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This was my first book of Greg Iles. I loved almost every page from the very beginning. I'll say more about my choice of word "almost" later in my review. The main character, Penn Cage, was a likeable protagonist, down to earth, sympathetic and morally admirable. The reader is drawn to him from the start of the book when we learned that he is deeply grieving from the loss of his wife to cancer. He realizes the potential for failing to comfort his daughter who looks for her mother in the women that Penn encounters. Not far into the story line, Penn decides to move back to his childhood home in Natchez. His parents become interesting additions to the story line. His father Tom Page is the local doctor and his mother is a caring grandmother. It is in this idyllic homecoming that all begins to fall apart in Penn's life. He is asked by the mother and widow of a 30 year old murder victim to solve the murder. He is reluctant to get involved until he realizes the shoddy investigation of the crime and the possible connection the murder has to do with Penn's long time nemesis Judge Marston. The book rockets off into mysterious directions. His life is threatened, as well as the lives of his parents and young daughter. His childhood sweetheart and the daughter of Judge Marston suddenly pull him into conflicting situations and feelings. We're introduced to many interesting characters including the ghost of J. Edgar Hoover who may have been involved in the cover up of the 30 year old murder. I found myself wanting to spend more time each day in the pursuit of reading this book. I was distracted by the possibility that Penn was being seduced into reigniting his affair with his childhood sweetheart. I didn't like her and I didn't want Penn to like her either. These were my "almost" pages. I worried about Penn's moral compass which fortunately was never really compromised. The book ended satisfactorily with a few unexpected twists and turns. I knew from the onset that I had found a reliable mystery writer which is always a great treasure for me. I am now reading my second book by Greg Iles.


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Delighted to have read this book and be introduced to the character of Penn Cage by this wonderful author I didn't know before. As a constant reader, it is always a delight when you find a new author you didn't know but wished you had known them far earlier.
If you like stories that use historical facts, where the writer merges facts with fiction, you will enjoy this book. If you love a good crime-solving story, you will love this book. If you love it when a writer takes time to make sure there is good character development you will not be put off by the amount of pages this book has. If you love it when a writer is skilled enough to explain in detail the surroundings and the atmosphere in which the story is taking place, so good with the details that you can literally see it in your mind, you will love this book.
There were a few quotes that to me were worth sharing, just little things that can touch you. The suspense of what is going on, who committed the crime, why it was committed and all the other action and suspense was gripping. I had a hard time putting the book down since you just want to understand what's going on, I even had tears at the end it was so good.
If you don't like crime novels where law and justice etc. dashed with some conspiracy theory are the main themes of a book you probably won't like it.
WOW! I have read several of Greg Iles' books before this one and really enjoyed his writing, so I decided to give the Penn Cage series a try...I am so glad I did! This book had me captivated by the end of the first chapter. I couldn't put it down and ordered book #2 (Turning Angel) before I was even finished. I have a feeling I am going to fly through the rest of this series...excellent reading for the mystery/thriller/suspense lover.
What is it about Mississippi that creates such epic storytellers. I have an image of them staring off into the Delta with hundred yard stares, some dangling cigars from downturned mouths. There's been so many great writers raised there. And, now, we have another. I just finished book five of this series, and am starting his earlier work. I have entered a new version of Yoknapatawpha county, steeped in secrets and crimes, violence and passion, subplots and genealogies. Mind boggling in complexities. And I am hooked. It is rare when an author of fiction gets things so right that the true history of a time and place come alive. I think the reconstructed facts of history require fiction to tell the whole story. Within fictional characters, their aspirations, disappointments, failures, loves, secrets, I find the full human scope of history. We need storytellers for this. The best, Faulkner, Michener, Wolf, leave you with an understanding of a time and place that you cannot achieve another way. Occasionally, a non fiction book such as Gilbert King's, Devil in the Grove, can create a comprehensive history that will leave you with goosebumps, but Iles does it with enough suspense to keep you reading on late in the night. You won't be able to stop at one book.
A most poignant tale of racial and family catastrophe with all the aspects of a thriller! Superb characterization by Iles. He is truly one of the great writers of our day - and most likely of all times. The trauma and joys in all his books cross over all generations beginning from the beginning of time! Though this is the first in a stream of Penn Cage tales, all of which I have read, I just now have at last read the very first one. Iles has an amazing way of writing each of the Penn Cage books in such a way that one doesn't need to read them in order to follow the whole story because he deftly inserts previous needful facts in each subsequent tale. I inadvertently began with NATCHEZ BURNING, a book that deserves all and more of the accolades it received when it came out, and have just now come to the very first one, THE QUIET GAME. Iles is an amazing from the heart and life writer. I am happy to have all his books on my and on my shelf! His endings in each book have been perfect.
This was my first book of Greg Iles. I loved almost every page from the very beginning. I'll say more about my choice of word "almost" later in my review. The main character, Penn Cage, was a likeable protagonist, down to earth, sympathetic and morally admirable. The reader is drawn to him from the start of the book when we learned that he is deeply grieving from the loss of his wife to cancer. He realizes the potential for failing to comfort his daughter who looks for her mother in the women that Penn encounters. Not far into the story line, Penn decides to move back to his childhood home in Natchez. His parents become interesting additions to the story line. His father Tom Page is the local doctor and his mother is a caring grandmother. It is in this idyllic homecoming that all begins to fall apart in Penn's life. He is asked by the mother and widow of a 30 year old murder victim to solve the murder. He is reluctant to get involved until he realizes the shoddy investigation of the crime and the possible connection the murder has to do with Penn's long time nemesis Judge Marston. The book rockets off into mysterious directions. His life is threatened, as well as the lives of his parents and young daughter. His childhood sweetheart and the daughter of Judge Marston suddenly pull him into conflicting situations and feelings. We're introduced to many interesting characters including the ghost of J. Edgar Hoover who may have been involved in the cover up of the 30 year old murder. I found myself wanting to spend more time each day in the pursuit of reading this book. I was distracted by the possibility that Penn was being seduced into reigniting his affair with his childhood sweetheart. I didn't like her and I didn't want Penn to like her either. These were my "almost" pages. I worried about Penn's moral compass which fortunately was never really compromised. The book ended satisfactorily with a few unexpected twists and turns. I knew from the onset that I had found a reliable mystery writer which is always a great treasure for me. I am now reading my second book by Greg Iles.