James Barnett, for sharing his deep knowledge of Native Americans in the Mississippi Valley. Dr. Chuck Borum, for his knowledge of scouting and Native American customs.
Terry Burkley, for sharing painful details about living with a loved one with Parkinson’s disease.
Richard Grant, an insightful writer, for an outsider’s perspective on Mississippi.
Wade Heatherly, banker, actor, and former rescue swimmer, for great info (and for acting in my son’s movie).
Friends with details: Kevin Cooper, the newspaper business; Scott Slover, attorney; Howard Jones, the lumber business; James Lee, coroner; Dr. Barry Bertolet and Dr. Kellen Jex, medical expertise; Dr. Randy Tillman, aviation; Glenn Green and Mimi Miller, miscellaneous. Terri Aldridge for the last-minute read!
Friends with insights: Courtney Aldridge, Rod Givens, James Schuchs, Kevin Dukes, Billy Ray Farmer.
The loved ones who keep me going: first and foremost my wife, Caroline Hungerford. Madeline Iles, Mark Iles, newcomer Elliot Iles, Geoff Iles, Betty Iles, Dr. Jerry W. Iles, and Nancy Hungerford and Betsy Iles for babysitting Elliot!
About the Author
GREG ILES has spent most of his life in Natchez, Mississippi. His first novel, Spandau Phoenix, was the first of sixteen New York Times bestsellers. His Natchez Burning trilogy continued the story of Penn Cage, the protagonist of The Quiet Game, Turning Angel, and #1 New York Times bestseller The Devil’s Punchbowl. Iles’s novels have been made into films and published in more than thirty-five countries. He is a member of the lit-rock group The Rock Bottom Remainders, lives in Natchez with his wife, and has three children.
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Also by Greg Iles
Mississippi Blood
The Bone Tree
The Death Factory (e-novella)
Natchez Burning
The Devil’s Punchbowl
Third Degree
True Evil
Turning Angel
Blood Memory
The Footprints of God
Dead Sleep
24 Hours
The Quiet Game
Mortal Fear
Black Cross
Spandau Phoenix
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
cemetery road. Copyright © 2019 by Greg Iles. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Iles, Greg.
Title: Cemetery Road : a novel / Greg Iles.
Description: New York, NY : William Morrow, 2019. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018057445 (print) | LCCN 2018059594 (ebook) | ISBN 9780062824639 (ebook) | ISBN 0062824635 (ebook) | ISBN 9780062824615 (hardback) | ISBN 0062824619 (hardcover) | ISBN9780062824622 (international paperback)
Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Suspense. | GSAFD: Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3559.L47 (ebook) | LCC PS3559.L47 C46 2019 (print)| DDC 813/.54--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018057445
ISBN: 978-0-06-282461-5 (hardcover)
ISBN: 978-0-06-282462-2 (international edition)
ISBN: 978-0-06-289890-6 (signed edition)
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