A review by nicolepeck
The Death Factory, by Greg Iles

4.0

This was a fairly fast read. It seems to be a bridge between the two Penn Cage trilogies but doesn't specifically resolve the cliffhanger from the last book of the first trilogy (The Devil's Punchbowl). Instead, though it covers that time frame after Penn finds out about his father being in the hospital, Penn spends his time on a break from the hospital with his Uncle Jack recounting the details of a past case at the time when his wife died. I enjoyed this novella. Included are also previews of each of the 3 books in the second Penn Cage trilogy, which I didn't read, as I'm planning to continue reading this series right away. Overall, a short but well-done novella with more about Penn's past but nothing that adds to or detracts from the rest of this series.