The Quiet Game
Sep 1999 · Penn Cage Book 1 · Sold by Penguin
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INTRODUCING PENN CAGE...
From the author of Cemetery Road comes the first intelligent, gripping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Penn Cage series.
Natchez, Mississippi. Jewel of the South. City of old money and older sins. And childhood home of Houston prosecutor Penn Cage.
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, this is where Penn has returned for solitude. This is where he hopes to find peace. What he discovers instead is his own family trapped in a mystery buried for thirty years but never forgotten—the town’s darkest secret, now set to trap and destroy Penn as well.
From the author of Cemetery Road comes the first intelligent, gripping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Penn Cage series.
Natchez, Mississippi. Jewel of the South. City of old money and older sins. And childhood home of Houston prosecutor Penn Cage.
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, this is where Penn has returned for solitude. This is where he hopes to find peace. What he discovers instead is his own family trapped in a mystery buried for thirty years but never forgotten—the town’s darkest secret, now set to trap and destroy Penn as well.
INTRODUCING PENN CAGE...
From the author of Cemetery Road comes the first intelligent, gripping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Penn Cage series.
Natchez, Mississippi. Jewel of the South. City of old money and older sins. And childhood home of Houston prosecutor Penn Cage.
In t...
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Carlos Garcia
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September 28, 2026
So this book was intelligently written when describing it's drama and violence. It was a good introduction to Penn Cage. It just didn't have the same power to grab as my other Greg Iles book Blood Memory had. It didn't have the same effect on THIS reader. It reminds me of a recently read book by Michael Connelly, Chasing The Dime. Both had an amazing amount of stupid decisions for the sake of pushing the story. The difference between the two was it's quota of fun. CTD had fun in its pursuits of truth and delved into situations of just awkward funny moments. It didn't take itself over-the-top serious. With TQG it was all very straight faced serious. There were no fun moments and the reasons behind going back home get completely abandoned. Caitlin deserves better than what she got in this book. Livy deserves a whole lot worse! Cage is a moron for not seeing it. And let me not forget to mention that this book could have shaved 150 pages off the story...a whole lot of filler here. 3.75/5.
Jim Veinot
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December 13, 2025
I had read The Bone Tree first, and I found this novel to be much more high impact in tone and in action. It wasn't a negative experience, just unexpected. This book is well crafted, filled with nuance and surprise and overlaid with emotion and suspense.
Jolie Ann Renfro Wesley
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June 10, 2015
A page turner! I couldn't put it down. So many twists and turns that were totally unexpected! 5 Stars from an AVID reader of 3 or more books per month. I'll be reading more!! Thanks!
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About the author
Greg Iles is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series. His novels have been made into films, translated into more than twenty languages, and published in more than thirty-five countries worldwide.
Greg Iles is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Penn Cage series. His novels have been made into films, translated into more than twenty languages, and published in more than thirty-five countries worldwide.
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