

True Evil
Author: Greg Iles
Narrator: Dick Hill
Unabridged: 16 hr 58 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 12/12/2006
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Author: Greg Iles
Narrator: Dick Hill
Unabridged: 16 hr 58 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 12/12/2006
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Author, Greg Iles, even though born in Germany, grew up in Natchez, Mississippi. His father was a physician who was the Supervisor of the U.S. Embassy Medical Clinic, in Stuttgart, Germany. Being raised in Natchez, most of his novels were set in that area.
Greg graduated from the University of Mississippi and was active in a band called, "Frankly Scarlett"........ assuming taken from the most famous line of Rhett Butler in the movie, "Gone With the Wind". The band was somewhat successful, but Iles decided not to tour because of time spent away from family. With more time post band, Greg began writing. Since he also wrote lyrics, it was a convenient transition from song writing to novels.
His first novel was, "Spandau Phoenix", a suspense thriller about Nazis, Rudolf Hess. Then came the screenplay, "24 Hours", that was rewritten and renamed, "Trapped". It was after that that Iles was seriously injured in an automobile accident. He lost a leg below the knee, and requiring a three-year recovery. In that time span he wrote a trilogy that was set in Natchez, which featured former prosecutor, Penn Cage.
Iles came full circle when he joined a band comprised of other authors......quite a who's who......Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Stephen King, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, MitchAlbom, Roy Blount, Jr., and James McBride. Iles lives in Natchez with his wife and three daughters.
the story is pretty good, although the southern accents got on my nerves after a while.
Hands down this was one of the best books I have read in a long time. Greg Iles does a brilliant job of writing a book that reads like a movie, the plot and scenery so realistic that I had a hard time tearing myself away from the story, reading it in three sittings despite the 500 plus page span. I......more
This brilliant psychological-medical thriller, set mostly in Mississippi, kept me enthralled all the way through. Toward the end, it seemed to me that there was no way things could turn out well with so few pages left! As the title indicates, this book features a villain who is one of the most evil......more