Dark of the Moon
- 448 pages
- 16 hours of reading
The heart-pounding new thriller from the bestselling author of the PREY novels
Virgil Flowers Series
This series follows a unique investigator tackling complex cases in the rural landscape of Minnesota. With a blend of sharp wit and keen observation, he delves into crimes often hidden beneath the surface of seemingly peaceful communities. The protagonist, a man with his own quirks and a knack for finding trouble, appeals to readers through his down-to-earth nature and relentless pursuit of justice.
Recommended Reading Order
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Virgil Flowers hunts a killer responsible for a strange string of murders in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. On a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A body has been found near a veterans’ memorial in Stillwater with two shots to the head and a lemon in his mouth—exactly like the body they found two weeks ago. Working the murders, Flowers becomes convinced that someone is keeping a list—with many more names on it. And when he discovers what connects them all, he’s almost sorry. Because if it’s true, then this whole thing leads down a lot more trails than he thought it did—and every one of them is booby-trapped.
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Fishing in remote northern Minnesota, detective Virgil Flowers is asked to help investigate a local homicide case. A woman has been shot at an exclusive health and nature resort. But the more Flowers digs, the more he discovers the seemingly tranquil retreat hides a hotbed of jealosy, blackmail, greed - and fear. There's been a previous killing - and then there's a third. Flowers better catch the killer before there's a fourth murder - because that could be his own.
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Bad Blood
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
The brilliant new Virgil Flowers thriller from the #1 New York Times -bestselling author. One late fall Sunday in southern Minnesota, a farmer brings a load of soybeans to a local grain elevator- and a young man hits him on the head with a steel bar, drops him into the grain bin, waits until he's sure he's dead, and then calls the sheriff to report the "accident." Suspicious, the sheriff calls in Virgil Flowers, who quickly breaks the kid down...and the next day the boy's found hanging in his cell. Remorse? Virgil isn't so sure, and as he investigates he begins to uncover a multigeneration, multifamily conspiracy-a series of crimes of such monstrosity that, though he's seen an awful lot in his life, even he has difficulty in comprehending it...and in figuring out what to do next.
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In a small Minnesota town, locals oppose a new megastore, leading to deadly protests. Virgil Flowers investigates a series of bombings tied to the store's construction, revealing shocking truths about the conflict between local merchants and environmentalists. The fifth installment in John Sandford's bestselling series.
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Mad River
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
The exhilarating new Virgil Flowers thriller, from the New York Timesbestselling author
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Storm Front
- 404 pages
- 15 hours of reading
#1 New York Times Bestseller An ancient relic is unearthed during an archaeological dig. A Minnesota college professor is keeping a secret that could change the world’s history as we know it. For Virgil Flowers, the link between the two is inescapable—and his investigation, more dangerous and far-reaching than he can possibly imagine.
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The exhilarating new Virgil Flowers thriller, from the New York Timesbestselling author
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Escape Clause
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
The exhilarating new Virgil Flowers thriller, from the New York Times bestselling author
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Deep Freeze
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Class reunions: a time for memories - good, bad, and, as Virgil Flowers is about to find out, deadly - in the thrilling new novel in the number one New York Times-bestselling series
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Holy Ghost
- 432 pages
- 16 hours of reading
A #1 New York Times Bestseller Virgil Flowers investigates a miracle--and a murder--in the wickedly entertaining new thriller from the master of "pure reading pleasure" (Booklist). Wheatfield, Minnesota: a metropolis of six hundred souls and change, for which the word "moribund" might have been invented. Nothing ever happened there and nothing ever would--until the mayor of sorts (campaign slogan: "I'll Do What I Can") and his precocious teenage buddy come up with a scheme to put Wheatfield on the map. Should something dramatic occur--say, that the apparition of the Virgin Mary miraculously appeared at the local Catholic Church--the whole town would be turned into a shrine, attracting thousands of pilgrims. And all those pilgrims needed food, shelter, all kinds of crazy things. The town would get rich! What could go wrong? Then the shootings begin. And as they--and Virgil Flowers--are about to discover, that's only the beginning of their troubles. . . .
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Bloody Genius
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Virgil Flowers will have to watch his back--and his mouth--as he investigates a college culture war turned deadly in the latest thriller from #1 New York Times-bestseller John Sandford
