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Virgil Flowers faces double trouble in this exceptional thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series

Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers´ case, make that two.

The first comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large Siberian tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are very concerned that they´ve been stolen for their organs. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes their parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get-and keep-what they need. As Detective Flowers of the Minnesota Bureau of Apprehension is about to find out.

Then there´s the homefront. Virgil´s relationship with his girlfriend Frankie has been getting kind of serious, but when Frankie´s sister, Sparkle, moves in for the summer, things get a lot more complicated. Sparkle has a roving eye, and it´s fixed right on Virgil.

Forget a storm-this one´s a tornado.

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PRAISE FOR THE VIRGIL FLOWERS SERIES

"Another brainy thriller from a prolific author, Deadline fulfills readers´ expectations of Sandford´s fiction: tense, smart and character-driven."-Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Sandford´s best Flowers book to date. This book is the most fun I have had reading in a long time."-The Huffington Post

"The biggest joys of this series are Flowers himself (his boss is Lucas Davenport from Sandford´s Prey novels), the case of eccentric supporting characters, and the humorous dialogue."-Shelf Awareness

"Pure reading pleasure."-Booklist

"Sandford keeps one last surprise up his sleeve, and it´s a doozy. Exhilaratingly professional work by both Virgil and his creator."-Kirkus Reviews

"Rich characters [and] the descriptions of small-town life, politics and corruption and the concurrent trails of action make for a fast and entertaining read."-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of twenty-seven Prey novels, most recently Extreme Prey ; four Kidd novels, nine Virgil Flowers novels, and six other books, including three YA novels co-authored with his wife Michele Cook.

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