Blackmail: Thriller

by Greg Iles, Axel Merz (Translator)

Overview

Als im Mississippi die nackte Leiche eines Mädchens gefunden wird, ist die ganze Gemeinde von Natchez geschockt - am meisten aber der Anwalt Penn Cage. Denn er muss erfahren, dass sein bester Freund, der Arzt Drew Elliott, der ihm als Junge einmal das Leben gerettet hat, ein Verhältnis mit der Schülerin hatte und somit unter Mordverdacht steht. Wider Willen übernimmt Penn den Fall und wird hineingerissen in einen Sog von Erpressung, Rassenpolitik und sexuellen Begierden. Seine einzige Chance, den Freund zu retten, ist die Wahrheit zu finden. Eine Wahrheit, die keiner wissen will ...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783838717289
Publisher:	Bastei Entertainment
Publication date:	04/07/2012
Sold by:	Readbox
Format:	eBook
Pages:	624
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years
Language:	German

About the Author

Greg Iles has led a sort of double life as a novelist. His first books, based on extrapolations from real events in World War II, earned him an initial following, but his very modern crime novels are what currently hold his -- and his readers' -- focus. His tight pacing and chilling, innovative concepts have made him especially attractive to Hollywood, which has optioned and/or expressed interest in several of his books.

Iles's first novel, Spandau Phoenix, was about the secret escape of a Nazi soldier and the chilling plot related in his discovered diaries. It was a mixed success critically, earning praise for its premise but low marks on style. Since then, Iles has clearly developed as a novelist, and branched out in themes too.

With his second novel, Black Cross, Iles displayed more of a voice and more streamlined plotting in his story of a conspiracy to use the Nazi's own weapons against them. Those first two titles did become bestsellers; but by the time Iles shifted gears to write crime thrillers set in his native Mississippi, he found himself getting even more attention -- and better reviews. His next two books, Mortal Fear and The Quiet Game, remain his personal favorites. Iles was born in Stuttgart, Germany, where his father was in charge of the medical clinic at the U.S. Embassy, in 1961. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1983 and played guitar in a rock band for several years before trying his hand at writing novels.

Moving from screenplays to thrillers to speculative historical fiction, Iles continues to stretch as a writer. He also indulges his love for music (he once played guitar in the band Frankly Scarlet) by performing with the Rock Bottom Remainders, an author side project that includes writers Stephen King, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, and Amy Tan

Hometown:

Natchez, Mississippi

Date of Birth:

1961

Place of Birth:

Stuttgart, Germany

Education:

B.A., University of Mississippi, 1983

Website:

http://www.gregiles.com