The second Virgil Flowers novel by internationally bestselling author John Sandford
'When the going gets tough, try to unload it on that f****** Flowers'
On a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A body has been found near a veteransâ memorial in Stillwater, Minnesota, with two shots to the head and a lemon in his mouth. That's strange.
What's stranger still, however, is this: two weeks ago, a body was discovered... with two shots to the head and a lemon in the victim's mouth.
Davenport needs a man he can trust on this case, and there's no one he trusts more than Virgil Flowers. Flowers becomes convinced that someone is keeping a listâwith many more names on it. And when he discovers what connects them all, heâs almost sorry. Because if itâs true, then this whole thing leads down a lot more trails than he thought it didâand every one of them is booby-trapped.
But even Flowers has no idea how strange things are going to get.
* * * Praise for John Sandford and the Virgil Flowers novels * * *
âAlong the way to the satisfying ending, Virgil displays the rough humor and rough justice that make him such an appealing characterâ Publishers Weekly on Deep Freeze
âA knowing portrait of small-town life layered into a very well plotted mystery. Virgil understands that, in small towns, no one ever outgrows high school... One of the very best novels in a superior seriesâBooklist (starred review) on Deep Freeze
âAdd a gripping storyline, a generous helping of exquisitely conceived characters and laugh-out-loud humor that produce explosive guffaws, not muted chuckles, and youâre in for the usual late-night, donât-even-think-of-stopping treat when Flowers hits townâ Richmond Times-Dispatch on Deep Freeze
âAn outstanding novelâ Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Escape Clause
âPerfect entertainmentâ Kirkus Reviews on Escape Clause