Turning Angel book cover by Greg Iles

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Where Turning Angel sits

Series
Book 2 of Penn Cage. See all Penn Cage books in order
The book before
The Quiet Game
The book after
The Devil's Punchbowl
Order checked
Last checked: September 25, 2026, against gregiles.com
Place in the series
It is book 2 of the Penn Cage series. (gregiles.com; read November 6, 2026) Penn Cage ... The Quiet Game ... Turning Angel
Next book
Book 3 is The Devil's Punchbowl. (gregiles.com; read November 6, 2026) Turning Angel ... The Devil's Punchbowl

What Turning Angel is about

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  • Lawyer Penn Cage agrees to defend his oldest friend, who is accused of murdering a young female student. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) defend his best friend since childhood for the murder of a young female student
  • His friend had been intimate with the student, and the killing happened at their old school, St. Stephen's Prep. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) with whom his friend was intimate, at their old alma mater, St. Stephen's Prep

Topics in this book

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Topics

  • Attorney and client
  • Male friendship
  • Penn Cage
  • Teenage girls
  • Trials (Murder)

Places

  • Natchez (Miss.)

Reading ages

  • Adult

Other books in Penn Cage

7 books listed so far

  1. Book 1: The Quiet Game
  2. Book 3: The Devil's Punchbowl
  3. Book 4: Natchez Burning
  4. Book 5: The Bone Tree
  5. Book 6: Mississippi Blood
  6. Book 7: Southern Man

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