Turning Angel

With the masterful command of suspense that made Blood Memory and The Quiet Game runaway bestsellers, Greg Iles is back with his most dramatic tale yet — the story of two friends torn apart by the mysterious murder of a seventeen-year-old girl.

Turning Angel marks the long-awaited return of Penn Cage, the lawyer hero of The Quiet Game, and introduces Drew Elliott, the highly respected doctor who saved Penn's life in a hiking accident when they were boys. As two of the most prominent citizens of Natchez, Mississippi, Drew and Penn sit on the school board of their alma mater, St. Stephen's Prep. When the nude body of a young female student is found near the Mississippi River, the entire community is shocked — but no one more than Penn, who discovers that his best friend was entangled in a passionate relationship with the girl and may be accused of her murder.

A star student and athlete, Kate Townsend seems a most unlikely murder victim. But Kate also had a secret life — one about which her adult lover knew little. When Drew begs Penn to defend him, Penn agrees. Yet before he can begin, both men are drawn into a dangerous web of blackmail and violence. Drew reacts like anything but an innocent man, and Penn finds himself doubting his friend's motives and searching for a path out of harm's way. Soon Penn realizes that only by finding Kate's murderer himself can he save his friend's life.

Penn investigates the secret world of St. Stephen's and finds a dark mirror of the adult world, one populated by steroid-crazed jocks, girls desperate for attention, jaded teens flirting with nihilism, and hidden among them all — one true psychopath. By the time Penn arrives at the shattering truth behind Kate Townsend's death, his quiet Southern town will never be the same.

Full of brilliant plot twists and shocking details, Turning Angel will keep readers glued to the page with a story that is Iles's most intricate and unforgettable yet.