The empress file / (bk. 2 Kidd)
(Book)

"Previously published under the name John Camp."

A beautiful black activist wants Kidd to help her oust the "respectable'' people who are running the small Mississippi delta city of Longstreet, in the process lining their pockets. Kidd and friend/lover/burglar Luellen pose as arty tourists on a houseboat in a plan to flimflam the greedy gang and dig into their hidden bank accounts and stashes of diamonds, stamps, coins, etc. But the caper turns murderous as they run up against a sadistic chief of the department of "animal control.'' Playing the good guys off the bad, who are led by ditzy, dangerous Mayor Chenille Dessusdelit, Kidd and Luellen wonder if they'll escape with their skins, and the loot.