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false <![CDATA[Third Degree]]> 482639 16 From New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes his latest tour de force thriller -- an unforgettable plunge into a world of sex, violence, marital betrayal, medical malpractice, and Southern intrigue...all of which takes place in the span of one furious, terrifying day.In Third Degree, Greg Iles takes us to the idyllic town of Athens Point, Mississippi, to probe beneath the surface of the modern American marriage -- where the appearance of perfection conceals a soul-searing conflict of unnerving intensity and violent possibility. Packed with the storytelling brilliance and twisting suspense that mesmerized readers of True Evil, Turning Angel, and Blood Memory, Iles's newest novel delivers a powerful, revelatory reading experience.Laurel Shields, thirty-five and mother of two, awakens to find that her husband, Warren, a prominent local physician, is not in bed with her. Creeping out to the kitchen of their palatial home, she sees him through the doorway of his study, wildly pulling books from the shelves. Two weeks earlier, Warren and his partner were informed by the IRS that their medical practice was being audited; since then the stress on Dr. Shields has steadily ratcheted up.But Laurel has problems of her own. Quickly returning to the bedroom, she locks herself in the master bath, opens a home pregnancy testing kit, and fearfully tests herself. PREGNANT, announces the digital readout. Laurel closes her eyes as though absorbing news of a death, then quickly hides the evidence. She is not sure who the father is. Summoning all her strength, she walks into the kitchen to carry out the acting performance of her life.Later that morning, Laurel returns home and is surprised to find her husband's car still parked in the driveway. The house has a strange stillness to it. In the den, she finds Warren sitting on the sofa in the same clothes he wore the previous day. His face is pale and unshaven, his eyes hollow with fear. Then, in come the children, innocent of it all....So begins the most terrifying day in the history of a marriage, one that in less than five hours will make the Shields house the vortex of a nerve-wracking siege. While a nervous ring of armed men awaits its chance to storm the suburban home, inside the house the clock ticks down on exposure of Laurel's terrible secret. But she is not alone in her lies. Before the siege is through, this terrifying drama will pull in desperate characters from the town and drive Dr. Shields, his wife, and her lover to the very brink of sanity and survival.Rich with Southern atmosphere, and perceptively laced with the tacit deceptions and psychological cracks found in nearly all marriages, Third Degree delivers another knockout, page-turning read from Greg Iles, "the poster boy of southern gothic thrillers" (Kirkus Reviews), and proves again that Iles is today's unparalleled master of the suspense novel. 5951645 6 11 2007 Third Degree total:1076|5:195|4:376|3:359|2:109|1:37| 1076 3811 1456 207 2 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 12 05:21:05 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 05:30:30 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 20:48:28 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 14:35:24 -0700 2008 1
Laurel Shields’s day turns into a nightmare from the moment she got out of bed. First, an E.P.T. Pregnancy test turns out positive, her husband had never came to bed and seems frantic while trashing the great room. Obviously, he’s looking for som...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 04 08:13:23 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 29 14:21:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Jan 23 16:50:57 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 16:51:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 08 11:07:45 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 10:54:15 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 13:30:31 -0800 2007
The whole story takes place in one 24 hour time period.

Warren Shields discovers, through an anonymous tip, that his wife has been cheating on him. He cannot guess the identity of her lover so he takes her hostage until ei...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 26 13:10:43 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 13:24:54 -0700 2009
This is a book I grabbed in an airport because it was "returnable," the idea being that, if I read it, hung on to the receipt, and returned the book to that store or another in the chain, I would be able to get half the purchase price back. Money was tight at th...more...]]> 3 0 true true Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 07:55:17 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:30:00 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 07:56:54 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 08:01:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 09:56:34 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 06:47:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 14 13:50:51 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:50:48 -0700 2009
That being said, from a reader's point of view, I'm not sure how I felt about it. There was excitement, absolutely. When the family is held hostage, you can't help b...more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 18:20:16 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 18:25:17 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 07:13:36 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 07:20:47 -0800 2009
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When Lauren Shields discovers she is pregnant, she is not sure if it belongs to her husband (Warren) or her adulterer (Danny). Warren

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Laurel, special-ed teacher and wife of a doctor, lives in wealth and luxury with her husband and two kids. However, the book opens with the fact that Laurel has been having an affair and is pregnant. She does not...more...]]> 3 1 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 13:24:14 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 13:26:32 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 13:29:36 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 07:55:02 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 19 16:10:34 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 16:12:30 -0800 2007 4 1 false false Sun Dec 30 11:10:37 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 11:11:12 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=482639