Virgil Flowers is on a case about fake antique
lumber when his boss Lucas Davenport calls him with another assignment. An Israeli
investigator is on the way and needs to talk to a professor who lives in the
area. In addition to being a professor the man, Elijah Jones, is also a
Lutheran minister. The investigator wants to talk to the professor who
apparently stole an important artifact from a dig in Israel and smuggled it
back home.
The investigator, Yael Aronov, isn’t telling Virgil
everything she knows and Virgil knows it. He also quickly figures out that far
more is going on than what he has been told or what Lucas led him to believe. It
isn’t the first time Virgil has had to work two cases at the same time and he
does it again here with both the lumber situation and the missing artifact.
At least the lumber does not involve Mossad, Hezbollah,
and even worse---Texans.
Co-written with his partner, Michele Cook, the
latest novel in this series from John Sandford is what one expects in a book
featuring Virgil Flowers. His investigative actions are sometimes unorthodox;
he will have a vigorous sexual fling with at least one character as well as the
occasional fantasy about at least one other female, and the will be plenty of
action and use of occasionally graphic language. Storm Front: A Virgil Flowers
Novel is a fast, fun read that is not meant to be taken seriously or
break new ground in terms of character development. The multiple storylines
featuring fraud and deceit at home and abroad gradually weave together to a
satisfactory and rather surprising conclusion. It’s another good, if not spectacular,
read in the series which can be read as a stand alone or as part of the overall
series.
Storm Front: A Virgil Flowers Novel
John
Sandford
G.
P. Putnam’s Sons (Penguin Group, USA)
October
8, 2013
ISBN#
978-0-399-15930-5
Hardback
(also available in e-book and audio book)
384
Pages
$27.95
I received an ARC of this title due to my participation in
the “LibraryThing Early Reviewers” group for my use in an objective review. As
such, my above review appeared there first last Saturday before appearing here
on the blog.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
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