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Greg Iles


Born
in Stuttgart, Germany
April 08, 1960

Died
August 15, 2025

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Greg Iles spent most of his life in Natchez, Mississippi. His first novel, Spandau
Phoenix, was the first of seventeen New York Times bestsellers. His Natchez
Burning trilogy continued the story of Penn Cage, the protagonist of The Quiet Game,
Turning Angel, and #1 New York Times bestseller The Devil’s Punchbowl. Iles’s novels have been made into films and published in more than thirty-five countries. He was a
member of the lit-rock group The Rock Bottom Remainders.

Average rating: 4.14 · 366,255 ratings · 27,965 reviews · 125 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1)

4.23 avg rating — 42,052 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions
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Natchez Burning (Penn Cage,...

4.17 avg rating — 41,863 ratings — published 2014 — 55 editions
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Turning Angel (Penn Cage #2)

4.14 avg rating — 30,034 ratings — published 2005 — 53 editions
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Mississippi Blood (Penn Cag...

4.43 avg rating — 24,494 ratings — published 2017 — 33 editions
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The Bone Tree (Penn Cage #5)

4.25 avg rating — 25,474 ratings — published 2015 — 52 editions
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Cemetery Road

4.13 avg rating — 23,875 ratings — published 2019 — 36 editions
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The Devil's Punchbowl (Penn...

4.13 avg rating — 23,259 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions
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True Evil

4.13 avg rating — 22,233 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
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Blood Memory

4.17 avg rating — 18,644 ratings — published 2005 — 78 editions
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Black Cross

4.24 avg rating — 13,783 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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Quotes by Greg Iles  (?)
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“Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it.”
Greg Iles, The Footprints of God

“I will do those things which make me happy today and which I can also live with ten years from now.”
Greg Iles, The Quiet Game

“Sooner or later. It had better be sooner. Later is like the horizon; it recedes as you approach.”
Greg Iles, Dead Sleep

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Which "Moderator Recommends" book should we read in October 2022?

The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda The Last to Vanish Megan Miranda

New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda returns with a gripping and propulsive thriller that opens with the disappearance of a journalist who is investigating a string of vanishings in the resort town of Cutter’s Pass—will its dark secrets finally be revealed?

Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter’s Pass. Cutter’s Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings—rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall—and its mysterious history. As the book begins, the string of unsolved disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into the spotlight when journalist Landon West, who was staying at the inn to investigate the story of the vanishing trail, then disappears himself.

Abby has sometimes felt like an outsider within the community, but she’s come to view Cutter’s Pass as her home. When Landon’s brother Trey shows up looking for answers, Abby can’t help but feel the town closing ranks. And she’s still on the outside. When she finds incriminating evidence that may bring them closer to the truth, Abby soon discovers how little she knows about her coworkers, neighbors, and even those closest to her.

Megan Miranda brings her best writing to The Last to Vanish, a riveting thriller filled with taut suspense and shocking twists that will keep you guessing until the very end.
 
  33 votes 62.3%

The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1) by Greg Iles The Quiet Game. Greg Iles

The New York Times bestselling author of Spandau Phoenix and Mortal Fear returns with a rich and atmospheric novel of high suspense

When recently widowed Penn Cage leaves Houston with his young daughter and returns to his hometown seeking peace, he finds something very different. Natchez, Mississippi, is the jewel of the antebellum South, a city of old secrets and older money. Upon learning that his father is being blackmailed, Penn finds himself reopening the most highly charged murder case in the town's history, searching for the evidence that could bring down the judge who nearly destroyed his father years ago. As the town closes ranks against him, Penn is joined by Caitlin Masters, a young newspaper publisher, on a deadly quest to find answers to one of the darkest chapters of American history, a quest that pits them against the FBI, a band of brothers still fiercely guarding the tainted legacy of J. Edgar Hoover. But Penn's most dangerous journey must be made alone--into the abiding mystery of his own past, into the mind and heart of a woman he lost twenty years ago, and who still has the power to save or destroy him.
 
  8 votes 15.1%

The Crucifix Killer (Robert Hunter, #1) by Chris Carter The Crucifix Killer. Chris Carter

When the body of a young woman is discovered in a derelict cottage in the middle of Los Angeles National Forest, Homicide Detective Robert Hunter finds himself entering a horrific and recurring nightmare. Naked, strung from two wooden posts, the victim was sadistically tortured before meeting an excruciatingly painful death. All the skin has been ripped from her face - while she was still alive. On the nape of her neck has been carved a strange double-cross: the signature of a psychopath known as the Crucifix Killer.
But that's impossible. Because two years ago, the Crucifix Killer was caught and executed. Could this therefore be a copycat killer? Or could the unthinkable be true? Is the real killer still out there, ready to embark once again on a vicious and violent killing spree, selecting his victims seemingly at random, taunting Robert Hunter with his inability to catch him?

Hunter and his rookie partner are about to enter a nightmare beyond imagining.
 
  7 votes 13.2%

The Fool's Run (Kidd & LuEllen, #1) by John Camp The Fool's Run John Sanford

John Sandford, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Prey novels gives suspense an ingenious twist as he takes readers into the mind games of two irresistible con artists plotting the perfect sting...

Kidd is a computer whiz, artist, and professional criminal. LuEllen is his lover, and his favorite partner in crime. Their playing field in on the cutting edge of high-tech corporate warfare. This time they've been hired by a defense industry corporation to destroy its business rival through computer sabotage. If Kidd and LuEllen can pull it off, they'll reap millions. It's the sting of a lifetime. One false move and it's a lifetime sentence. As the takedown unfolds, everything goes according to plan. But their string of successes turns into a noose when the ultimate con artists find themselves on the wrong end of the ultimate con...
 
  4 votes 7.5%

Satan's Lambs by Lynn Hightower Satan's Lambs Lynn Hightower

After her brother-in-law kills her sister and her nephew, Lena becomes a PI and advocate for abused women and children whom the police and the legal system neglect. Hired to find a missing child who has been kidnapped by a brutal cult, Lena races against time to save the child's life. Hightower is the acclaimed author of Alien Blues.
 
  1 vote 1.9%

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