The Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel (Penn Cage Book 3)

The Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel (Penn Cage Book 3)

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

The Devil's Punchbowl

Country USA
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2009-07-07
UnitCount 1
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9781416594635

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2009-07-07
UnitCount	1
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9781416594635

The Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel (Penn Cage Book 3)

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