The only way Penn can save his father, Dr. 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. 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 Bone Tree is a page turner of the first order, and I can barely wait to read part III.įrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes the second novel in his Natchez Burning trilogy-which also includes Natchez Burning and the upcoming Mississippi Blood-an epic trilogy of blood and race, family and justice, featuring Southern lawyer Penn Cage.įormer 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.

This is a dangerous cat and mouse “game” in which some will die, some will miraculously and courageously live, and secrets will come pouring out like the pestilence from Pandora’s box. As the story continues, we see the nature of the Double Eagles, and the hold they have on virtually everyone. Thus there are quite a few people who highly regard him, and some who would risk their lives to protect him. He has treated most of the population of Natchez, Mississippi. Tom Cage has lived his life caring for people. The Double Eagles want him dead because he knows way too much. Cage may have been a part of that conspiracy. John Kaiser, who is leading the ongoing investigation also believes that Dr. The FBI has reason to believe that this group is at least in part responsible for the death of President Kennedy as well as many civil rights workers of the 1960s. The Double Eagles are similar to the mafia in that their people are everywhere. Though he would like to turn himself in and have his case handled through the courts, he knows that he cannot do that and expect to live. Cage has since been silent and on the run, hiding from the law and from the very nasty group called Double Eagles as well. His son, Penn who is the mayor of Natchez is trying desperately to prove his father’s innocence. Tom Cage is accused of murdering his former nurse Viola.

In part I we see that the highly respected Dr. This is the second novel of the Natchez Burning trilogy.

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