false 43993 20 Is there space in the overcrowded courtroom for one more writer of sharp, very suspenseful legal thrillers? Yes--if that writer is Greg Iles, who has proven in such varied efforts as <I>Black Cross</I>, <I>Mortal Fear</I>, and <I>Spandau Phoenix</I> that he knows how to squeeze the last drop of suspense out of all sorts of situations.<p> Iles immediately makes us feel both sympathy and empathy for his glossy hero, Penn Cage--a former ace Texas prosecutor turned suspense novelist whose sales are up there in the John Grisham Himalayan range.<p> Trying to cope with the recent death of his wife, Cage takes his 5-year-old daughter to Florida's Disney World, where the child sadly sees visions of her mother everywhere in the fantasy-filled environment. Wouldn't a trip to his parents' stately home in Natchez be more soothing for all concerned? Wrong, as it turns out--and before Cage can catch his breath, he's deeply involved in several dangerous matters. His father, a dedicated doctor, is being blackmailed for a past mistake in judgment, and a powerful judge (who just happens to be the father of Penn's high school sweetheart) has a nasty personal agenda of his own. Then there's the unsolved 1968 murder case of a black man, which Cage insists on reopening with the help of an attractive, ambitious newspaper publisher. <p> Iles does for Natchez what John Berendt did for Savannah in <I>Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil</I>, creating a gothic Southern landscape where elegance and depravity walk hand in hand. <I>--Dick Adler</I> 5951642 6 7 1999 The Quiet Game total:1112|5:347|4:497|3:236|2:27|1:5| 1112 4490 1491 107 4 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 23 19:28:28 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 19:28:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Tue Jan 08 15:43:16 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 15:43:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 19:00:57 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 19:19:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 14 20:47:09 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 20:53:52 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 06:15:30 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 06:37:11 -0700 2009
The Quiet Game has Penn Cage returning home after his wife's death to find peace and rest for himself and daughter. Instead, he finds his father's health failing due to a blackmail scheme and himself the target of an unidentifi...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Feb 24 15:16:34 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 15:19:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 10:49:44 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 11:04:50 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 11:47:03 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 11:59:40 -0700 2009 1
I did not particularly warm to the narrator, Penn Cage. His antagonist was corrupt former Judge Leo Marston; but he still can't shake his feeling of the daughter...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 26 18:38:51 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 19:14:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Mar 30 06:40:42 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 09:03:33 -0700 2009
The man apparently doesn’t realize that once you become a bestselling author, you should find a formula and stick to it.

That’s good news for his fans. I’ve read four of his novels so far and have enjoyed eac...more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 11:49:12 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 12:19:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Feb 04 13:04:53 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 13:05:00 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 18:41:16 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 18:46:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 07 16:36:09 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 19:13:45 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 16:36:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 23 09:33:49 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 09:35:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:05:40 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:17:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 12:44:10 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 12:46:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jul 16 19:45:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 19:49:08 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 13:41:37 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 14:24:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 03:21:10 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 11:17:46 -0800 2009