Title: NASTINESS IN NATCHEZ
Review: TURNING ANGEL is one of Greg Iles' best books: full of rich detail, strong narrative, absorbing characters and some unexpected twists and turns.Penn Cage, the protagonist from THE QUIET GAME, is back home in Natchez. The town is thrown into a whirlwind when a beautiful and gifted 17 year old student, Kate Townsend, is found brutally murdered and raped. Penn finds that his long time friend, Dr. Drew Elliott, was having an affair with the girl and may be the prime suspect in her death.What appears to be a simple whodunit instead carousels into a provocative look at small city life; drug use and abuse; family betrayals and secrets; politics; racism; murder. There's lots of bodies that pile up and Penn must race against time to prove his friend's innocence.Iles lays all this out with some stunning in-depth looks at how the human psyche works; how the human spirit prevails; and how things aren't always as they seem.I found this one hard to put down and highly recommend it.
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