True Evil: A Novel

Greg Iles

Dec 2006 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

A Southern doctor is pulled into a terrifying ring of murderous secrets in this powerhouse thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series.

Dr. Chris Shepard has never seen his new patient before. But the attractive young woman with the scarred face knows him all too well. An FBI agent working undercover, Alex Morse has come to Dr. Shepard's office in Natchez, Mississippi, to unmask a killer. A local divorce attorney has a cluster of clients whose spouses have all died under mysterious circumstances. Agent Morse's own brother-in-law was one of those clients, and now her beloved sister is dead. Then comes Morse's bombshell: Dr. Shepard's own beautiful wife consulted this lawyer one week ago, a visit Shepard knew nothing about. Will he help Alex Morse catch a killer? Or is he the next one to fall victim to a deadly trap of sex, lies, and murder?

Ratings and reviews

Wow! Slow it down already!! Nonstop, constant twists and turns. I was anxious, wondering what was about to happen! I could not put this book down! Will always be one of my favorites.

This book is one of the rare ones that caused me many hours of lost sleep. I couldn't put it down !! !!!

first book that I've read by this author it was a very long book but i loved it!!! it kept my attention all the way to the last 50 pages then i had to skip to the end it's suspenseful and spellbinding with many twists and turns i loved this book

About the author

Greg Iles was born in 1960 in Germany, where his father ran the US Embassy medical clinic during the height of the Cold War. After graduating from the University of Mississippi in 1983, he performed for several years with the rock band Frankly Scarlet and is a member of the lit-rock group The Rock Bottom Remainders. He is the author of sixteen New York Times bestselling novels and known for his Penn Cage series, the latest of which is Southern Man. He lives in Natchez, Mississippi.