The #1 New York Times BestsellerGoodReads Choice Award semi finalist, Amazon Best Mysteries & Thrillers of 2017 selectionThe final installment in the epic Natchez Burning trilogy by Greg Iles“Natchez Burning is extraordinarily entertaining and fiendishly suspenseful. I defy you to start it and find a way to put it down; as long as it is, I wished it were longer. . . . This is an amazing work … start it and find a way to put it down; as long as it is, I wished it were longer. . . . This is an amazing work of popular fiction.”
— Stephen King
“One of the longest, most successful sustained works of popular fiction in recent memory… Prepare to be surprised. Iles has always been an exceptional storyteller, and he has invested these volumes with an energy and sense of personal urgency that rarely, if ever, falter.”
— Washington Post
The 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.
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 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, 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.
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I love the books by Greg Iles. Everything he writes does not end in the way you think it will, no matter how many times you change your mind throughout the book. Great read.
This is the third book of this series. I don’t want to put it down.
I did not like this book. Too much repeat from previous books and too much (trying) to build suspense. Subject is interesting but NOT three books worth. Author should know better.
Very entertaining and hard to put down.
Very interesting and grabs your attention from the beginning. It is part of a trilogy so be sure you read them in order. Be prepared to get the next book as soon as you finish the first as it leaves you hanging! Very graphic but definitely worth reading!
Loved it !
As always a wonderful author in every respect.
Excellent. The third in a series. You can’t beat Greg Isles.
Another great read from Isles giving you historical perspective wrapped up in a terrific who-done-it. The deep seated feelings among individuals are easily triggered by even minor acts t seems much less atrocities such as this.
You must read the entire series! Great!
Gray Isles is a marvelous story teller. My wife and I met Greg. The first thing she said to him was, “ That story scared the shit out of me.” He threw his head back and laughed. Then he said, “That’s exactly what it is supposed to do.”
This book is part of a series by Greg Iles. Each book builds on the one before it but they are also great as they can each stand alone. Great history, great character development, and lots of action. I really looked forward to the next book. I will read all books by this author!
Everything Greg Iles writes is A plus!!
Penn Cage as the fabulous central character in book 3 of a trilogy
Have read all of the books in this collection. This book is a little long and sometimes a little slow but keep with it as it’s well worth the length.
It had both history and fiction. Lots of suspense. It was a total of 4 book. The las to has not been published and I had to wait to read the. I was so excited when the last to was published. I recommend them to my sisters and a nephew. They loved the books. Happy reading!!!
The story of Penn Cage and his family and friends continues. This latest installment of the sage moves the story forward at a good pace and keeps the reader interested with revelations about what really happened. Great read.
Could not put it down! Found myself reading well into the night.
I love everything Iles writes!
I have read all of Greg Isles’ books and they just keep getting better. This one was a real spell binder and I carried my Kindle around with me so that every time I had a few minutes in between tasks I could transport my self back into Natchez and the events that were building. Thank you Mr. Isles and never stop writing!