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New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles returns with his most eagerly anticipated novel yet and his first in five yearsNatchez Burningthe first installment in an epic trilogy that interweaves crimes lies and secrets past and present in a mesmerizing thriller featuring Southern lawyer and former prosecutor Penn CageGrowing up in the rural Southern hamlet of Natchez Mississippi Penn Cage learned everything he knows about honor and duty from his father Tom Cage But now the beloved family doctor and pillar of the community is accused of murdering Violet Turner the beautiful nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of the early s A fighter who has always stood for justice Penn is determined to save his father even though Tom stubbornly evoking doctor-patient privilege refuses to speak up in his own defenseThe quest for answers sends Penn deep into the pastinto the heart of a conspiracy of greed and murder involving the Double Eagles a vicious KKK crew headed by one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the state With the aid of a local friend and reporter privy to some of Natchezs oldest and deadliest secrets Penn follows a bloody trail that stretches back forty years to one undeniable fact no oneblack or white young or old brave or notis ever truly safeWith everything on the line including his own life Penn must decide how far he will go to protect those he loves and see justice done once and for allRich in Southern atmosphere and electrifying plot turns Natchez Burning marks the brilliant return of a genuine American master of suspense Tense and disturbing it is the most explosive exciting sexy and ambitious story Greg Iles has written yet.