Debra M. (dreamer) reviewed on 10/17/2005 + 380 more book reviews

Natchez, Mississippi, is the jewel of the antebellum South, a city of old money and older sins, where passion, power and racial tensions seethe beneath its elegant facade. It is here that Penn Cage, a Houston prosecutor turned novelist, returns to his childhood home, hoping to find some solance in the aftermath of his wife's death. Penn is stunned to discover that his own family is trapped in a web of intrigue and danger. But as Penn tries to right the wrongs, he stumbles over the town's darkest secret and soon learns that this haunting mystery is bound up with highest levels of government. His crusade for justive may cost him his career and his life.

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