Widowed attorney Penn Cage, having returned with his young daughter to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, finds himself battling the FBI, a powerful judge, a former love, and the citizens of the city when he joins ranks with local publisher Caitlin Masters to solve the mystery of the thirty-year-old murder of an African-American Korean War veteran.
year: 1999
call number/section: 1000
subjects: legal stories, mystery and detective stories, racism, natchez, mississippi, fiction, murder, extortion, natchez, mississippi, fiction, publishers and publishing, fiction, african american veterans, man-woman relationships, african american soldiers, natchez (miss.), fiction
Editions
Iles, Greg
Signet (1999)
When former prosecutor Penn Cage returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, he doesn't find the peace he desperately craves. He finds that his own father is being blackmailed by a corrupt ex-cop. And when Penn investigates, he uncovers a murderous secret--and the town's violent past.
Schools: 0
Iles, Greg
Widowed attorney Penn Cage, having returned with his young daughter to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, finds himself battling the FBI, a powerful judge, a former love, and the citizens of the city when he joins ranks with local publisher Caitlin Masters to solve the mystery of the thirty-year-old murder of an African-American Korean War veteran.
Schools: 1