Review #47
Headed to rural Bluestem to assist local law enforcement with the seemingly motiveless murder of an elderly couple, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers happens upon a raging house fire on the edge of town. The house's owner, Bill Judd, killed in the blaze, was an elderly recluse who, back in the day, ran an elaborate pyramid scheme and simultaneously bedded half the women in town. He escaped conviction on the fraud charge, and the money was never recovered. There have been no murders in Bluestem for a half-century, and now there are five in a couple of weeks. Virgil is not an advocate of coincidence and so, begins digging for a connection between the victims. Complicating matters is his affair with the sister of the local police chief.
Flowers made his debut as a secondary character in Sandford’s Lucas Davenport “Prey” series, (Invisible Prey, Chosen Prey, Wicked Prey, etc.) He is a thrice-divorced, low-key loose cannon whose wardrobe consists of alternative-rock t-shirts carefully chosen to match his agenda of the day and…he reports to Lucas Davenport.
There are scary moments and funny moments. There is a lot of action.
Lucas Davenport has always been one of my favorite characters and Virgil Flowers is
rapidly, becoming another one.
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