Turning Angel

Turning Angel Greg Iles paperback copyright 2005 646 pages ISBN 9780743454162 After winning the most dangerous case of his career, prosecutor Penn Cage decides to remain in his Southern hometown to raise his young daughter in a safe haven. But nowhere is truly safe--not from long-buried secrets, or murder..When the nude body of prep school student Kate Townsend is found near the Mississippi River, Penn's best friend, Drew Elliot, is desperate for his counsel. An esteemed family physician, Drew makes a shocking confession that could put him on death row. Penn will do all he can to exonerate Drew, but in a town where the gaze of a landmark cemetery statue--the Turning Angel--never looks away, Penn finds himself caught on the jagged edge of blackmail, betrayal and deadly violence.