Turning Angel

By: Greg Iles

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

Turning Angel marks the long-awaited return of Penn Cage, the lawyer hero of The Quiet Game, and introduces Drew Elliott, the highly respected doctor who saved Penn's life in a hiking accident when they were boys.

As two of the most prominent citizens of Natchez, Drew and Penn sit on the school board of their alma mater, St. Stephen's Prep. When the nude body of a young female student is found near the Mississippi River, the entire community is shocked - but no one more than Penn, who discovers that his best friend was entangled in a passionate relationship with the girl and may be accused of her murder.

On the surface, Kate Townsend seems the most unlikely murder victim imaginable. A star student and athlete, she'd been accepted to Harvard and carried the hope and pride of the town on her shoulders. But like her school and her town, Kate also had a secret life - one about which her adult lover knew little.

When Drew begs Penn to defend him, Penn allows his sense of obligation to override his instinct and agrees. Yet before he can begin, both men are drawn into a dangerous web of blackmail and violence. Penn finds himself doubting his friend's motives and searching for a path out of harm's way.

More dangerous yet is Shad Johnson, the black district attorney whose dream is to send a rich white man to death row in Mississippi. At Shad's order, Drew is jailed, the police cease hunting Kate's killer, and Penn realizes that only by finding Kate's murderer himself can he save his friend's life.

With his daughter's babysitter as his guide, Penn penetrates the secret world of St. Stephen's, a place that parents never see, where reality veers so radically from appearance that Penn risks losing his own moral compass. St. Stephen's is a dark mirror of the adult world, one populated by steroid-crazed jocks, girls desperate for attention, and jaded teens flirting with nihilism. And hidden among them all is one true psychopath.

©2005 Greg Iles (P)2005 Brilliance Audio

Great!!

Wonderful book. All of his books so far have been great. keeping you interested at all times.

This Book Was Intriguing

This book makes you not be so quick to cast judgement. Penn realizes the path that Drew took could've have easily been him. Great plot with many twist and turns.

Annoying performance

The book was good but the annoying and sometimes disgusting sniffing, gulping and sighing sounds of the performer made it a hard listen.

Intriguing Read!

I commute to work each day and fill the road time with Audio books. At times, this book made me wish my commute was longer. Can you imagine that? Well written, in depth but not overly done characters and a suspenseful story line kept me listening in my car even after I had reached my destination. The narration is right on in every way. The tone and accents fit perfectly with this book. I'm very impressed and that should me something because I rarely say this much in a review and I listen to a lot of audio books. Well done, Hooray!

Couldn't put it down!!

This is the second Greg Iles book in a series I plan to enjoy. You will enjoy them too.

20 shades of grey

A little graphic but so is life! Enjoyed the air of mystery throughout the book

Descent book

The story line is good. However I felt is was a bit drawn out. The reader did a good job.

another great one!

story line was a bit slow at first. but boy did it get good. I am drawn to Penn Cage and his adventures. Never know what lies beneath a small town. I look forward to read this whole series.

Narration Advice

I hope, not to insult the narrator, but to give him some guidance. I loved this book and wish to enjoy all Greg Iles' books. However, the narrator constantly changes volume so that one minute I'm straining to hear a character and the next I'm assault with a bellowing loud voice. Creating distinction between characters or genders should not be done by changing volume. Also, narrator uses a style for some characters that enunciates only portions of the words... perhaps for drama or to make a voice seem more feminine. Again, it forces the listener to concentrate in order to follow the story. I am one of many Audible followers who use the books on a timer to help drift off to sleep. This has been a powerful tool for me to battle my insomnia. It simply won't work if I'm wide awake trying to focus and concentrate in order to understand one character and then be blasted by the next character. I'm asking, respectfully, that the narrator give thought to adjusting his style to make the books pleasant and enjoyable for the reader. I can't buy books narrated in the style I experienced in Turning Angel.

Well written, engaging and a challenging subject.

Be careful who you recommend this to, as it is a very disturbing subject matter and quite graphic.