Greg Iles continues the electrifying story begun in his
smash New York
Times bestseller Natchez
Burning in this highly anticipated second
installment of an epic trilogy of blood and race, family and
justice, featuring Southern lawyer Penn Cage.
Former prosecutor Penn Cage and his fiancée, reporter and
publisher Caitlin Masters, have barely escaped with their
lives after being attacked by wealthy businessman Brody
Royal and his Double Eagles, a KKK sect with ties to some of
Mississippi’s most powerful men. But the real danger has
only begun as FBI Special Agent John Kaiser warns Penn that
Brody wasn’t the true leader of the Double Eagles. The
puppeteer who actually controls the terrorist group is a man
far more fearsome: the chief of the state police’s Criminal
Investigations Bureau, Forrest Knox.
The only way Penn can save his father, Dr. Tom Cage—who is
fleeing a murder charge as well as corrupt cops bent on
killing him—is either to make a devil’s bargain with Knox or
destroy him. While Penn desperately pursues both options,
Caitlin uncovers the real story behind a series of unsolved
civil rights murders that may hold the key to the Double
Eagles’ downfall. The trail leads her deep into the past,
into the black backwaters of the Mississippi River, to a
secret killing ground used by slave owners and the Klan for
over two hundred years . . . a place of terrifying evil
known only as “the bone tree.”
The Bone Tree is an explosive, action-packed
thriller full of twisting intrigue and deadly secrets, a
tale that explores the conflicts and casualties that result
when the darkest truths of American history come to light.
It puts us inside the skin of a noble man who has always
fought for justice—now finally pushed beyond his limits.
Just how far will Penn Cage, the hero we thought we knew, go
to protect those he loves?