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Greg Iles, author of Southern Man

Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage carries a mortal secret that separates him from the world. But his exile comes to an end when a brawl at a Mississippi rap festival triggers a bloody mass shooting that nearly takes the life of his daughter. Antebellum plantation homes continue to burn, and the deadly attacks are claimed by a Black radical group as historic acts of justice. Panic sweeps through the tourist communities, driving them inexorably toward a race war. 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, a Southern war hero who seizes the public’s imagination as a third-party candidate. To triumph over the national party machines, Bobby evolves a plan of unimaginable daring.

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Week of June 2, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of June 2nd include SOUTHERN MAN, the epic seventh installment in Greg Iles' Penn Cage series, which centers on a man --- and a town --- rocked by anarchy and tragedy, but unbowed in the fight to save those they love; SUMMERS AT THE SAINT by Mary Kay Andrews, a beach read with depth and heart that revolves around the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper; LARRY McMURTRY, Tracy Daugherty's sweeping and insightful biography of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and screenwriter; Shelley Read's GO AS A RIVER, the heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a resilient young woman whose life is changed forever by one chance encounter; and BAD TOURISTS by Caro Carver, a white-hot thriller in which three tight-knit friends embark on an extravagant divorce trip to the Maldives --- until they realize that the resort of their dreams is harboring a killer.

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