SOUTHERN MAN Penn Cage, Book 7

Scott Brick ratchets up the tension and lays on the pathos in this fast-paced political thriller. Iles's take on the age of Trump and the threat of another Civil War features Penn Cage, from his acclaimed Natchez Burning trilogy. The former prosecutor, now mayor of Natchez, Mississippi, becomes entangled in the third-party presidential campaign of war hero Robert E. Lee White, which is threatening to set the country ablaze. Brick's performance of a riot that results in a mass shooting is both heartbreaking and horrific. Colorful characters, steamy settings, and deeply twisted political intrigue abound as Brick enhances this engaging take on the state of politics in twenty-first-century America. R.O. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2024]