From #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes the first
novel in his Natchez Burning trilogy--which also includes The Bone
Tree and the upcoming Mississippi Blood--an epic trilogy that
interweaves crimes, lies, and secrets past and present in a mesmerizing
thriller featuring Southern lawyer and former prosecutor Penn Cage.
Raised in the southern splendor of Natchez, Mississippi, Penn Cage
learned all he knows of duty from his father, Dr. Tom Cage. But now the
beloved family doctor has been accused of murdering the African American
nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of the 1960s. Once a
crusading prosecutor, Penn is determined to save his father, but Tom,
stubbornly invoking doctor-patient privilege, refuses even to speak in
his own defense.
Penn's quest for the truth sends him deep into his father's past, where
a sexually charged secret lies. More chilling, this long-buried sin is
only one thread in a conspiracy of greed and murder involving the
vicious Double Eagles, an offshoot of the KKK controlled by some of the
most powerful men in the state. Aided by a dedicated reporter privy to
Natchez's oldest secrets and by his fiancée, Caitlin Masters, Penn
uncovers a trail of corruption and brutality that places his family
squarely in the Double Eagles' crosshairs.
With every step costing blood and faith, Penn is forced to confront the
most wrenching dilemma of his life: Does a man of honor choose his
father or the truth?
