- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperback (May 31 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0340920599
- ISBN-13: 978-0340920596
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #813,524 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
While not as twisty as True Evil (2006), bestseller Iles's new thriller injects both depth and novelty into a genre convention—the jealous husband who's tipped off to his wife's infidelity. When Laurel Shields, a 35-year-old mother of two, discovers she's pregnant, she can't be sure her physician husband, Warren, is the father. Meanwhile, Warren is in trouble with the IRS. Laurel believes his obsessive search for a document in their Athens Point, Miss., home is related to a federal Medicaid fraud investigation focusing on his medical partner, Kyle Auster. As the Feds prepare to swoop down on Warren and Kyle's office to collect the evidence of false billings and bribes to patients without any actual illnesses, Warren takes Laurel and their two children hostage. Iles squeezes every drop of suspense out of the prolonged standoff between the doctor and the police. While the ending may be a little too pat to be plausible, Iles avoids turning Warren into a clichéd bad guy by making his descent into madness understandable. (Nov.)
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
'Another steamy chiller from Mississippi crime master Iles' -- Daily Mirror 20080627 'A keep-you-engaged-to-the-very-last-page thriller' -- USA Today 20080627 'Greg Iles has shown that he's among the most talented and ambitious of contemporary thriller writers' -- Washington Post on TRUE EVIL 20061211 'True evil, indeed, and scary enough to fit in with our times' -- New York Daily News on TRUE EVIL 20061217 'Smooth prose, psychological depth and crafty plotting...and a fiendishly clever serial killer...This pulse-pounder is sure to be another bestseller' -- Publishers Weekly, starred review, on TRUE EVIL 20061201 'Sit back and enjoy the mayhem. Brilliant!' -- Independent on Sunday on TURNING ANGEL 20060430 'What does a book's plot need to entice you? Sex, drugs, murder? How about sleazy politicians, bigotry, gunfights...and more sex?...If you haven't yet discovered Iles, TURNING ANGEL will have you wondering where he's been all your life' -- USA Today on TURNING ANGEL 20060430 'Iles's way of telling the story lifts him clear of the pack ... into a different league.' -- Observer on BLOOD MEMORY 20060430 'Alarming, believable, and utterly consuming ... resonates long after the final page is turned.' -- Dan Brown on DARK MATTER 20060430
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Third Degree,
By hooked on books "Advid reader" (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Third Degree (Mass Market Paperback)
I loved this book. I did not want to book the book down and lost a night sleep, turning over the next page to read while saying, I will just read one more page.Througly enjoyed and have no problem recommending it to anyone.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not impressed.,
By WP "momto3" (Vancouver, BC, Ca) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Third Degree (Paperback)
I have loved every Greg Iles book that I have read to date, but this one was not impressive at all. Gripping page turner? No way. There were sections that were ok, and just when I thought the book would finally get on a role, Iles dove right back into unnecessary scene and character descriptions. I found myself skimming pages, and by the middle of the book, I went straight to the final chapter. The whole story took place within a 7 hour time frame, which may have contributed to the overabundant need for detail.
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This review is from: Third Degree (Hardcover)
Greg Iles is one of the few authors whose books I always buy in hardcover. I can't get enough of him. Third Degree was a page turner. Loved it.
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