Mississippi Blood (Penn Cage, #6)

Posted on 18 March 2017 by Greg Iles

Librarian s note An alternate cover edition can be found hereThe endgame is at hand for Penn Cage, his family, and the enemies bent on destroying them in this revelatory volume in the epic trilogy set in modern day Natchez, Mississippi Greg Iles s epic tale of love and honor, hatred and revenge that explores how the sins of the past continue to haunt the present.Shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance, Penn Cage sees his family and his world collapsing around him The woman he loves is gone, his principles have been irrevocably compromised, and his father, once a paragon of the community that Penn leads as mayor, is about to be tried for the murder of a former lover Most terrifying of all, Dr Cage seems bent on self destruction Despite Penn s experience as a prosecutor in major murder trials, his father has frozen him out of the trial preparations preferring to risk dying in prison to revealing the truth of the crime to his son.During forty years practicing medicine, Tom Cage made himself the most respected and beloved physician in Natchez, Mississippi But this revered Southern figure has secrets known only to himself and a handful of others Among them, Tom has a second son, the product of an 1960s affair with his devoted African American nurse, Viola Turner It is Viola who has been murdered, and her bitter son Penn s half brother who sets in motion the murder case against his father The resulting investigation exhumes dangerous ghosts from Mississippi s violent past In some way that Penn cannot fathom, Viola Turner was a nexus point between his father and the Double Eagles, a savage splinter cell of the KKK More troubling still, the long buried secrets shared by Dr Cage and the former Klansmen may hold the key to the most devastating assassinations of the 1960s The surviving Double Eagles will stop at nothing to keep their past crimes buried, and with the help of some of the most influential men in the state, they seek to ensure that Dr Cage either takes the fall for them, or takes his secrets to an early grave.Tom Cage s murder trial sets a terrible clock in motion, and unless Penn can pierce the veil of the past and exonerate his father, his family will be destroyed Unable to trust anyone around him not even his own mother Penn joins forces with Serenity Butler, a famous young black author who has come to Natchez to write about his father s case Together, Penn and Serenity a former soldier battle to crack the Double Eagles and discover the secret history of the Cage family and the South itself, a desperate move that risks the only thing they have left to gamble their lives. Mississippi Blood is the enthralling conclusion to a breathtaking trilogy seven years in the making one that has kept readers on the edge of their seats With piercing insight, narrative prowess, and a masterful ability to blend history and imagination, New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles illuminates the brutal history of the American South in a highly atmospheric and suspenseful novel that delivers the shocking resolution his fans have eagerly awaited. New Download Mississippi Blood (Penn Cage, #6) By Greg Iles For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr 5 Stars I d give itif I could Mississippi Blood It is over This is it The end How can that be I am at a loss, yet I am amazed and stunned Mississippi Blood and the entire Natchez Burning Trilogy is a masterpiece Mississippi Blood is Different There s Strength in it too Strength that s been beat but not Broke That s Mississippi Blood Like I said, this is it for Penn Cage There is nothing left And in his life he has endured a lot More than most He has lost almost everythi 5 Stars I d give itif I could Mississippi Blood It is over This is it The end How can that be I am at a loss, yet I am amazed and stunned Mississippi Blood and the entire Natchez Burning Trilogy is a masterpiece Mississippi Blood is Different There s Strength in it too Strength that s been beat but not Broke That s Mississippi Blood Like I said, this is it for Penn Cage There is no...I would give this ten stars if they were available I couldn t wait for the third installment of this masterfully written trilogy And now, I m sorry it s over Greg Iles is a magnificent story teller a genius with a pen A history lesson, a love story, betrayal, a murder mystery, harrowing action, spectacular courtroom drama, corruption, incredible sadness Everything one could ask for in a well written story Iles definitely saved the best for last Mississippi blood is definitely thicker tha I would give this ten stars if they were available I couldn t wait for the third installment of this masterfully written trilogy And now, I m sorry it s over Greg Iles is a magnificent story teller a genius with a pen A...AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH So good it makes me want to scream The tension has been building throughout the series and this is a perfect culmination Isles is a master at character development and describing action I love that Penn is not a noble character who always does the right lawful thing,..he does what s necessary to protect his family One of the best thrillers I ve ever...I started reading the Penn Cage books in 2009 and really enjoyed the characters and the setting I felt awful when I read that Greg Iles sustained life threatening injuries in an automobile accident in 2011, but the accident changed his outlook toward his writing and this trilogy within the series was born.With this trilogy, Natchez Burning was a 5 star book for me, the second book was 3 stars, and this final third gets 4 stars I applaud the author for his honest portrayal of life in Mississipp I started reading the Penn Cage books in 2009 and really enjoyed the characters and the setting I felt awful when I read that Greg Iles sustained life threatening injuries in an automobile accident in 2011, but the accident changed his outlook toward his writing and this trilogy within the series was born.With this trilogy, Natchez Burning was a 5 star book for me, the second book was 3 stars, and this final third gets 4 stars I applaud the author for his honest portrayal of life in Mississippi, including the racial tensions between some people and the accepting and friendly behavior between the races in other people Even the cruel and disgusting acts of whites towards blacks in 1968 were not glossed over As for the Cage family and their allies, it s been a long involved history over the six books There may bePenn Cage books in the author s head, but I d be satisfied if Penn s story ended with this book.The problem ...Sometimes I catch myself about to write a review, wondering, and just who do you think you are, Miss Never Published Anything Substantial who thinks punctuation marks can be used like crayons or Legos Then I read the professional writers on writing and whole books about so you want to be a novelist that contradict each other well known phrases like kill all adjectives, and read Faulkner say it simply, then read Nabokov and so on with the controverting If I m really in an contemplative Sometimes I catch myself about to write a review, wondering, and just who do you think you are, Miss Never Published Anything Substantial who thinks punctuation marks can be used like crayons or Legos Then I read the professional writers on writing and whole books about so you want to be a novelist that contradict each other well known phrases like kill all adjectives, and read Faulkner say it simply, then read Nabokov and so on with the controverting If I m really in an contemplative state, or over caffeinated, I wonder about the function of editors the relationship between an author and an editor, particularly an accomplished a...The sixth and final book in the Penn Cage trilogy I really think Greg Iles is among the best writers of Southern secrets However, I think the scope of this book was a bit too narrowly focused on the trial of Penn s father, highly respected Dr Tom Cage, and the legal strategies of his defense lawyer and prosecutor Shadrach Johnson In fact, I though the book was strongest away from the trial the visiting award winning writer, the new witness that can sink the Double Eagles, and the young re The sixth and final book in the Penn Cage trilogy I really think Greg Iles is among the best writers of Southern secrets However, I think the scope of this book was a bit too narrowly focused on the trial of Penn s father, highly respected Dr Tom Cage, and the legal strategies of his defense lawyer and prosecutor Shadrach Johnson In fact, I though the book was strongest away from the trial the visiting award winning writer, the new witness that can sink the Double Eagles, and the young reporter wh...I have read the entire series and felt nothing was gained by this book Almost 700 pages of rehashing the same thing the entire series and extremely repetitive how many times do you threaten to take the case from someone All telling and the action only served to kill off or harm people T...Maginificent finishPenn Cage, Natchez, Mississippi mayor, continues the fight against the Double Eagles, a militant branch of the KKK These villains are the worst of the worst, vilest of the vile racists who have terrorized the area for decades Penn has surrounded himself with true friends who would die to protect his family and fight agai...The final chapter in Greg Iles s trilogy includes Natchez Burning, The Bone Tree and finally Mississippi Blood I was biting my nails waiting for this superb conclusion to one of the best series I have ever read It took over 8 years to finish and I am sure readers who have been following this have been wondering what would happen to their main characters This series is so special that it is being adapted for a TV series by Sony Pictures You really need to read the books in order to achieve th The final chapter in Greg Iles s trilogy includes Natchez Burning, The Bone Tree and finally Mississippi Blood I was biting my nails waiting for this superb conclusion to one of the best series I have ever read It took over 8 years to finish a...

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18 March 2017

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