Mississippi Blood

A father on trial for murder. A son whose world is falling apart.

The No.1 New York Times bestselling final volume of the ground-breaking Natchez Burning Trilogy by Greg Iles.

He’ll risk everything for the darkest secrets in history

Former prosecutor Penn Cage sees his world collapsing around him. The woman he loves is gone and his father, Dr Tom Cage, is about to be tried for the murder of a former lover.

The Double Eagle group, a savage splinter cell of the KKK, will stop at nothing to ensure that Tom either takes the fall for their past deeds, or takes his secrets to an early grave.

Unable to trust anyone – not even his own mother – Penn battles to discover the secret history of both the Cage family and the South itself, risking the only thing he has left to gamble: his life.

“'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”

‘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

Greg Iles has spent most of his life in Natchez, Mississippi. His first novel, Spandau Phoenix, was the first of seventeen 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 has three children.

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