The Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel Feature
- ISBN13: 9781416524557
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
The Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel Overview
From New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes his most electrifying thriller yet. The Devil's Punchbowl reveals a world of depravity, sex, violence, and the corruption of a Southern town.
As a prosecuting attorney in Houston, Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. But it is as mayor of his hometown -- Natchez, Mississippi -- that Penn will face his most dangerous threat. Urged by old friends to try to restore this fading jewel of the Old South, Penn has ridden into office on a tide of support for change. But in its quest for new jobs and fresh money, Natchez, like other Mississippi towns, has turned to casino gambling, and now five fantastical steamboats float on the river beside the old slave market at Natchez like props from Gone With the Wind.
But one boat isn't like the others.
Rumor has it that the Magnolia Queen has found a way to pull the big players from Las Vegas to its Mississippi backwater. And with them -- on sleek private jets that slip in and out of town like whispers in the night -- come pro football players, rap stars, and international gamblers, all sharing an unquenchable taste for one thing: blood sport -- and the dark vices that go with it. When a childhood friend of Penn's who brings him evidence of these crimes is brutally murdered, the full weight of Penn's failure to protect his city hits home. So begins his quest to find the men responsible. But it's a hunt he begins alone, for the local authorities have been corrupted by the money and power of his hidden enemy. With his family's lives at stake, Penn realizes his only allies in his one-man war are those bound to him by blood or honor:
Caitlin Masters, the lover Penn found in The Quiet Can Game and lost in Turning Angel Danny McDavitt, the heroic helicopter pilot from Third Degree Tom Cage, Penn's father and legendary local family physician Walt Garrity, a retired Texas Ranger who served with Penn's father during the Korean War
Together they must defeat a sophisticated killer who has an almost preternatural ability to anticipate -- and counter -- their every move. Ultimately, victory will depend on a bold stroke that will leave one of Penn's allies dead -- and Natchez changed forever.
After appearing in two of Iles's most popular novels, Penn Cage makes his triumphant return as a brilliant, honorable, and courageous hero. Rich with Southern atmosphere and marked by one jaw-dropping plot turn after another, The Devil's Punchbowl confirms that Greg Iles is America's master of suspense.
Customer Reviews
Greg Isles, this is the first novel I read and I was satisfied. The mystery is complex, and the characters very well.
Penn Cage, the mayor of Natchez, is the main character, and, of course, a figure in pounds Herreninsel before being published. However, I was not reading the books first paralyzed. This is just good.
A reformed drug addict, grew up with the cage, revealed that nefarious chores behind the scenes of the boat River CityCasino. Has pictures of dog fighting and child prostitution. A friend is killed while trying to obtain further documentation Cage. The casino has bad credit some of Cage and threatening him and his family if he did not return. The hunt is. Cage is to understand what is it, to protect his family, all the time as mayor. A former prosecutor and an idealist, he threw himself in the depths of the crime as a potential victim and detective.
Thevillains are horribly wrong. The characters are very very good. As befits a book until a few nice people who are making a significant contribution to the plot and the installation history. They are all unique and, surprisingly, have in depth. Cage, as the protagonist and narrator for his part in the book does not overwhelm the others. He often acts as an intermediary who can shine through the personality of others. There are many stars and many sacrifices.
This is a long book, especially for a mystery thriller. Do not be intimidated by the length, though. Maintained, except for a brief period in the middle, a bit 'slow, the book is moving and moving.
A note for those who listen to CDs. I started this book on CD. E 'was difficult to hear. The reader has thick accents that were appropriate and with which I am accustomed to. However, he often abandoned his volume to such a low pitch (a lot of scenes whisper) Ito hear the volume to compensate for parts of tranquility. Not a big criticism, just a warning. I heard the boopk and the CD and reading to the end.
All in all, this is a great mystery fast pain of its length. Highly recommended.
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