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True Evil
Author: Greg Iles

?If you wanted to kill your spouse and get away with it, you had to do something truly ingenious: something that wouldn?t even be perceived as murder. And that was the service that Andrew Rusk had found a way to provide. Like any quality product, it did not come cheap. Nor did it come quickly. And perhaps most important of all, it was not for th... more »ose with weak constitutions. Demand was high, of course, but few people were truly suitable clients. It took a deep-rooted hatred to watch your spouse die in agony, knowing that you had brought about that pain. But on the other hand, some people bore up remarkably well.? With these words, New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles returns to his trademark Southern milieu in this terrifying thriller, an unnerving tale of evil lurking beneath the veneer of idyllic suburban life. Brimming with the masterful suspense and intense psychological drama that made Turning Angel, Blood Memory, and The Quiet Game bestsellers, True Evil tells the chilling story of a divorce attorney who may be orchestrating the deaths of his clients? spouses, bringing new meaning to the phrase ??til death do us part.? Dr. Chris Shepard is thirty-six years old, newly married, and well on his way to a perfect life. Or so he believes. But that future is forever cast into doubt the day Special Agent Alexandra Morse walks into his office and drops a bombshell: Dr. Shepard?s beautiful new wife is plotting his murder. Shepard is so shocked that he almost throws Agent Morse out of his office. Yet once he is alone, doubt begins to gnaw at him. Paranoia magnifies the small cracks in his marital relationship, and soon he can have no peace unless he knows the truth. When Agent Morse reappears, Chris agrees to act as bait to help her unravel the divorce lawyer?s scheme, which may already have cost nine unsuspecting spouses their lives. At the center of the mystery lies a maddeningly simple question: If these people really were murdered, why can?t the FBI prove it? Rigorous autopsies have uncovered no forensic evidence of foul play, and the police believe no crimes have occurred. As Dr. Shepard and Agent Morse struggle against an invisible adversary, Shepard realizes that he?s working with a desperate woman. The reason: the killer?s last known victim was Alex Morse?s sister, who from her deathbed accused her husband of murder and extracted a vow that Alex save her ten-year-old nephew from his father. This has driven Alex to risk both her life and her career to fulfill that vow. But Chris Shepard soon feels desperation of his own. As he probes his wife?s hidden past, he is confronted by the probability that the woman he loves wants him dead. He has adopted her son and given her everything he has to give, and yet somewhere out there, a killer with the brilliance to outwit the top forensic scientists in the world is closing in on him. Who is this merciless assassin? Why is murder an art form for him? And what clues could exist to lead them to a man of such twisted talents? Not even the clients who hire him know his identity, and the lawyer who works with him fears him above all else. Most terrifying, those who choose murder over divorce soon learn a terrible truth: once set in motion, the instrument of their anger cannot be stopped.

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ISBN-13: 9781469233925
ISBN-10: 1469233924
Publication Date: 12/4/2012
Edition: Abridged
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Currently 4.3/5 Stars.

4.3 stars, based on 6 ratings

Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Book Type: Audio CD
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Sharon C. (Mamu) - , reviewed True Evil on 10/7/2008 + 34 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 7

This was a fairly long read at 640 pages but far from slow! I really became immersed in it! I read my first Greg Iles book earlier this year and liked that. This was certainly not disappointing as a follow-up! It was, at times, very complex and detailed but not hard to follow, just intelligent. The ideas presented regarding the potential for use of biological agents (viruses, etc.) for evil purposes is not a new one, of course. I am not a scientist so I can't vouch for accuracy but it convinced me! It was extremely detailed, realistic and raised my pulse in a few places!! A brilliant sociopathic and just plain nasty bad guy -- who frustratingly continues to fly below the radar -- just adds to the punch!

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Pam S. (pamlovestoread) reviewed True Evil on 10/27/2007 + 97 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

An awesome book. Very fast-paced with lots of excitement. Wonderful!

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Sherry G. (sglueck) reviewed True Evil on 4/14/2008 + 4 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

This has got to be the best book i have ever read. I absolutely love how this book kept me interested all the way through. This author is brilliant.
Highly recommended.

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Tim S. (TimStout) reviewed True Evil on 3/10/2008 + 13 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I think this is the best of Iles work. A great villain (this guy is bad!)and he works in a hero from another of his books.

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Linda S. (Linda) reviewed True Evil on 5/27/2007 + 770 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

This is probably the best book I've read in ages! Keeps you intrigued from page 1 ... and doesn't let up until the very end.

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Sandy D. (sandyd) reviewed True Evil on 9/28/2012 + 14 more book reviews

This is my first Iles book. I found it to be a page turner and the book was glued to my hands, I took it everywhere! Love his writing style, however I did find there was a bit too much detail in some places and feel the ending could have been shortened. Looking foward to more of his work. I live only 60 miles from Natchez and visit there frequently. I found his descriptions of places in the city to be right on!

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Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed True Evil on 6/21/2011 + 1223 more book reviews

This was one heck of a thriller! It actually gave me a few bad dreams after staying up late reading it. The premise of the book was about dissatisfied husbands or wives using murder rather than divorce to get rid of their spouse. But the murders are not the usual killings but a guaranteed non-traceable cancer or other natural caused illness. The characters, both good and evil, are very well developed in the story. The most interesting is the evil Dr. Tarver, a brilliant researcher who is using the victims as experiments to develop a biological weapon. This is the first Iles novel I've read but I'm sure I'll be reading more of him. High recommendation for this one.

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Virginia and John H. (holtzy) - , reviewed True Evil on 2/26/2010 + 48 more book reviews

excellent, a real page turner.

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Joan W. (justreadingabook) reviewed True Evil on 3/28/2023 + 1726 more book reviews

A page turner, once you start you will want to keep reading.
Exciting and fast paced.
Well developed characters and a solid storyline.

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Rochelle P. reviewed True Evil on 12/8/2012

anything Greg Iles write is good. this was exceptional

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Melody B. (5ducksfans) reviewed True Evil on 10/4/2009 + 92 more book reviews

Another good book from Iles. The premise was very interesting, and I could not put it down.

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Bibi L. (gsl76) reviewed True Evil on 4/20/2013 + 6 more book reviews

Have truly enjoyed all Greg Iles books, but this was one of the best. Can never put his books down, keeps you on edge. What an imagination!!!

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