![]() ![]() As the evidence mounts, the prey begins to get testy: Warns one well-meaning ally, “If you push the Double Eagles too soon, or too hard, Forrest Knox could move to bury whatever evidence might remain. As ever, Iles’ account of his hometown of Natchez is sure to displease local boosters, and as ever, he skillfully weaves family saga with local history (real and imagined) and world events, in this case the murders of civil rights workers and the not-coincidental assassination of a certain president half a century ago. The Double Eagles were bad enough when resonantly named Brody Royal was in charge, but it seems he’s on sabbatical, and a new boss even more viperous has moved into town. ![]() Or so find Penn and his sidekick/fiancee, Caitlin Masters, when, surely unwisely, they poke deep into the klavernous doings of the local white-supremacy klatch. Natchez, Mississippi, to Dallas is a far piece, but it’s just a rifle bullet’s trajectory away. ![]() The second installment of his hard-boiled Natchez trilogy finds Iles’ ( Natchez Burning, 2014, etc.) hero Penn Cage on even swampier, and surely deadlier, ground than before. ![]()
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