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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780143143635
Format: Abridged
ISBN: 0143143638
Label: Penguin Audio
Manufacturer: Penguin Audio
Number Of Items: 5
Number Of Pages: 5
Publication Date: 2008-09-23
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Studio: Penguin Audio
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Abridged CDs • 5 CDs, 6 hours
Fresh from his “spectacular” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) debut in Dark of the Moon, investigator Virgil Flowers takes on a puzzling—and most alarming— case, in the new book from the #1 bestselling author.
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Summary: Heat Lightening
Comment: Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers)
A good mystery with a lot of different angles but the main character, Virgil Flowers, just lacks something. He just seems like such a loser. Certainly not as polished and finesse as his boss.
A Vietnam era connection for the murders and going back to examine those times was interesting. It does move at a good pace. A couple of surprises along the way.
I read a lot of books because I get in to the characters, like some people do with TV, but all of Sandford's books are good murder mysteries. They are worth reading for that alone.
I do hope we get Lucas Davenport back though.
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Summary: I LOVE Virgil Flowers
Comment: Another great Sanford novel! I have been a big fan through all the Prey books. This new guy ROCKS! I love how this still ties in with Davenport, but gives us a new direction.
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Summary: More flash than substance
Comment: I am trying to figure out if I would like these books more if I hadn't read the Davenport series first. It just feels to me that Virgil is Lucas light. There isn't a substantive difference between the two, and Virgil, frankly, isn't as smart as Davenport. I saw the 'twist' at the end, coming a mile off, and it annoyed me that Virgil didn't. The person with the most detectiing capacity in this book was Lucas's old friend the Nun.
The plot centers around 2 men who are killed and displayed conspicuously at war memorial sites with a lemon in their mouth. Virgil is told of a Vietnam connection and the rest of the book is spent figuring out a) who is going to be killed next and b) why are they being killed. I didn't mind them being killed but the collatoral damage seemed rather high.
So, Sandford is always readable but this is definitely a second tier outing for me. A library loan, not a keeper...
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Summary: Kudos to John Sandford for a new character
Comment: The Prey series has always been one of my favorites, and Sandford gets credit for allowing Davenport to mature in age and career. In this book, the main character Virgil Flowers is very different from Davenport, who appears pretty much as a supporting 'actor'. Virgil is a portrayed as someone I think I'll grow to like quite a bit.
The plot is interesting, the book is hard to put down. Isn't Sandford's BEST, but it's quite good.
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Summary: Sanford at his storytelling best
Comment: A familiar setting freshened nicely with the continued development of a new protagonist, Virgil Flowers.
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