![]() So begins his quest to find the men responsible. When a childhood friend of Penn's who brings him evidence of these crimes is brutally murdered, the full weight of Penn's failure to protect his city hits home. And with them - on sleek private jets that slip in and out of town like whispers in the night - come pro football players, rap stars, and international gamblers, all sharing an unquenchable taste for one thing: blood sport - and the dark vices that go with it. Rumor has it that the Magnolia Queen has found a way to pull the big players from Las Vegas to its Mississippi backwater. But in its quest for new jobs and fresh money, Natchez, like other Mississippi towns, has turned to casino gambling, and now five fantastical steamboats float on the river beside the old slave market at Natchez like props from Gone With the Wind. Urged by old friends to try to restore this fading jewel of the Old South, Penn has ridden into office on a tide of support for change. But it is as mayor of his hometown - Natchez, Mississippi - that Penn will face his most dangerous threat. As a prosecuting attorney in Houston, Penn Cage sent hardened killers to death row. The Devil's Punchbowl reveals a world of depravity, sex, violence, and the corruption of a Southern town. From New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes his most electrifying thriller yet.
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