Greg Iles is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series. His novels have been made into films, translated into more than twenty languages, and published in more than thirty-five countries worldwide.
Praise for The Quiet Game
“The pace is frenetic, the fear and paranoia palpable, and the
characters heartbreakingly honest. Iles strikes not one false
note.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Would make James Lee Burke or even Pat Conroy proud. This is
storytelling at its absolute best, a tale of near-epic
status.”—Providence Sunday Journal
“The plot turns and twists with surprise after surprise...inventive
and satisfying. [Iles’s] mastery of the Southern setting rings with
the truth of his own experience.”—New Orleans Times-Picayune
“A definite page-turner...Extremely well-written...profound...wise
and disconcerting.”—The Daily Mississippian
“The plot twists and turns magnificently...A grand thriller with a
wonderful Southern seasoning.”—Orange County Register
“A don’t-touch-that-dial courtroom climax.”—Charlotte Observer
“When the final page of The Quiet Game is turned you feel a pang as
when good friends move away.”—Orlando Sentinel
“A superb legal-conspiracy thriller that brings the deep South to
life…an enthralling tale.”—Kirkus Reviews
Although it takes place in Natchez, Miss., and is flavored with the violence and seamy undertones of a Southern Gothic, this fourth thriller by Iles (Spandau Phoenix) owes just as much to a familiar parallel universe where wealthy male lawyers double as tragic heroes, women are invariably smart and attractive, and trials are by definition "high profile." After his wife's death, Penn Cage, a former Houston prosecutor and a bestselling suspense novelist, retreats to his parents' home in Natchez with his grieving young daughter. The healing process is interrupted when Cage learns that someone is blackmailing his father, a saintly family doctor who once made a lethal mistake. In tracing the source of his father's moral dilemma, Cage stumbles upon a trail of lies surrounding the unsolved murder of a black man in 1968. He determines to reopen the case, even though his antebellum hometown is smoldering with racial tension. With the assistance of Caitlin Masters, the attractive, smart and ambitious publisher of the local newspaper, Cage gradually uncovers an intricate conspiracy that reaches up to the highest levels of the FBI. Forced to confront powerful Judge Leo Marston, who nearly destroyed his father in pursuing an unrelated, unfounded malpractice accusation decades before, Cage must also face Marston's daughter, Livy, his old high school sweetheart, who tries to persuade Cage to let sleeping dogs lie. It is difficult at times to sympathize with Cage, who proselytizes about truth, justice and obligation, yet destroys evidence to protect his father and fails to properly shield his loved ones as he single-mindedly pursues the case. Still, this ably crafted, richly atmospheric legal thriller is engrossing, and readers will forgive Iles's protagonist a few shortcomings. Agent, Aaron Priest. Major ad/promo; 15-city author tour; British rights to Hodder Headline; audio rights to Recorded Books. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
Praise for The Quiet Game
"The pace is frenetic, the fear and paranoia palpable, and the
characters heartbreakingly honest. Iles strikes not one false
note."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Would make James Lee Burke or even Pat Conroy proud. This is
storytelling at its absolute best, a tale of near-epic
status."-Providence Sunday Journal
"The plot turns and twists with surprise after surprise...inventive
and satisfying. [Iles's] mastery of the Southern setting rings with
the truth of his own experience."-New Orleans
Times-Picayune
"A definite page-turner...Extremely well-written...profound...wise
and disconcerting."-The Daily Mississippian
"The plot twists and turns magnificently...A grand thriller with a
wonderful Southern seasoning."-Orange County Register
"A don't-touch-that-dial courtroom climax."-Charlotte
Observer
"When the final page of The Quiet Game is turned you feel a
pang as when good friends move away."-Orlando Sentinel
"A superb legal-conspiracy thriller that brings the deep South to
life...an enthralling tale."-Kirkus Reviews
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