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Sometimes the price of justice is a good man's soul.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town.
"An ambitious stand-alone thriller that is both an absorbing crime story and an in-depth exploration of grief, betrayal and corruption... Iles's latest calls to mind the late, great Southern novelist Pat Conroy. Like Conroy, Iles writes with passion, intensity and absolute commitment."
-- Washington Post
When Marshall McEwan left his Mississippi hometown at eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington, DC. But as the ascendancy of a chaotic administration lifts him from print fame to television stardom, Marshall discovers that his father is terminally ill, and he must return home to face the unfinished business of his past.
On arrival, he finds Bienville, Mississippi very much changed. His family's 150-year-old newspaper is failing; and Jet Talal, the love of his youth, has married into the family of Max Matheson, one of a dozen powerful patriarchs who rule the town through the exclusive Bienville Poker Club. To Marshall's surprise, the Poker Club has taken a town on the brink of extinction and offered it salvation, in the form of a billion-dollar Chinese paper mill. But on the verge of the deal being consummated, two murders rock Bienville to its core, threatening far more than the city's economic future.
An experienced journalist, Marshall has seen firsthand how the corrosive power of money and politics can sabotage investigations. Joining forces with his former lover--who through her husband has access to the secrets of the Poker Club--Marshall begins digging for the truth behind those murders. But he and Jet soon discover that the soil of Mississippi is a minefield where explosive secrets can destroy far more than injustice. The South is a land where everyone hides truths: of blood and children, of love and shame, of hate and murder--of damnation and redemption. The Poker Club's secret reaches all the way to Washington, D.C., and could shake the foundations of the U.S. Senate. But by the time Marshall grasps the long-buried truth about his own history, he would give almost anything not to have to face it.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Iles, Greg
- ISBN: 9780062824684
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 7.90 x 1.20
- Number Of Pages: 624
- Publication Year: 2020
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Super Sexist
Hannah F. - 5 years 2 months agoThe story itself is pretty average. I didn't like the ending, but that didn't bother me too much. What I HATED was the blatant sexism throughout the book. Cemetery Road does not pass the Bechdel test and it shows. All the women are treated as sex objects, and only come into the story because of their relations to men. The writing of women's bodies grossed me out and was so obviously written by a guy. It makes me sad that pieces of literature like this exist and people like it. #SpringPicks
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Another page turner!
Linda C. - 6 years ago5 stars as all of Greg Iles books merit! As usual the story moves along fast with just enough suspense to keep those pages turning. As always, the "good ole boys" are present and menacing, and there's a love interest as well! #SummerReading
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Cemetery Road was an epic read
Richard s. - 6 years 2 months agoBest book I've read in the last year. 700 pages, each a pleasure to read.
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Excellent read
Christopher F. - 6 years 2 months agoExcellent ...... just now ordered Natchez Burning and Mississippi Blood last week from HPB to start his first trilogy