Blood Memory
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4.5 • 24 Ratings
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- $21.99
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
‘Iles’s way of telling the story lifts him clear of the pack into a different league’ (Observer) in this masterful psychological serial killer thriller from the New York Times No.1 bestseller.
Some memories live deep in the soul, waiting to be resurrected…
He kills like an animal, but the bite marks on his victims are unmistakably human… In the suffocating heat of a New Orleans summer, forensic expert Cat Ferry is called on by the FBI to investigate a series of brutal murders. Cat has seen some terrible crimes over the years, though none so horrific or apparently random as these.
Called on by the FBI to investigate serial murders, Cat has seen some terrible crimes over the years, but none as horrific or apparently random as the sequence of brutal slayings that confront her now.
Plagued by nightmares and panic attacks, Cat returns to her Mississippi hometown. But something associated with this case is calling out to her. Something rooted in the dark recesses of her memory. Someone from the past, who wants Cat to remember what time has allowed her to forget…
Reviews
Praise for Greg Iles:
‘A scorching read’ John Grisham
‘Iles is a phenomenal thriller writer’ Independent on Sunday
‘An engrossing page-turning ride’ Jeffery Deaver
‘A rarity. A thriller that really thrills’ Stephen King
‘Alarming, believable, and utterly consuming’ Dan Brown
‘Splendidly creepy … compulsive’ Daily Telegraph
‘An incredible web of intrigue and suspense, an avalanche of action from first page to last’ Clive Cussler
About the author
Greg Iles is the author of thirteen international bestselling novels, including Turning Angel, True Evil, Third Degree and the New York Times No.1 bestseller The Devil’s Punchbowl.
His novels have been made into films, translated into more than twenty languages, and published worldwide in more than thirty-five countries. He lives in Natchez, Mississippi.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Iles's previous thriller, 2003's provocative The Footprints of God, featured an omnipotent supercomputer and an on-the-run duo racing around the globe from North Carolina to Jerusalem. This time, Iles returns to more familiar ground: Natchez, Miss.; New Orleans; and the Mississippi delta, where a serial predator has been killing middle-aged men. Forensic odontologist Cat Ferry, an expert on teeth and the damage they can inflict, is called in by the New Orleans PD to explain the bite marks found on the bodies. Cat, the alcoholic granddaughter of Dr. William Kirkland, owner of the sprawling Malmaison estate and the richest, most powerful man in Natchez, has solved previous murders with her married detective lover, Sean Regan. This time, though, she's pregnant with Sean's baby, and this plus the discovery of old bloody footprints hidden in the carpet fibers of her Malmaison childhood bedroom threaten to plummet her into the depression that's plagued her since she was 15. She thinks one footprint might be hers, made on the night her father died of an ill-explained gunshot wound. Iles weaves in dark strains of child sexual abuse and the resulting repressed memories as Cat searches for the serial killer and for answers about her father's death. This overlong novel lacks the scintillating originality that made Iles's last outing so memorable, but he ties up all the loose ends in an exciting climax.
Customer Reviews
Outstanding !
As always reviews are subjective but acknowledging this, I have always been sucked into the Worlds that Iles creates. His ability to recreate the past and present of the deep South amazes me. He draws me into this World, structures it in such a way that, even from Australia, I feel that I know and understand the deep beliefs and history of the South.
Love him, hate him, I don’t care but to me he is a Master of his craft.
Brilliant !