Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans

This book, with its captivating narrative, transports readers back to the early 20th century, recounting the extraordinary thirty-year war that engulfed New Orleans. This epic conflict pitted the city’s elite “better half” against its formidable underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. At the heart of this battle was Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city’s Storyville vice district. Determined to preserve his empire, Anderson faced relentless onslaughts from various factions. Surrounding him were a diverse cast of characters, including flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers, dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, venal politicians, and an exceptionally violent serial killer. 

This book goes into the absurd complexities and nature of this NOLA during the century.