'Along the way to the satisfying ending, Virgil displays the rough humor and rough justice that make him such an appealing character' Publishers Weekly on Deep Freeze ' Perfect entertainment' Kirkus Reviews on Escape Clause

'An outstanding novel' Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Escape Clause * * * Praise for John Sandford and the Virgil Flower novels * * * Virgil's relationship with his girlfriend Frankie has been getting kind of serious, but when Frankie's sister moves in for the summer, the situation gets a lot more complicated. Some of them are a great deal more extreme than others – as Virgil is about to find out. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get what they need. Two large, and very rare, Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. The ninth Virgil Flowers novel by internationally bestselling author John Sandford John Sandford has done it once again in furthering the story of Virgil Flowers.**Don't miss John Sandford's brand-new thriller Masked Prey, available now**

The story line moves fast, the twists are smart, the characters are well written. Will Virgil be able to solve the cases before he becomes the next cadaver?Įscape Clause excels at engaging the reader in a fun and action-filled story.

In addition to this, Virgil’s girlfriend is endangered by the work of her sister in researching slave labor in a local business. The action amps up as the bodies start to fall. The robbers who would be the beneficiaries of inside help in their theft quickly delve into a treacherous double cross when a key piece of evidence turns up. Virgil has to weed his way through the medical quacks who would look to trade in exotic medicine while keeping an eye on a crazed animal rights assassin looking to take down one of those quacks. The media scrutiny shines a suffocating light on Flowers and the BCA. Flowers is tasked with the unenviable task of locating the exotic felines before they meet an untimely end. His latest assignment finds the brilliant detective on the trail of a couple of kidnapped tigers. Virgil Flowers clearly has his hands full.

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