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Summary: the quiet game of a screaming talent
Review: This is my first Greg Iles novel and I would have to say it BLEW ME AWAY. Greg Iles is one the most versatile authors I know; he writes about Nazi, cybersex, art, etc... THE QUIET GAME leaves me breathless. Read it! Iles tops the likes of even Grisham.
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Summary: THE NOT QUIET REVIEW
Review: THE QUIET GAME IS THE FIRST ILES BOOK I HAVE READ. IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST. SURE, THE PLOT IS FORMULAIC SOUTHERN POTBOILER A LA GRISHAM; HOWEVER GREG ILES DOES A SUPERB JOB OF FORCING HIS READERS TO TAKE SIDES. AS A NORTHERNER OF A SOMEWHAT LIBERAL BENT, IT WAS EASY TO DESPISE THE RAY PRESLEYS, AND LEO MARSTONS OF GREG ILES' WORLD AND APPRECIATE THE VALOR AND HONOR OF THE CAGES AND CAITLIN MASTERS ILK. [...] THIS NOVEL SUCCEEDS BECAUSE THE AUTHOR DOES A SUPERB JOB OF MAKING THE READER TAKE SIDES EARLY ON. WE KNOW THAT GOOD WILL SUCCEED IN THE END AS MOST THRILLERS DO. ILES KEEPS HIS READERS ON THEIR TOES BY SLOWLY EXPOSING THE MAIN PLOT WHICH IS THE REASON FOR THE BOOK'S TITLE. THERE ARE MANY GOOD AND MANY MORE POOR LEGAL/ COURT NOVELS FLOODING THE LITERARY MARKET. IF YOU ARE INTO THIS GENRE, THE QUIET GAME SHOULD BE A MUST READ. AT 560 PAGES, YOU WILL BE NEGLECTING OTHER DUTIES AS YOU DEVOUR THIS BOOK.
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Summary: Without a doubt, the BEST legal-thriller I have read
Review: While I will always look forward to the day when Greg Iles returns to his literary roots by writing more historical fiction, I must admit that 'The Quiet Game' took me totally by surprise. I always thought in order to author world-class legal-thrillers, you had to be either a practicing attorney, or a former lawyer at LEAST...Greg Iles certainly puts that theory to rest. Simply put, 'The Quiet Game' caught me quite literally from the opening pages and held me captive to the very end. Penn Cage, a former attorney-turned-successful author is returning back to his home of Natchez, Mississippi after the death of his wife, partly for himself, and partly for his daughter who could use the sight of her loving Grandparents to keep her mind off Mommy. This visit will be nothing like Penn had in mind, and everything that Penn never wanted. Within just a couple days, an interview in the local paper takes on a life of its own, and someone makes an attempt on his life. But this is far from the ONLY problem that Penn has at this moment. He is also working on a problem that is slowly ruining his Father, and by itself could possibly damage beyond repair, his own career. All of this is set around minor sub-plots that Iles manages to treat like major ones, all without sacrificing the main storyline. Is Race relations still a problem in Natchez? Who benefits from digging up a long-lost racial killing in 1968, and who wants it buried forever? The answers may surprise you in this incredibly original and always entertaining story. All at once, Greg Iles manages to place this story in league with every major Legal-Thriller author in print, and better than most of them, too. If you find Grisham to be the leader of these types of books, I invite you to discover the story that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Grisham IS amazingly over-rated. If you like this particular genre, then find out for yourself why Greg Iles is one of THE greatest thriller authors writing today, and 'The Quiet Game' really shows this Gifted Storyteller at the top of his form. Do yourself one incredible favor: Give this a shot and totally ignore the negative reviews. It is quite literally a book to savor and put aside to re-read in the near future. The plot is explosive and amazingly complicated without getting lost or impossible to follow. You'll find characters that are as flawed as anyone and more than 2-dimensional, too--in short, you will find yourself wondering more than once whether or not this story is fiction or is Greg Iles drawing upon some secret never-before-heard nasty story from his hometown...? All in all, this story is without a doubt, the BEST legal-thriller I have ever read, and I have read them ALL. I hate to raise expectations so much that it may be impossible for this book to live up to, but for ME, I can honestly say that it gave me one incredibly amazing ride of emotions for the 4 days it took me to finish (which is lightning fast for a guy like me). Not just good, but absolutely fantastic. I now look less forward to Greg returning to Historical Fiction as in his first two novels, and more towards another venture into the murder/mystery/legal arena that he has come to succeed in as well as ANYONE.
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Summary: Great Summer Reading
Review: I'm an avid reader and I loved this book but then I love Natchez. The fact that Iles is the son of a Doctor from Natchez just makes the book that much more interesting. If you enjoy John Grisham's books and you like novels about the south, then you will like this book.
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: If you like mysteries, and if you like the South, then you'll love this book. I couldn't put it down! I wish that the author would write more books like this (the next book by Greg Iles, "24 Hours", was not nearly as good). I loaned this book to my boyfriend and he loved it too. Yes, there were some "farfetched" plot points, but for sheer entertainment, this book is just the ticket.
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Summary: The Quiet Game
Review: I read extensively and this book is one of the best I have ever seen. Very well written and a good story line. A pleasure from the front to the end.
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Summary: Great storytelling.
Review: Even though he's a popular author with a huge following and plenty of security, former Houston prosecutor Penn Cage is a haunted man. He's just lost his wife after a lengthy battle with cancer; he's being stalked by the brother of a man he successfully prosecuted and sent to death; and his young daughter sees her dead mother everywhere. After a particularly heart-wrenching experience at Disney World, he scoops his daughter into his arms and heads for the only place where he can find peace: HOME. Home is Natchez, Mississippi. Home is where his father, sixty-six year old Dr. Tom Cage, is still practicing down home medicine, complete with house calls and no HMO's. "My parents started life with nothing, and in a single generation, though hard work and sacrifice, lived what was once unapologetically called the American Dream." Home is where his mother longs to help her son and her granddaughter heal. Peggy Cage is "...a girl who made the social journey from the 4-H Club to the Garden Club without forgetting her roots. She could take tea with royalty and commit no faux pas, yet just as easily twist the head off a banty hen, boil the bristles off a hog, or kill an angry copperhead." Home is where the Cage's beloved family maid, Ruby Flowers, waits: "Ruby Flowers came to work for us in 1963 and, except for one life-threatening illness, never missed a single workday until arthritis forced her to slow down thirty years later." Home is where Cage and Annie can find peace and recover from their loss. Or is it? "Natchez is unlike any place in America, existing almost outside time.....In some ways it isn't part of Mississippi at all....Natchez exists in a ripple of time that somehow eludes the homogenizing influence of the present." Upon his arrival at the Cage home, Penn immediately suspects that something is seriously wrong. His father has been cashing in large CD's and cannot account for the money's whereabouts. When Penn finally figures out the reason, his determination to clear his father's name leads him into a hornet's nest of deceit, greed, and a 30-year old murder case. Before the 559-page book ends, no one escapes unscathed. Penn's parents must relive a particularly difficult time in their lives. Penn's values and judgment are challenged to the extreme. He also has to deal with Olivia Marston, his long lost love and the unanswered questions surrounding his feelings for her. And, at the core of this story lies the underbelly of Natchez' racial history which is exposed in the most unflattering way possible. The local police and the FBI enter the fray, making for a hair-raising, spine-tingling, thought-provoking read that doesn't let up from the first page until the last. This was my first Greg Iles book, but I can promise you, it won't be my last. Iles has a gift for suspense, introspection and characterization like no other writer around today. He's been compared to John Grisham, but I think he's in a league of his own. He's a young man and THE QUIET GAME is only his 4th novel. With any luck, we'll be hearing about Greg Iles for years to come.
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Summary: Quiet the book
Review: I enjoyed this story from start to finish. The writing was 'atmospheric' and engrossing. I don't know why they compare Iles to Grisham, I don't think Grisham has enough action in his stories. My only complaint is the trial.. I think this could have been settled better without it. However, an excellent story by a new author. If you like Nelson DeMille and James Lee Burke you will like this story. I will definately read more of Greg Iles.
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Summary: Um ... are we all reading the same book?
Review: "The Quiet Game" is one of those books where after the first 90 or so pages the reader knows about 90% of what is going to happen and can guess the other ten percent. I find it hard to believe that many of my fellow reviewers and I were reading the same novel, because I do not see where the raves come in. Ooh, a racial murder in Mississippi that no one wants solved--what an original plot! Then you have Penn Cage, the hot-shot prosecutor turned bestselling novelist, whose beautiful young wife recently died of cancer leaving behind the obligatory adorable four-year-old daughter (insert "aww" here). Mr. Iles then drags out every conceivable Southern stereotype, including black, white, rich, poor, carpetbagger, you name it. Then to top it all off, we have Caitlin Masters, the beautiful Northern-raised daughter of a newspaper magnate slumming as the publisher of the Natchez, MS newspaper, desperately trying to prove herself to Daddy and tempting the saintly widower Penn at the same time (plus his little girl loves her!). This book has the excitement of a snail race and the depth of a melted snowflake. John Grisham did it (a little) better in "A Time To Kill," so save your money on this one.
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Summary: EXCELLENT!!!!
Review: The Quiet Game is my very first murder mystery novel and I have to say I am totally glad that I brought it!!!! Country boy/lawyer/author goes back home after the lost of his wife to find out that the life back home isn't the same and that they are still living in the past, but a past that is cover with nothing but lies for a murder that he could have written about in one of his best selling novels!! The story line of this book pulled me in so much so that I thought I was Penn Cage and I found myself trying to protect his family while trying to solve a murder at the same time. But this book also showed how racial tension can still get in the way of the truth as well as when it is use to someones advantage. All I have to say is, this is a excellent book and it made me go out and buy another one of Greg Iles books....."Mortal Fear"!
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