other Micky Knight mysteries, most recently Intersection of Law and Desire, a San Francisco Chronicle Editor's Choice selection. Main themes of Redmann's novels are the protagonist's troubled childhood and how it affects her adult life, discrimination based on sexual orientation and alcoholism. Jean Reid, is an American novelist best known for her Micky Knight mystery series, which has won the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Mystery three times and been a finalist four times. Paraphrasing the great Raymond Chandler: Down these mean streets a woman must go who is not herself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. Since the 1990 debut of Death by the Riverside, she’s matured and become more insightful. Jean Marie Redmann is an American novelist best known for her mystery series featuring New Orleans private investigator Micky Knight. Micky has grown so much in the seven books Redmann has written about her.

Mississippi by J.M. Redmann