Audiolibro Southern Man: The explosive new crime thriller from the author of the Natchez Burning trilogy

The hugely anticipated new Penn Cage novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and Cemetery Road, about a manand a townrocked by anarchy and tragedy, but unbowed in the fight to save those they love.

A senseless tragedy
When a brawl at a rap festival triggers a bloody mass shooting in Mississippi, Penn Cage finds himself in a country on the brink of eruption. As the stunned cities of Natchez and Bienville reel, antebellum plantation homes are being torched and the deadly attacks are claimed by a Black radical group as historic acts of justice. Panic quickly sweeps through the communities, driving the prosperous Southern towns inexorably toward a race war.

A rising star
But what might have been only a regional sideshow of the 2024 Presidential election explodes into national prominence, thanks to the stunning ascent of Robert E. Lee White on social media, a Southern war hero funded by an eccentric Mississippi billionaire, who seizes the public imagination as a third-party candidate.

A country ready to implode
As his hometown devolves into chaos, Penn Cage tears into Bobby White's pursuit of the Presidency and ultimately risks a second Civil War to try to expose its motivation to the world, before the America of our Constitution slides into the abyss.

Greg Iles Southern Man is a top-tier addition to the genre of international thrillers, with its blend of detective work, legal intricacies, and high-stakes action. The narrative is a new adventure for Penn Cage, who finds himself in the midst of a crime mystery that threatens to plunge the South into chaos.

For fans of Michael Connelly (The Law of Innocence), John Grisham (A Time To Kill), David Baldacci (The Edge), Robert Galbraith (The Running Grave), and James Lee Burke (Another Kind of Eden).

HarperCollins 2024

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