True Evil: A Novel

By Greg Iles

Book Overview

A Southern doctor is pulled into a terrifying ring of murderous secrets in this "engrossing...full-tilt thriller" (The Washington Post) from the New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743292499
• ISBN13: 9780743292498
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Scribner
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 1.6" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Best Iles to date!

This is the best Iles book to date - a detailed thriller not a 3-day treadmill read (like recent James Patterson). As a healthcare professional, I think the author handled a medical topic fairly well. Although he obviously does not have a medical background, his research was thorough. The book was also very suspenseful; I was up late reading it for at least 3 nights. Iles deserves to be recognized - right up there with Baldacci and Grisham.

another home run

True Evil is a brilliantly conceived story of love and betrayal...and what happens next.... Returning star Alex Morse and new character Chris Shepard. Alex wants to save Chris's life but Chris doesn't see the threat from his wife that Alex does. And no one is safe in Mississippi in this 500 page thriller. Not Alex, not Chris...not anyone. Oh, and we get to see Tom Cage again, and in more than a walk on role. The intricately woven plot causes you to miss one nights sleep as you fly through the pages. Iles writes like few others can. Almost as good as Turning Angel and certainly every bit as good as the five stars it gets today. Iles just keeps writing these gems and I am thrilled that he does. Kevin Hogan, Psy.D. Author of Covert Persuasion [...]

Plus another five stars!!

"True Evil" will chill you to the bone and have you thinking twice and then twice again before saying "I Do" to anyone. The story was so riveting, it was impossible to put down. If you don't think you can read 500 plus pages in a day, start reading this book and surprise yourself. The storyline is unique, the characters believable (too much so) and the cat and mouse games keep you glued to the pages. This has to be the best book I've read all year and I recommend it to everyone I talk to. You won't be disappointed.

Wow, I have another new favorite author!

I picked this book up yesterday afternoon as it looked like a good gift for a friend. When I got home I started reading it, just to check it out, by 2:00 am this morning I had finished the book! I had Never heard of Iles before but he is now one of my favorite authors. On the surface there seems to be nothing new here: FBI agent tracking down an evil genius serial killer. But wait there is much more here, the cackling prose, the depth of character, and clever plotting put this a notch above the typical modern day thriller. The main character is Alexandra Morse an FBI agent on the rise who is a specialist at hostage negotiation. But Alex life is far from perfect, in fact her personal life has been tragic: mother dying of cancer, father shot dead during a robbery, and her sister is dying from a stroke. Alex herself has a scared face and feels responsible for the death of a fellow agent after a misstep on the job. Alex arrives at her dying sisters's death bed in time for sis to tell her that she has been murdered by her husband! Could an attorney and a brilliant scientist be teaming up to offer clients a way to dispose of a spouse as a way of avoiding a long divorce battle? It is up to Alex to go under cover to find out, even against her superior's wishes! Once Iles ramps up the tension there is no looking back, this author is at the top of the thriller game!