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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"Virgil Flowers is a terrific character, often referred to as "that f...ing Flowers". John Sandford is one of my favorite authors, who can craft a story so expertly that it is a real pleasure to read. I have completed all of his Prey series as well as everything else he has written and never been disappointed."
— Bridget (5 out of 5 stars)
“Exciting…Turns out to be Flowers’ biggest, if perhaps most unlikely, case to date.”
— Publishers Weekly“John Sandford has written many chilling mysteries, and Bad Blood is among his scariest…Narrator Eric Conger is no stranger to crime novels, and he does his usual splendid job keeping the complex story line manageable with clear character definition. His laid-back style is perfectly suited to bringing out the contrast between the clean-cut Flowers and the rough-edged characters in the story. Conger makes Flowers’ passion clear—the detective needs to solve the case and save the children.”
— AudioFile“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" Don't like the ones that revolve around sexual violence. "
— Leonard, 2/19/2014" Right up there with his best. Strange cult in the the farm lands of Minnesota. All kinds of sexual carryings-on. None of it good. "
— David, 2/10/2014" Virgil Flowers is such a likeable character and John Sandford sure knows how to tell a good story. "
— Marge, 2/8/2014" I am loving the Virgil Flowers novels. Sanford is a genius with words. He makes his characters so alive. And this one is as complex as his other novels. "
— Kathleen, 2/1/2014" Outstanding. A convoluted and twisted mystery that kept me guessing right until the ending. I love Virgil "F*ckin" Flowers. "
— Julie, 1/20/2014" Listened to it on tape. Keeps you interested. "
— Jeanette, 1/13/2014" I did not finish it. This book did not seem up to the talents or interest as other John Sanford novels. Maybe it was because the main character was not Lucas davenport, Sandford's usual protagonist. "
— Susan, 1/11/2014" Virgil Flowers was not as amusing in this book as he has been in the past. The story was about a pretty depressing topic. Enjoyable, but not great. "
— Lorie, 1/10/2014" i love!!!!!! virgil flowers, 5 stars, if you haven't read john sandfords flowers series and you like mystery/cop novels, you will not be disappointed. "
— tiffany, 12/6/2013John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of more than thirty Prey novels, as well as novels in the Kidd series and the Virgil Flowers series, among other books.
Eric Conger is a stage actor, voice artist, and award-winning audiobook narrator. He has narrated more than 125 fiction and nonfiction audiobooks and was a four-time finalist for the Audie Award, both as a sole narrator in 2007 and 2008 and as part of a multicast reading in 2001 and 2012. He has earned numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. His extensive voice-over work includes more than 5,000 narrations for commercial ventures. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of Paris, he also works as a writer and playwright. He has appeared in over fifty plays and has also translated plays of Molière and Feydeau for regional theaters.