A Southern doctor is pulled into a terrifying ring of murderous secrets in this “engrossing…full-tilt thriller” (The Washington Post) from the New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and Southern Man.

Dr. Chris Shepard has never seen his new patient before. But the attractive young woman with the scarred face knows him all too well. An FBI agent working undercover, Alex Morse has come to Dr. Shepard’s office in Natchez, Mississippi, to unmask a killer. A local divorce attorney has a cluster of clients whose spouses have all died under mysterious circumstances. Agent Morse’s own brother-in-law was one of those clients, and now her beloved sister is dead. Then comes Morse’s bombshell: Dr. Shepard’s own beautiful wife consulted this lawyer one week ago, a visit Shepard knew nothing about. Will he help Alex Morse catch a killer? Or is he the next one to fall victim to a deadly trap of sex, lies, and murder?

Brimming with the masterful suspense and intense psychological drama True Evil is an unnerving tale of evil lurking beneath the veneer of idyllic suburban life.

About The Author

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Greg Iles

Greg Iles was born in 1960 in Germany, where his father ran the US Embassy medical clinic during the height of the Cold War. After graduating from the University of Mississippi in 1983, he performed for several years with the rock band Frankly Scarlet and is a member of the lit-rock group The Rock Bottom Remainders. His first novel, Spandau Phoenix, a thriller about Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess, was published in 1993 and became a New York Times bestseller. Iles went on to write numerous bestselling novels including Third Degree, True Evil, Turning Angel, Blood Memory, The Footprints of God, the Natchez Burning trilogy, and 24 Hours (released by Sony Pictures as Trapped, with full screenwriting credit for Iles). He lives in Natchez, Mississippi.

Product Details

Publisher: Pocket Books (May 24, 2022)
Length: 656 pages
ISBN13: 9781982187323

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Raves and Reviews

“Greg Iles has shown that he’s among the most talented and ambitious of contemporary thriller writers.” —Washington Post

“A must read.” —Philadelphia Inquirer

"Smooth prose, psychological depth and crafty plotting . . . and a fiendishly clever serial killer. . . . [a] pulse-pounder." —Publishers Weekly, starred review