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Summary: motion sickness
Review: This book has so many twists and turns that you may feel queasy at times. As my frist book by Illes, I was very impressed and look forward to reading some of his other works.
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Summary: What a disappointment
Review: A "thriller" like this depends on surprises--too bad this book had none. (Among other things, I knew exactly who the big "surprise" witness would be, and what evidence would be presented.) When you add in the flat characters, cliches, and overwrought emotions, this was a real dud. The Natchez setting was the only saving grace. .....
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Summary: Well-written and exciting, but...
Review: Recently widowed prosecutor-turned-novelist Penn Gage returns to his hometown of Natchez, MI seeking peace for himself and his young daughter. However, he finds his parents troubled by the aftermath of events from years ago, and becomes embroiled in the mystery of a 30-year-old racial murder and the subsequent cover-up. The web of secrecy includes episodes from his own past and extends into local power politics and even the upper echelons of the FBI. There is lots of action to keep you turning the pages, and as the political and legal maneuverings unfold, so do the characters' innermost secrets. However, the characterizations are clichéd, the plot fizzles out at the end, and I found it hard to feel much sympathy for a bereaved main character who places his daughter's life in danger to resolve unfinished business with his high school sweetheart.
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Summary: Re-Hash, but Satisfying
Review: This book definitely does not come up to the quality of Mortal Fear, Spandau Phoenix, or Black Cross, but it is a satisfying read. It reads slow, picks up steam towards the end, but some aspects of the plot tie up too neatly(and unrealistically). This book has enough to keep it interesting, but there is much that is a re-hash of many others in this genre.
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Summary: Quiet Game
Review: This book started out very slowly for me, but the tension quickly builds as the lead character, Penn Cage, tries to solve a 60's "civil rights" murder. The ending was very satisfying.
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Summary: Excellent legal thriller
Review: This is a brilliant thriller, full of threat and political intrgue, topped off with some great action and well drawn, likeable characters. Iles' writing is good, and creates a great atmosphere, and he writes about Natchez and the south very well indeed, capturing perfectly the issues and feelings of its people. relationships are handled well and realistically, dialogue is good. plot is strong and well structured, and moves at a good pace. its exciting, tense, suspenseful and thrilling. The ending is especially good. the final trial scene is one of the best i've come across...much praise goes to Greg Iles for this book. Ive read several of his books now, and this, along with Dead Sleep, is my favourite.
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Summary: Thanks a lot Mr. Iles
Review: Thanks a lot Mr. Iles.
It's because of you that I've done nothing productive for the past two days. It's because of you that I'm even more behind in my work now than ever. Did I have time for this? Nope, but once into your story, I couldn't put the damn thing down. Now that was a good read like I haven't had in quite some time.
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Summary: Enthralling
Review: This novel is a suspence thriller that belongs to the world of good general fiction. It is a richly drawn character study of not just the protagonist, but of all the surrounding characters. As in life, all characters struggle with the good and the bad within them, and the crime in question brings it out into the open. A successful district attorney, turned author, moves back home to Mississippi with his little daughter after the death of his wife. A man with a strong sense of right and wrong, and justice wherever it may lie, he takes on a 30-year old murder case of a black civil rights leader. He soon finds out that it is a murder nobody, save the victim's family, wants solved, and the people he is up against will stop at nothing. His inquiry soon brings him face to face with some of the most prominent people in his town and in the FBI. The stakes are too high to walk away or to play it safe. Of course it doesn't hurt that he can rely on a beautiful newspaper publisher to be his research staff.
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Summary: Another Home Run For Iles
Review: This is one of Greg Iles best. This is definitely one of those books you can't put down. The author writes in a first person style that allows the reader to associate well with the thoughts and action of the main character, Penn Cage. Cage is a assistant DA turned writer from Houston who returns to his hometown of Natchez, MS after the death of his wife. After his return the events come rapidly with unexpected twists and turns. And it doesn't let up. I like finding exciting new authors and I've surely found one in Greg Iles.
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Summary: Great characters, murder, racism, conspiracy are the stars
Review: Iles is a great storyteller: The Quiet Game is complex tale set in the "old" South of racism, greed, and old boys. The engaging hero, Penn Cage, a handsome, 38 year-old former DA and current bestselling author of legal thrillers, was born in Natchez but is not part of the old South. Cage, desolate after a long illness that took the life of his wife Sarah, decides to return home when he feels he cannot give his 4 year old daughter all the support she needs. In an interview with the beautiful editor of the local newspaper, Penn brings up a 30 year old unsolved murder of a civil rights activist. When it is included in the story, ghosts from that era are disturbed and Penn and his family are in danger. When his former high school girlfriend, Livy Marston, comes back home for a visit, old wounds and issues also surface. When Penn decides to investigate the 30 year-old murder, he discovers FBI files are sealed as a matter of national security, reports are missing or falsified and witnesses are in fear of their life if they cooperate. But Penn is persistent and the reader is treated to a fast paced thriller with murder, conspiracy, and many plot twists. What I liked the best about this book were the finely drawn characters. Penn Cage is an honest, intelligent, and appealing man and a loving father to his daughter and a son concerned about someone blackmailing his father. Caitlin, the newspaper editor is infatuated with Cage but is an equal partner is helping him solve the puzzle of the murder. Livy Marston, the former girlfriend is a puzzle, sometimes caring and other times conniving. You are never sure which one will win Penn's heart. There are several things that didnt ring true or slowed the plot a little: a philosophical debate on racism between Caitlin and Penn that did not advance the plot and a key clue that was offered to Penn earlier in the novel but which he did not pick up on til the end. Still, I was well entertained and will read more of Mr. Iles' works.
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