And the story is a serious one, so it was distracting. He did about 3 or 4 of the voices well, but all of the other voices sounded comically bad. I thought the mystery in the Quiet Game was really compelling, but the audiobook narrator kind of took away from the story. He is a prosecutor turned author, turned detective (kind of). The Quiet Game is the first book in the Penn Gage series. Note: This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. A place where everyone plays the quiet game but Penn Cage cannot stay silent. A place where a thirty-year-old crime lies buried. After discovering that his father is being blackmailed over a long-forgotten homicide by the killer he never turned in, Penn is soon up to his neck in the town’s murky undercurrents of passion, power and racial tension. Returning home to Natchez, Mississippi with his only daughter, Penn seeks a gentler life. As a Houston prosecutor he’s sent sixteen men to death row – and now he’s lost his wife to cancer. ‘An engrossing, page-turning ride’ (Jeffery Deaver). The first thriller in the New York Times No.1 bestselling series featuring Penn Cage: a prosecutor in a corrupt system, a husband whose wife has died, and a father who must protect his daughter. Genres: adult, contemporary, Law & Crime, Mystery & Detective, Political Published by Brilliance Audio on December 12, 2013 'Here is a major talent strutting his considerable stuff.The Quiet Game by Greg IlesĭecemMichelle Book Briefs Adult, Reviews 5 A man whose life's work strikes at the heart of every family's unspoken fear: the unstoppable kidnapping.īut this man has never met the likes of Will and Karen Jennings. A man who has never been caught and whose victims have never talked to the police. A man who has crafted the unbeatable crime. But Will and his family are being watched by a con man and psychopath who may be a genius. Will Jennings is a successful young doctor in Jackson, Mississippi, with a thriving practice, a beautiful wife, and a five-year-old daughter he loves beyond measure. About to become trapped in the perfect crime. In 24 Hours, Iles takes readers on a daringly executed roller-coaster ride with enough twists and surprises to last a lifetime.Ģ4 Hours begins with the perfect family. Reviewers called it 'beautifully crafted' ( The Providence Sunday Journal), 'heartbreakingly honest' ( Cleveland Plain Dealer), and simply 'a grand thriller with a wonderful Southern seasoning' ( The Orange County Register).

Greg Iles's novels have been praised for their unusual depth of characterization and complexity of plot, and The Quiet Game was no exception.

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