Deadline (Virgil Flowers, #08)

The thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. In Southeast Minnesota, down on the Mississippi, a school board meeting is coming to an end. The board chairman announces that the rest of the meeting will be closed, due to personnel issues. Issues is correct. The proposal up for a vote before them is whether to authorize the killing of a local reporter. The vote is four to one in favor. Meanwhile, not far away, Virgil Flowers is helping out a friend by looking into a dognapping, which seems to be turning into something much bigger and ugliera team of dognappers supplying medical labswhen he gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A murdered body has been foundand the victim is a local reporter. . . . Review Praise for Deadline Sandford keeps one last surprise up his sleeve for the denouement of the dognapping case, and it's a doozy. Exhilaratingly professional work by both Virgil and his creator that breaks no new ground but will keep the fans happy and add to their number. Kirkus Reviews Stellar . . . Sandford is an accomplished and amusing storyteller, and he nails both the rural characters and terrain as well as he has skewered urban life in past installments. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for *Storm Front John Sandford has the Midas touch. [ Storm Front is] exciting, complex and funny all the way through. Virgil is a unique character [and] the beauty of Sandfords writing is that the narrative of the book is told in perfect harmony with Flowers personality . . . Entertaining reading all the way. The Huffington Post* About the Author John Sandford is the author of twenty-four Prey novels; the Virgil Flowers novels, most recently Storm Front ; and six other books. He lives in New Mexico. "In southeast Minnesota, down on the Mississippi, a school board meeting is coming to a close. The board chairman announces that the rest of the meeting will be closed, due to personnel issues. "Issues" is correct. The proposal up for a vote before them is whether a local reporter should die. And the vote is four to one in favor. Meanwhile, not far away, Virgil Flowers is doing a favor for a friend by looking into a dognapping, which seems to be turning into something much bigger and uglier -- a team of dognappers supplying medical labs - when he gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A murdered body has been found - and the victim is a local reporter ..."-- Provided by publisher