Bad Blood - Hardcover

Sandford, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857204815 ISBN 13: 9780857204813

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

On a cold late Autumn Sunday in Southern Minnesota, a farmer bringing in his harvest of soybeans is bludgeoned around the head by a young man wielding a bat. Leaving the unconscious farmer to drown in the grain bin, the young man calls the sheriff's office to report the 'accident'. Suspicious about the nature of the incident, Sheriff Lee Coakley quickly breaks the teenager down. But when she finds him hanging in his cell the next morning, she doubts it was remorse or guilt that led him to take his own life. In fact, she's not convinced it was a suicide at all. Worried that she is up against a far more complicated case than first thought, Coakley calls in Virgil Flowers of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation. For an investigator with his expertise, it doesn't take long for Flowers to uncover a multifamily conspiracy that has bubbled away under the surface of this sleepy Midwestern community for generations - and a series of crimes so monstrous that the small town can never be the same again.

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Review:

Flowers is a fun character, smart and honest with a healthy supply of cynicism and snark a thoroughly engaging, suspenseful, satisfying story. The Washington Examiner
John Sandford is the master of his craft. Dayton Daily News
Sandford s exciting fourth thriller to feature Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent Virgil Flowers. [His] biggest case to date. Publishers Weekly
A Pandora s box of multiple murders, criminal behavior and revelations of deviancy that go back generations. As usual, Sandford delivers a great mystery with action, suspense, humor, and, yes, sex. Virgil always gets his man, but he also gets the girl. Good reading. Booklist"

"Flowers is a fun character, smart and honest with a healthy supply of cynicism and snark...a thoroughly engaging, suspenseful, satisfying story."--The Washington Examiner

"John Sandford is the master of his craft."--Dayton Daily News

"Sandford's exciting fourth thriller to feature Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent Virgil Flowers. [His] biggest...case to date."--Publishers Weekly

"A Pandora's box of multiple murders, criminal behavior...and revelations of deviancy that go back generations. As usual, Sandford delivers a great mystery with action, suspense, humor, and, yes, sex. Virgil always gets his man, but he also gets the girl. Good reading."--Booklist

From the Back Cover:

One late fall Sunday in southern Minnesota, a farmer brings a load of soybeans to a local grain elevator. 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."

The sheriff quickly breaks the kid down, but the next day he's found hanging in his cell. Remorse? The sheriff's not so sure, and is beginning to wonder if one of her own men is responsible. She has no choice but to bring in outside help in the form of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Virgil Flowers. At first glance, the case seems fairly simply, but it quickly gets complicated as Virgil begins to uncover a multi-generation, multi-family conspiracy -- a series of crimes so monstrous that even the seasoned detective is dumbfounded. Virgil Flowers has seen plenty in his life, but even he has trouble making sense of this one -- and in figuring out what to do next.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0857204815
• ISBN 13: 9780857204813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400