Greg Iles

Cemetery Road (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Don't miss the latest Natchez Burning novel, SOUTHERN MAN

Sometimes the price of justice is a good man's soul.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town.

An ambitious stand-alone thriller that is both an absorbing crime story and an in-depth exploration of grief, betrayal and corruption... Iles's latest calls to mind the late, great Southern novelist Pat Conroy. Like Conroy, Iles writes with passion, intensity and absolute commitment.

Washington Post

When Marshall McEwan left his Mississippi hometown at eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington, DC. But as the ascendancy of a chaotic administration lifts him from print fame to television stardom, Marshall discovers that his father is terminally ill, and he must return home to face the unfinished business of his past.

On arrival, he finds Bienville, Mississippi very much changed. His family's 150-year-old newspaper is failing; and Jet Talal, the love of his youth, has married into the family of Max Matheson, one of a dozen powerful patriarchs who rule the town through the exclusive Bienville Poker Club. To Marshall's surprise, the Poker Club has taken a town on the brink of extinction and offered it salvation, in the form of a billion-dollar Chinese paper mill. But on the verge of the deal being consummated, two murders rock Bienville to its core, threatening far more than the city's economic future.

An experienced journalist, Marshall has seen firsthand how the corrosive power of money and politics can sabotage investigations. Joining forces with his former loverwho through her husband has access to the secrets of the Poker ClubMarshall begins digging for the truth behind those murders. But he and Jet soon discover that the soil of Mississippi is a minefield where explosive secrets can destroy far more than injustice. The South is a land where everyone hides truths: of blood and children, of love and shame, of hate and murderof damnation and redemption. The Poker Club's secret reaches all the way to Washington, D.C., and could shake the foundations of the U.S. Senate. But by the time Marshall grasps the long-buried truth about his own history, he would give almost anything not to have to face it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062824639
• Artikelnr.: 55392921

Autorenporträt

Greg Iles has spent most of his life in Natchez, Mississippi. His first novel, Spandau Phoenix, was the first of many New York Times bestsellers. His Natchez Burning trilogy continued the story of Penn Cage, the protagonist of The Quiet Game, Turning Angel, and #1 New York Times bestseller The Devil's Punchbowl. Iles's novels have been made into films and published in more than thirty-five countries. He is a member of the lit-rock group The Rock Bottom Remainders, lives in Natchez with his wife, and his three children.

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'Pure reading pleasure. This guy knows the deep south as well or better than any other novelist' Stephen King

'An ambitious stand-alone thriller that is both an absorbing crime story and an in-depth exploration of grief, betrayal and corruption ... Iles's latest calls to mind the late, great Southern novelist Pat Conroy. Like Conroy, Iles writes with passion, intensity and absolute commitment' Washington Post

Praise for Mississippi Blood:

'Exceptional ... literary crime fiction at its finest - fluent, intelligent, high-octane and yet with deep moral purpose ... Unputdownable' The Times

'A cracking courtroom drama ... a compelling read' Sun

'Epic ... operatic in its reach ... with courtroom drama that is far more blistering than the John Grisham variety' Financial Times

Praise for Greg Iles:

"The thriller of the year, of the decade even' The Times

'Iles is a phenomenal thriller writer' Independent on Sunday

'His thrillers grip from start to finish' Sunday Telegraph

'Terrific, engrossing' Sunday Times

'A tale that is both riveting in detail and amazing in its sheer scope' Sun

'Exciting, moving and inspirational' Metro

'Often seen as a John Grisham imitator, Iles clearly outperforms the master of the Deep South thriller in this angry yet engrossing novel' Sunday Times

'Extraordinarily entertaining and fiendishly suspenseful. I defy you to start it and find a way to put it down ...This is an amazing work of popular fiction' STEPHEN KING

'A scorching read' John Grisham

'An incredible web of intrigue and suspense' Clive Cussler

'My favourite kind of novel ... Ambitious in its scope and superbly satisfying in its execution' Dan Brown