Product Description

When an attractive new female patient walks into the surgery of Dr Chris Shepard, a busy young doctor in Natchez, Mississippi, his idyllic life is ripped inside out.

Shepard's visitor is undercover FBI agent Alex Morse. She tells him his beautiful young wife of one year has been seen visiting a local divorce attorney. And this attorney has a group of clients whose wives and husbands have all mysteriously died. Just as Morse suspected, Shepard knew nothing of his wife's visit.

Morse's proposition is simple: will Shepard help the FBI trap the murderer? (20060430)

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #296529 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 528 pages

Review
‘Iles is as masterful as ever here at seducing us into despising the baddies and revelling in the triumphs of his good guys.’ (Sun Herald 20060430)

‘An inventive and pleasing yarn.’ (Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin 20060430)

'Iles' storyline is clever and his research thorough in this fiendish plot' (Herald Sun 20051031)

'Greg Iles knows what's needed to make a bestselling thriller...a plot so fantastic that only someone like Greg Iles could think it up...he certainly can keep the pages turning'

(Seven Magazine )

'Everything goes crazy and we the readers can only sit back and enjoy the mayhem. Brilliant!' (Independent on Sunday on TURNING ANGEL )

'What does a book's plot need to entice you? Sex, drugs, murder? How about sleazy politicians, bigotry, gunfights...and more sex?...If you haven't yet discovered Iles, TURNING ANGEL will have you wondering where he's been all your life' (USA Today on TURNING ANGEL )

'Iles's way of telling the story lifts him clear of the pack ... into a different league.' (Observer on BLOOD MEMORY )

'Alarming, believable, and utterly consuming … resonates long after the final page is turned.' (Dan Brown on DARK MATTER )

'One of America's top new crime writers.' (Observer on Greg Iles )

'Explosive...powerful' (Chicago Sun-Times on TURNING ANGEL )

'Lurid...gripping, but there is more to TURNING ANGEL than sex and scandal. Iles offers an insider's heartfelt picture of a Southern town...and populates it with characters who are all too real' (Washington Post on TURNING ANGEL )

'A thriller writer's thriller writer' (Richard Cordon )

'Edge-of-the-seat thrills all the way.' (Irish Independent on BLOOD MEMORY )

'One of the most original and entertaining... writers to come down the pike in a long time'

(Denver Post )

'The poster boy of southern gothic thrillers' (Kirkus Reviews )

'The job of great fiction is to entertain, elucidate and educate while keeping readers nailed to their chairs; this does all of that brilliantly.' (Publishers Weekly on TURNING ANGEL )

About the Author
Greg Iles is the bestselling author of ten previous internationally acclaimed thrillers, including DARK MATTER, BLOOD MEMORY and TURNING ANGEL. He lives with his family in Natchez Mississippi, USA. (20060430)

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Customer Reviews

WOW!
I picked this book up yesterday afternoon as it looked like a good gift for a friend. When I got home I started reading it, just to check it out, by 2:00 am this morning I had finished the book! I had Never heard of Iles before but he is now one of my favorite authors. On the surface there seems to be nothing new here: FBI agent tracking down an evil genius serial killer. But wait there is much more here, the cackling prose, the depth of character, and clever plotting put this a notch above the typical modern day thriller. The main character is Alexandra Morse an FBI agent on the rise who is a specialist at hostage negotiation. But Alex life is far from perfect, in fact her personal life has been tragic: mother dying of cancer, father shot dead during a robbery, and her sister is dying from a stroke. Alex herself has a scared face and feels responsible for the death of a fellow agent after a misstep on the job. Alex arrives at her dying sisters's death in time for sis to tell her that she has been murdered by her husband! Could and attorney and a brilliant scientist be teaming up to offer clients a way to dispose of a spouse as a way of avoiding a long divorce battle? It is up to Alex to go under cover to find out, even against her superior's wishes! Once Iles ramps up the tension there is no looking back, this author is at the top of the thriller game!

An Interesting & Different Plot
The villians are strong characters, hard to the core and full of self greed. They are revealed very early on together with those who pay them to kill off their spouses rather than go through a pricey divorce.

Alex Morse, an FBI agent, is on the case and with the help of the next victim, sets about to catch the villians driven by personal interest. I found her character a bit unreal but, so what, this is a thriller after all.

I agree with the other reviewers that the plot is a good one with extensive research having been carried out - but it is drawn out and the medical explanations can be a bit heavy at times.

However, the writing is intelligent and this is well worth reading.

TRUE EVIL - Greg Iles
I won't bother writing out a synopsis - you all know it. Suffice to say, this is a gripping thriller. Iles's best to date. Thoroughly enjoyed it.