Sandford, John 1944 February 23- creator author text Detective and mystery fiction. Mystery fiction. Fiction. nyu 2016 monographic eng

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392 pages ; 24 cm "Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The exceptional new thriller from the writer whose books are "pure reading pleasure" (Booklist) The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. 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. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get what they need. Some of them are a great deal more extreme than others -- as Virgil 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, the situation gets a lot more complicated. For one thing, her research into migrant workers is about to bring her up against some very violent people who emphatically do not want to be researched. For another . . . she thinks Virgil's kind of cute John Sandford n-us-mn Flowers, Virgil (Fictitious character) Fiction Government investigators Minnesota Fiction FICTION / Crime FICTION / Suspense FICTION / Thrillers Government investigators Flowers, Virgil (Fictitious character) Minnesota 813/.54 Sandford, John 1944 February 23- 9780399168918 (hardcover) 0399168915 (hardcover) 2016030850 160815 20190501224141.0 936619750