Cemetery Road

A Novel

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Publisher Description

Sometimes the price of justice is a good man’s soul.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town.

“An ambitious stand-alone thriller that is both an absorbing crime story and an in-depth exploration of grief, betrayal and corruption… Iles’s latest calls to mind the late, great Southern novelist Pat Conroy. Like Conroy, Iles writes with passion, intensity and absolute commitment.”
   — Washington Post

When Marshall McEwan left his Mississippi hometown at eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington, DC. But as the ascendancy of a chaotic administration lifts him from print fame to television stardom, Marshall discovers that his father is terminally ill, and he must return home to face the unfinished business of his past.

On arrival, he finds Bienville, Mississippi very much changed.  His family’s 150-year-old newspaper is failing; and Jet Talal, the love of his youth, has married into the family of Max Matheson, one of a dozen powerful patriarchs who rule the town through the exclusive Bienville Poker Club.  To Marshall’s surprise, the Poker Club has taken a town on the brink of extinction and offered it salvation, in the form of a billion-dollar Chinese paper mill.  But on the verge of the deal being consummated, two murders rock Bienville to its core, threatening far more than the city’s economic future.

An experienced journalist, Marshall has seen firsthand how the corrosive power of money and politics can sabotage investigations. Joining forces with his former lover—who through her husband has access to the secrets of the Poker Club—Marshall begins digging for the truth behind those murders.  But he and Jet soon discover that the soil of Mississippi is a minefield where explosive secrets can destroy far more than injustice.  The South is a land where everyone hides truths: of blood and children, of love and shame, of hate and murder—of damnation and redemption.  The Poker Club’s secret reaches all the way to Washington, D.C., and could shake the foundations of the U.S. Senate.  But by the time Marshall grasps the long-buried truth about his own history, he would give almost anything not to have to face it.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2019
March 5
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
656
Pages
PUBLISHER
William Morrow
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
2.8
MB

Customer Reviews

NVBR67 ,

I will read this many times. An important work.

The depth of Mr. Iles writing has never seemed deeper. I learned from this book, and I was totally spellbound. A previous reviewer took offense and some passing shots at today’s political situation and in true form of the division in today’s society, condemned the entire work. Very sad, that is not what this book was about. Read on and heal a bit. PRNV

imotive8u ,

WARNING: do not buy unless you enjoy Trump bashing

Mr. Iles has decided to use his book to cast aspersions on President Trump. Instead of being an engrossing read like his other books, this is just one more in a long line of people who, apparently, hate the President and the people who support him and his America First platform. It makes me sick that I paid for a book that I had to stop reading less than halfway through. Maybe, the author is hoping that as we lean into socialism his book will not be one that is burned. Mr. Iles, your personal opinions should stay PERSONAL. I would like a refund. I work hard, I purchased your book for entertainment and instead, I spent my money to support a person who wants open borders and globalism.

Cpslak ,

Disappointed

Really need to keep your political opinions out of your books. And to think I purchased this. Can I get a refund?

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