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  • A Novel
  • Written by: Greg Iles
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 23 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (215 ratings)

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Cemetery Road

Written by: Greg Iles
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's Summary

The number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy returns with an electrifying tale of friendship, betrayal, and shattering secrets that threaten to destroy a small Mississippi town.

When Marshall McEwan left his hometown at age 18, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away ultimately spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington DC. But just as the political chaos in the nation’s capital lifts him to new heights, Marshall is forced to return home in spite of his boyhood vow.

His father is dying, his mother is struggling to keep the family newspaper from failing, and the town is in the midst of an economic rebirth that might be built upon crimes that reach into the state capitol - and perhaps even to Washington. More disturbing still, Marshall’s high school sweetheart, Jet, has married into the family of Max Matheson, patriarch of one of the families that rule Bienville through a shadow organization called the Bienville Poker Club.

When archaeologist Buck McKibben is murdered at a construction site, Bienville is thrown into chaos. The ensuing homicide investigation is soon derailed by a second crime that rocks the community to its core. Power broker Max Matheson’s wife has been shot dead in her own bed, and the only other person in it at the time was her husband, Max. Stranger still, Max demands his daughter-in-law, Jet, defend him in court.

As a journalist, Marshall knows all too well how the corrosive power of money and politics can sabotage investigations. Without telling a soul, he joins forces with Jet, who has lived for 15 years at the heart of Max Matheson’s family, and begins digging into both murders. With Jet walking the dangerous road of an inside informer, they soon uncover a web of criminal schemes that undergird the town’s recent success. But these crimes pale in comparison to the secret at the heart of the Matheson family. When those who have remained silent for years dare to speak to Marshall, pressure begins to build like water against a crumbling dam.

Marshall loses friends, family members, and finally, even Jet, for no one in Bienville seems willing to endure the reckoning the Poker Club has long deserved. By the time Marshall grasps the long-buried truth, he would give almost anything not to have to face it.

©2019 Greg Iles (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

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Conflicted

The story was good, although waaaaaayyyyyy longer than it needed to be.
What was painful for me was the narration. Imagine an overly dramaticized soap opera. Now imagine a parody of an overly dramaticized soap opera.

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Exceptional

I loved this book, everything about it. I can't wait to read more of his books!

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A captivating story!

I love committing myself to big books. I crave spending hours with interesting, well-developed characters. I appreciate an author like Greg Iles, who has the patience and makes the time to create the stories that will occupy a portion of my life.

I’ve heard it said many times that an author should write what they know; Greg Iles is a southern boy, and he sets his stories, like Cemetery Road, in small-town Mississippi. I loved the closeness and smallness of Bienville, Mississippi. For all of its “southern-ness,” a person like myself, born and raised in the Northeast, was able to recognize the small-town politics and how everyone knew everyone else’s secrets. I think that when an author is so comfortable with their setting, it allows the reader to find their own familiar parts, thus allowing them to find a home in the story. Well, that’s how I felt anyway.

There were times while listening to Cemetery Road that I was a little bit annoyed or put off. At times I felt like the story was a product placement for The Ford Motor Company. But like all relationships, it’s never perfect all of the time. The story was exciting, interesting, and I always wanted to get back into it.

Cemetery Road is a commitment – six hundred and eight pages in the hardcover, or twenty-four hours in the Audible (which is what I did). Greg Iles kept my attention throughout with the twists, turns, and sometimes convoluted scenarios. I often thought that the characters’ lives seemed too intertwined, but then I remembered my own small town. Keep it real!

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Incredible read!

Greg Iles had me listening to nothing but his book for two entire weeks! The story was captivating from beginning to end, with the narrator creating an unique voice for each character making it incredibly easy to follow. I would give it 5/5 but my OCD hated that the chapters were off from the book - but that's on Audible, not the author.

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a fantastic edge of your seat novel

Scott Brick has a way of keeping you Spellbound with his narration of books and it was no different than with this one... it kept you going for the entire 24 hours that he read the book and the story was second to none with twists and turns and not knowing what happens to the very end... it's the first book by Greg Iles that I've had and he didn't disappoint... I recommend this book to everybody..Dave g. Millbrook Ontario

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  • Roy
  • 2020-05-10

Great story and presentation.

looking forward to the next book by author. Great characters and pace. Highly recommended. Loved narrator voice.

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  • Ed
  • 2020-05-26

Fantastic!

Greg Iles is a superb storyteller and Scott Brick does a amazing job of narration!

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Nailbiter

Prepare to put your life on hold as you witness the many twists and turns on every page, a book you wish never ends.

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Wouldn’t do again

I don’t know what it is about this story and the performance. It was too long. I was lost in the characters a few times and had to rewind.

The narrator had a wonderful voice, but his interpretation of female “voices” for some reason made them all sounds “really tired” they were as exhausted in the story as I was listening to it.

Overall, it was a good book, but il not sure I’d pick this story again

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Predictable

Enjoyed the novel but found it often stereotypical, formulated and predictable. Old and jaded maybe.

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