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“I've read it twice. I love Penn Cage!!”
Elise R wrote this review Monday, November 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Erin S said: 3 stars
Play Book Tag Shelf wrote this review Monday, November 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Penn Cage, former lawyer and current writer, is trying to help himself and his young daughter recover from the death of his wife. He moves back to his childhood home in Natchez, Mississippi where he becomes involved in trying to solve the thirty-year-old murder of a black Korean War veteran who was about to be promoted to a job previously only held by white men. Cage uncovers a conspiracy reaching all the way to the FBI.
For a "thriller," I didn't really find this book all that thrilling. There were some great parts, but there was also a lot of parts that dragged and didn't add much to the story. I will say that Iles accurately and unflinchingly portrayed a lot of the issues of racism that still exist today between the white and black populations in small, Southern towns. At least it is accurate based on my own knowledge from my time spent in a small, Southern town where racism can still be found between both populations. It was a good book, but I would have rather had a shorter book that omitted some of the other problems besides the murder investigation being thrown at the protagonist.
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“Good, distracting read.”
Laurie D wrote this review Sunday, October 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I'm enjoying it immensely. I fell in love with this author after reading Turning Angel.”
Laurel V wrote this review Saturday, September 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“My favorite of his Iles' books”
Random Reads wrote this review Wednesday, September 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I like all Greg Iles books - I can't put them down... if he could only write as fast as I read I'd be forever with a book in my hand.”
Susan L wrote this review Thursday, July 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I enjoyed this book. Iles maintained intrest through a combination of predictable and UNpredictible twists and turns. I could put down the book in the last hundred pages or so.”
Mike M wrote this review Saturday, July 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I'm reading this now based on a recommendation by Stephen King in "Entertainment Weekly" mag. I started with his book "Black Cross" but found it way too graphic in describing Holocaust concentration camps. Now, I'm Jewish so I'm fairly well-studied on the subject and felt that his descriptions were almost gratuitious. I rarely if ever put a book down and that's exactly what I did with that one. I'm sure he did his research, etc. I just found it unnecessaryily graphic. It's not like he couldn't have described the horrors without being so disgusting, which it was. Anyway...just not what I was looking for in a pleasant diversion from real life.
Rachel T wrote this review Tuesday, June 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This one, however, I am enjoying immensely. He delves right in to a civil rights murder, which seems to have deeper implications as an FBI cover-up. He is from the south, and he's depicting the town, Natchez, Mississippi, where he currently resides. It's not always painted in the most favorable light, so I wonder if he still lives there! Plus there's the added bonus of a love story (of course!), and strong sense of family.
I enjoy Stephen King's recs, and if you haven't read any of the books he enjoys, I suggest you take a gander. Go to ew.com and look him up! ”
“ The Quiet Game Greg Iles
Tenia F wrote this review Friday, June 12 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
4 stars
When Penn Cage, a Houston prosecutor turned famous author, takes his daughter Annie to his childhood home in Mississippi to help over come his wife's death of cancer, he finds that his father is hiding a desperate secret. In taking care of the blackmail threat, and talking to a newspaper reporter, Penn brings a 30 year old civil rights murder back in the press. There are people who don't want the truth to come out, even now. And Penn and his family may pay the ultimate price.”
