Poker Membership in Bienville City, Mississippi: A Novel

The value of justice is often seen as the essence of a noble person's character.

The bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy brings back an electrifying tale set in a small Mississippi town. This story delves into friendship, betrayal, and secrets that could tear the community apart. Explore the gripping world of Bienville and its poker club in this latest installment.

The latest standalone thriller by Greg Iles is a gripping crime story intertwined with a profound exploration of themes like grief, betrayal, and corruption. Drawing comparisons to the legendary Southern author Pat Conroy, Iles's narrative is reminiscent of Conroy's passionate and deeply dedicated writing style. As you delve into this absorbing tale, you'll find yourself immersed in a world of mystery and intrigue reminiscent of Bienville, Mississippi, where poker clubs and clandestine gatherings shape the town's dynamics.

When Marshall McEwan left his Mississippi hometown at eighteen, he vowed by no means to return. The trauma that drove him away spurred him to develop into one of the profitable journalists in Washington, DC. However because the ascendancy of a chaotic administration lifts him from print fame to tv stardom, Marshall discovers that his father is terminally in poor health, and he should return dwelling to face the unfinished enterprise of his previous.

On arrival, he finds Bienville, Mississippi very a lot modified.  His household’s 150-year-old newspaper is failing; and Jet Talal, the love of his youth, has married into the household of Max Matheson, one among a dozen highly effective patriarchs who rule the city by means of the unique Bienville Poker Membership.  To Marshall’s shock, the Poker Membership has taken a city on the point of extinction and provided it salvation, within the type of a billion-dollar Chinese language paper mill.  However on the verge of the deal being consummated, two murders rock Bienville to its core, threatening excess of the town’s financial future.

An skilled journalist, Marshall has seen firsthand how the corrosive energy of cash and politics can sabotage investigations. Becoming a member of forces together with his former lover—who by means of her husband has entry to the secrets and techniques of the Poker Membership—Marshall begins digging for the reality behind these murders.  However he and Jet quickly uncover that the soil of Mississippi is a minefield the place explosive secrets and techniques can destroy excess of injustice.  The South is a land the place everybody hides truths: of blood and kids, of affection and disgrace, of hate and homicide—of damnation and redemption.  The Poker Membership’s secret reaches all the way in which to Washington, D.C., and will shake the foundations of the U.S. Senate.  However by the point Marshall grasps the long-buried fact about his personal historical past, he would give virtually something to not need to face it.