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Rough Country - John Sandford
Rough Country
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It's a joy to announce that John Sandford is still doing everything right," wrote the Cleveland Plain Dealer about the second adventure of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers. "Virgil acts like the best series protagonists-becoming someone we just enjoy spending... show more
It's a joy to announce that John Sandford is still doing everything right," wrote the Cleveland Plain Dealer about the second adventure of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers. "Virgil acts like the best series protagonists-becoming someone we just enjoy spending time with." Virgil's always been known for having a somewhat active, er, social life, but he's probably not going to be getting too many opportunities for that during his new case. While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of northern Minnesota, he gets a call from Lucas Davenport to investigate a murder at a nearby resort, where a woman has been shot while kayaking. The resort is for women only, a place to relax, get fit, recover from plastic surgery, commune with nature, and while it didn't start out to be a place mostly for those with Sapphic inclinations, that's pretty much what it is today. Which makes things all the more complicated for Virgil, because as he begins investigating, he finds a web of connections between the people at the resort, the victim, and some local women, notably a talented country singer. The more he digs, the more he discovers the arrows of suspicion that point in many directions, encompassing a multitude of motivations: jealousy, blackmail, greed, anger, fear. Then he finds that this is not the first murder, that there was a second, seemingly unrelated one, the year before. And that there's about to be a third, definitely related one, any time now. And as for the fourth . . . well, Virgil better hope he can catch the killer before that happens. Because it could be his own. Rich with the brilliant plotting and compulsively readable prose that are his hallmarks, Rough Country is another immensely satisfying tale by one of our very best suspense writers.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780399155987 (0399155988)
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Pages no: 388
Edition language: English
Series: Virgil Flowers (#3)
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Angel's Book Reviews 2.0
Angel's Book Reviews 2.0 rated it
3.0 Rough Country
A nice suspense novel that will please the fans of the genre. The only thing that irked me was the constant suggestion that women become lesbians because of abuse suffered in the hands of men :/ However, he did manage to write a suspense novel with lesbians without fetishizing them beyond recognitio...
Giacomo's blog
Giacomo's blog rated it
2.0 Rough Country (A Virgil Flowers Novel)
First, I must say that John Sandford is probably my favorite author. I have read every book he's written, many of them twice. His Prey novels, with Lucas Davenport, are eagerly awaited each year. When he started up the Virgil Flowers character I wanted to like him as much as Lucas, but couldn't. The...
"Check Six"
"Check Six" rated it
2.0
Rough Country, 2 stars. I think Mr. Sandford found an off-market “Most Popular Baby Names” because his characters sport monikers like: Zoe, Signy, Virgil, Berni, Slibe. Not exactly common. This story revolves around a killing at an exclusive retreat for women in the Minnesota woods, a place where th...
GizmosReviews
GizmosReviews rated it
Virgil Flowers, the Minnesota state cop and spin-off character from Sandford's Lucas Davenport series, returns to solve another mystery and get a little fishing done. A lesbian is murdered while kayaking on a lake at an upscale Minnesota restort that caters exclusively to women. With that political ...
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it
3.0
Heh heh, Virgil is sent to solve a murder in what amounts to ZZ Top's Planet of Women. He's a guy who usually gets the girl pretty handily. But here all the women want each other, not him. Poor Virg!:D
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