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The hugely anticipated new Penn Cage novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and Cemetery Road, about a man-and a town-rocked by anarchy and tragedy, but unbowed in the fight to save those they love.

In "Schuld und Lüge" wird die Stadt Natchez erschüttert, als die Leiche eines Mädchens im Mississippi gefunden wird. Anwalt Penn Cage steht vor der Herausforderung, seinen besten Freund Drew Elliott zu verteidigen, der wegen eines geheimen Verhältnisses unter Mordverdacht steht. Ein fesselnder Thriller über Freundschaft und Wahrheit.

"When Marshall McEwan left his hometown at age eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away ultimately spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington D.C. But just as the political chaos in the nation's capital lifts him to new heights, Marshall is forced to return home in spite of his boyhood vow. His father is dying, his mother is struggling to keep the family newspaper from failing, and the town is in the midst of an economic rebirth that might be built upon crimes that reach into the state capitol--and perhaps even to Washington. More disturbing still, Marshall's high school sweetheart, Jet, has married into the family of Max Matheson, patriarch of one of the families that rule Bienville through a shadow organization called the Bienville Poker Club. When archeologist Buck McKibben is murdered at a construction site, Bienville is thrown into chaos. The ensuing homicide investigation is soon derailed by a second crime that rocks the community to its core. Power broker Max Matheson's wife has been shot dead in her own bed, and the only other person in it at the time was her husband, Max. Stranger still, Max demands that his daughter-on-law, Jet, defend him in court. As a journalist, Marshall knows all too well how the corrosive power of money and politics can sabotage investigations. Without telling a soul, he joins forces with Jet, who has lived for fifteen years at the heart of Max Matheson's family, and begins digging into both murders. With Jet walking the dangerous road of an inside informer, they soon uncover a web of criminal schemes that undergird the town's recent success. But these crimes pale in comparison to the secret at the heart of the Matheson family. When those who have remained silent for years dare to speak to Marshall, pressure begins to build like water against a crumbling dam. Marshall loses friends, family members, and finally even Jet, for no one in Bienville seems willing to endure the reckoning that the Poker Club has long deserved. And by the time Marshall grasps the long-buried truth, he would give almost anything not to have to face it."-- Provided by publisher

A father on trial for murder. A son whose world is falling apart. The No.1 New York Times bestselling final volume of the ground-breaking Natchez Burning Trilogy by Greg Iles.

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?

"A volte, ci aspettiamo troppo dai nostri padri". A Natchez, nel profondo Sud degli Stati Uniti, l'ex avvocato Penn Cage - ora sindaco della città - crede ancora in certi valori ormai fuori moda come l'onore, la generosità, la giustizia. Valori di cui nei tribunali del Mississippi e del Texas da tempo non si vede neanche l'ombra. Quando un'anziana donna di colore, Viola Turner, già molto malata, muore in circostanze non chiare, l'accusa ricade sul padre di Penn, il medico Tom Cage, con cui la donna aveva lavorato come infermiera molti anni prima. Così, Penn si trova costretto a indagare nel passato condiviso del padre e di Viola, negli anni più turbolenti e infuocati della storia americana, anni di odi razziali e violenza, che hanno lasciato, oltre alle vittorie, anche profonde ferite. Per difendere suo padre, Penn compirà un viaggio sconcertante dentro i segreti della propria famiglia, e nel passato dell'uomo a cui ha sempre guardato come a un eroe, e che per lui non può che essere innocente. Per scoprire che, forse, non esistono eroi innocenti.

When he was a prosecuting attorney 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.

Thriller odehrávající se v současnosti na americkém Jihu vypráví příběh zdánlivě průměrného a láskyplného manželství, které se však přes noc promění v noční můru. Během jediného dne se hlavním hrdinům převrátí život vzhůru nohama. Warren na náhodné upozornění odhalí manželčinu nevěru. Odkrytí tohoto tajemství změní život jeho dětem i kdysi milované ženě. Hlavní hrdina reaguje značně agresivně, ohrožuje ženu zbraní, uvězní ji doma, v afektu zastřelí i svého kolegu. Rozuzlení spočívá nakonec v rukou místní policie a válečného hrdiny, kterého Laurel miluje.

1. Joe Pike, bývalý príslušník námornej pechoty, sa vyznačuje chladnokrvnosťou v krízových situáciách. Keď sa dvadsaťdvaročná Larkin Conner Barkleyová, dcéra bohatého obchodníka, ocitne v nebezpečenstve, jej otec najme Pika na jej ochranu pred zločincami. Úloha sa však ukáže byť zložitá, pretože útočníci sú napojení na niekoho z jej blízkeho okolia. 2. Jordan Buchananová je nadšená z plánovanej svadby svojho brata s jej najlepšou priateľkou, no profesor Horace McKenna jej pripomenie dávne nepriateľstvo medzi rodinami. Rozhodne sa dokázať, že je schopná spontaneity, a vyberie sa na dobrodružnú výpravu do Texasu za pokladom. Avšak pri pátraní v minulosti sa ocitá v ohrození života. 3. Louisiančan ponúka bohatým klientom "dokonalé" riešenie na vyhnutie sa emocionálnym a finančným ťažkostiam pri rozvode – smrť partnera bez podozrenia. Grace, manželka Billa Fennela, sa stane jednou z obetí, a jej sestra, agentka FBI Alex Morseová, sa rozhodne pomstiť jej smrť a zabrániť ďalším zločinom, hoci jej teória o neodhaliteľných vraždách je spochybňovaná. 4. V Bascome v Severnej Karolíne sú ženy z rodu Waverleyovcov považované za čudáčky, každá s unikátnym nadaním. Ich dom a záhrada sú plné prekvapení, kde kvety kvitnú mimo sezóny a plody majú čarovnú moc. Sestry Waverleyové sa snažia nájsť lásku v nečakaných miestach, čelíac každodenným výzvam života.