`Perfect entertainment' Kirkus Reviews on Escape Clause `An outstanding novel' Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Escape Clause `Add a gripping storyline, a generous helping of exquisitely conceived characters and laugh-out-loud humor that produce explosive guffaws, not muted chuckles, and you're in for the usual late-night, don't-even-think-of-stopping treat when Flowers hits town' Richmond Times-Dispatch on Deep Freeze One of the very best novels in a superior series' Booklist (starred review) on Deep Freeze Virgil understands that, in small towns, no one ever outgrows high school. `A knowing portrait of small-town life layered into a very well plotted mystery. `Along the way to the satisfying ending, Virgil displays the rough humor and rough justice that make him such an appealing character' Publishers Weekly on Deep Freeze 'Sandford is consistently brilliant' Cleveland Plain Dealer His writing and the appeal of his lead character are as fresh as ever' The Huffington Post 'Sandford has always been at the top of any list of great mystery writers. 'John Sandford knows all there is to know about detonating the gut-level shocks of a good thriller' The New York Times Book Review * * * Praise for John Sandford and the Virgil Flower novels * * * Among this group of wildly impassioned, diametrically opposed zealots lurks a killer, and it will be up to Virgil to sort the murderer from the mere maniacs. and he soon comes to realise he's dealing with people who, on this one particular issue, are functionally crazy. Then someone winds up dead, and Virgil Flowers is brought in to investigate. Each carries their views to extremes that may seem absurd, but highly educated people of sound mind and good intentions can reasonably disagree, right? 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.Īt the local state university, two feuding departments have faced off on the battleground of PC culture.

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