Quotes About Greg Iles

The hour of justice does not strike on the dials of this world.

McCrae was the kind of southerner who had only left the parish of his birth to serve his country in wartime or to carry bulls across the state for mating purposes.

The sheriff faced forward, the downward angle of his big head radiating disappointment.

I want you to inject this into a red-top Vacutainer and spin it down." "Okay. What tests do you want done?" "A CBC and a standard Chem-20. But don't throw any serum away. I may do some more tests

named False Witness the fourth-best legal thriller ever written." "After what?" "Anatomy of a Murder , The Caine Mutiny , and Presumed Innocent.

I'm a big believer in first lines. If a writer doesn't grab you with their first sentence, even in a literary novel, they might need to think about another line of work.

Walt Garrity stands beside them like a tired cowboy who mistakenly wandered into the painting and can't find his way out.

Caitlin is right, although her argument would probably offend every woman on the jury.

As I ponder Sonny's life and death, it strikes me that, whatever his prejudices, he was one of the quiet heroes of this country.

searching, revealing nothing. A few heads in the audience turn to me, wondering who could possibly have upset the equilibrium of the

A tourist will just walk up to a Natchezian on the street and ask, 'Where does Greg Iles live?' And they'll say, 'Oh, right over there; just go knock on the door.' I've had people just walk into my office, walk into my house like it's a museum just open to the public.