The Virgil Flowers Series - Book 8
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“There are plenty of fictional cops and private eyes with anger issues, woman troubles, and drinking problems. And then there’s Virgil Flowers…He leaves the big-time crime-busting to his boss in Minneapolis, Lucas Davenport…so he can grab the fun assignments for himself…Despite Virgil’s casual air, Sandford’s humor isn’t flip. He sees Trippton’s battered trailer homes, the live pit bulls and dead cars in the yards, and the no-trespassing signs at the gates, along with all the signs of misery other regional authors record in their novels. But there’s compassion in his gaze and genuine affection in his raucous laughter.”
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The thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series
In southeast Minnesota, down on the Mississippi, a school board meeting is coming to an end. The board chairman announces that the rest of the meeting will be closed, due to personnel issues. "Issues" is correct. The proposal up for a vote before them is whether to authorize the killing of a local reporter. The vote is four to one in favor.
Meanwhile, not far away, Virgil Flowers is helping out a friend by looking into a dognapping, which seems to be turning into something much bigger and uglier—a team of dognappers supplying medical labs—when he gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A murdered body has been found—and the victim is a local reporter.
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