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Devil's Punchbowl
Devil's Punchbowl | Greg Iles
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From "New York Times" bestselling author Greg Iles comes his most electrifying thriller yet. "The Devil's Punchbowl" reveals a world of depravity, sex, violence, and the corruption of a Southern town. As a prosecuting attorney in Houston, Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. But it is as mayor of his hometown -- Natchez, Mississippi -- that Penn will face his most dangerous threat. Urged by old friends to try to restore this fading jewel of the Old South, Penn has ridden into office on a tide of support for change. But in its quest for new jobs and fresh money, Natchez, like other Mississippi towns, has turned to casino gambling, and now five fantastical steamboats float on the river beside the old slave market at Natchez like props from "Gone With the Wind." But one boat isn't like the others. Rumor has it that the Magnolia Queen has found a way to pull the big players from Las Vegas to its Mississippi backwater. And with them -- on sleek private jets that slip in and out of town like whispers in the night -- come pro football players, rap stars, and international gamblers, all sharing an unquenchable taste for one thing: blood sport -- and the dark vices that go with it. When a childhood friend of Penn's who brings him evidence of these crimes is brutally murdered, the full weight of Penn's failure to protect his city hits home. So begins his quest to find the men responsible. But it's a hunt he begins alone, for the local authorities have been corrupted by the money and power of his hidden enemy. With his family's lives at stake, Penn realizes his only allies in his one-man war are those bound to him by blood or honor: Caitlin Masters, the lover Penn found in "The Quiet Can Game" and lost in "Turning Angel" Danny McDavitt, the heroic helicopter pilot from "Third Degree" Tom Cage, Penn's father and legendary local family physician Walt Garrity, a retired Texas Ranger who served with Penn's father during the Korean War Together they must defeat a sophisticated killer who has an almost preternatural ability to anticipate -- and counter -- their every move. Ultimately, victory will depend on a bold stroke that will leave one of Penn's allies dead -- and Natchez changed forever. After appearing in two of Iles's most popular novels, Penn Cage makes his triumphant return as a brilliant, honorable, and courageous hero. Rich with Southern atmosphere and marked by one jaw-dropping plot turn after another, "The Devil's Punchbowl" confirms that Greg Iles is America's master of suspense.
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BoleyBooks
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Tackle the TBR 🤓📚 #boleybooks #gregiles #TheDevilsPunchBowl #bookbeast #bookjoy #readwithme #Litsy
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks This is so good!! All of his are! 3y
BoleyBooks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I have just started my Greg ILes collection. I‘m glad to know they are worth reading. 😊 3y
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Shemac77
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Always a great story. Could‘ve done without the dog fights.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Lots of #mysterious characters in this stack of books!! Love him!! 📚💙

#MayCharacters

Susanita Wow! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y
Eggs Wow! What a collection!!! 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Susanita @Eggs I found several of these at Goodwill and they are signed 🙌🏻 3y
CoverToCoverGirl Penn Cage 🤩🤩 3y
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Shemac77
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Onto the next.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful ❤️ love him!! 3y
CoverToCoverGirl Fantastic book! Penn Cage is irresistible. 3y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Devil's Punchbowl | Greg Iles
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One of my favorite authors... 📚📚

#Bridge
#LetsTravelAugust

OriginalCyn620 Cool cover! 📚🌉 5y
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Minimalgrl
Devil's Punchbowl | Greg Iles
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Some reading by Greenlake before a trip to the theatre 🤓🎭🎫

Texreader Looks so nice! 5y
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Minimalgrl
Devil's Punchbowl | Greg Iles
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Saturday night and living the good life 🤓📚🥰

amywithbooks I looooove this series. 6y
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Minimalgrl
Devil's Punchbowl | Greg Iles
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My companion for an evening of reading.... my sweet boy ... Atticus 🥰

MrBook 😻😻😻 6y
Reviewsbylola ♥️♥️♥️ 6y
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Book 3 in Iles‘ wonderful Penn Cage series. The series is set in real-life Natchez, where the author is from, and I kind of want to go there now just to see it all in person. This book was definitely not short on villains or twists and turns, and ends on a cliffhanger. I have already read books 4-6, which constitute the Natchez Burning trilogy, but now I want to read them again! 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Erinreadsthebooks I might have to read the first three. I've read the Natchez Burning trilogy and really liked them 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love his books!! 6y
LauraBeth I want to read this trilogy but the page count seems daunting! 6y
amywithbooks @LauraBeth they fly by, trust me! I couldn‘t put them down. 6y
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walryan5
Devil's Punchbowl | Greg Iles
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Penn cage is one of my favorite characters yet.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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This is such a great book by Greg Iles! He is such an amazing author so really you can‘t go wrong reading any of his!

#Hell
#AugustIsATrip

BookishMe I look forward to your garden pics more than the book posts *Oops* 😅🤣😊 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @BookishMe hahaha!! Thank you 🌹🌷🌸 I‘m going to be sad when winter comes!! 6y
BookishMe Oh no... An entire season of waiting ;o 6y
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minkyb Great author. Lovely garden flowers. 6y
vkois88 I need to read something by him 6y
Andrew65 Have to agree, a fantastic book! (edited) 6y
Andrew65 @vkois88 You do! I would recommend this which is the first book in the Penn Cage Series, a truly great series. 6y
vkois88 @Andrew65 good to know. Thank you! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88 I will be on the lookout for it!! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @minkyb thank you!! 💗 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Andrew65 he‘s my book boyfriend 💙 (Penn) 6y
Andrew65 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks He does need a good woman behind him! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Andrew65 he does!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 6y
tammysue Beautiful garden! 🌸🌺 6y
vkois88 Aw, thank you ❤ 6y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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👹 #ThisRemindsMeOf The Devil‘s Punchbowl by Greg Iles. I bought this book when Borders was going out of business because it was only a couple bucks but I still have yet to read it 😬
#BookNerd 📚💙

minkyb Great series! 7y
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I‘d really rather be reading but I‘ve also really got to finish Christmas shopping so I‘m off to do that. Hopefully I can find what‘s left at one store. 🤞I‘ll be back this afternoon to commune with my lovely books. Was hoping to get all these done before 2018 but it‘s not looking super promising.

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CocoReads
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Tonight‘s #booknbath is brought to you by Greg Iles. I‘m hiding from my family so I should be able to read a couple of chapters. Hopefully.

Reecaspieces Good read! ENJOY! 7y
Lizardwizard I am in the middle of this one and enjoy it a lot, like the ones before. Totally hooked on Greg Iles 7y
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It's too early in my reading to tell but I'm not sure if Penn Cage knows all his enemies. #knowyourenemy #rocktober

Andrew65 Loved this book. 7y
CoverToCoverGirl Sooo good... it gets very intense and gritty 7y
Cinfhen Oooh, Greg Iles!!! 7y
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CocoReads
Devil's Punchbowl | Greg Iles
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I'm Penn Cage for Halloween? Might be kind of tough but ok. @JoeStalksBeck

JoeStalksBeck ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 7y
SilversReviews I am going to be a freckle-faced motorboat. :) 7y
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CocoReads
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#drinks pretty basic for me. Mostly water or tea. I'm trying to kick the Diet Pepsi addiction but it's hard. #30daysofreadathon

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Reagan
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Yowzas! Best one so far! Oh man, I can't say enough good about this book, it was that good. Even though I knew there were 3 more in the series, I was still a little hurt when it was not a perfect happy ever after for Penn. I have other reading to do so the Natchez Trilogy will have to wait until vacation on the 17th, but that will be really hard.

minkyb Worth the wait! 7y
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Every time I pick up a Penn Cage book I get a little stressed about the page count. Then it flies by because they are so good! Here's to fun #summerreads

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love Penn Cage!! I still have to read Mississippi Blood, but I'm procrastinating because I don't want it to end!! 7y
Reagan I have the first 2 books of the Natchez Trilogy and am very excited, but I can see where you are coming from. They are such fun books! 7y
LisaJo Penn Cage. Seriously have a crush on this character. I am not a huge lover of a very long book. But I'm OK with these cuz, well, cuz, more Penn Cage. 7y
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minkyb Iles and Penn make every page count! 😁 7y
CoverToCoverGirl Fantastic book.. very raw and extremely difficult to read in parts.. Love all things Penn Cage! 7y
Reagan @LisaJo yes! I have a big time literary crush. Who do you think would play him in a movie? @minkyb there is not a bit of fat in these books. They are so well edited, every word is necessary. @CoverToCoverGirl I just hit one of those parts and had to put the book down for a bit. Yikes, this is the toughest one to read yet. 7y
CoverToCoverGirl @Reagan_reads I found it the most disturbing of them all but there is some difficult content in the ones that come next.. but so worth the read though! 😎 7y
LisaJo @Reagan-reads Oh! Never though about casting him in a movie. I tried to think of someone and nobody is matching the Penn in my brain. Hmmm! Do you have an actor in mind? 7y
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Definitely a pick! These are great thrillers - like a box set of 24 in a book 😀 great stuff.

Reecaspieces Awesome reads!! Just love him!! 8y
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TrishB
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Train reading today 😀 Off to London to see Bowie play Lazuras.

rockpools Enjoy! Hope it's wonderful! 8y
TheLondonBookworm Ahhhhh so jealous!!! I couldn't get tickets :( or rather I could t afford the ones I could get hahaha hope you enjoy! :) 8y
minkyb Ahh the best of all worlds! 8y
TrishB @rachelO @TheLondonBookworm @minkyb it was fabulous and very emotional 💟 8y
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TrishB
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#currentlyreading
2nd Greg Iles 😀

minkyb Keep going lol! 8y
TrishB @minkyb I brought the 4 in this series, but don't like reading the same type of books one after each other so am reading one a month at the moment. But sooo good 😀 8y
minkyb That is a good plan! 8y
TrishB @minkyb 👍 8y
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So I was supposed to be running errands for my mom and obviously had to stop in at my local Barnes and Noble. Although I intended to leave empty handed, I couldn't resist buying the next book in my current favorite series especially when the staff was handing out 25% off coupons! #fate #tbr #sundayfunday #bookhaul

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Cocothekiller
Devil's Punchbowl | Greg Iles
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Not my favorite in the series, but still a descent read.