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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100399168915

ISBN-139780399168918

eBay Product ID (ePID)219732030

Product Key Features

Book TitleEscape Clause

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCrime, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / General

Publication Year2016

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Sandford

Book SeriesA Virgil Flowers Novel Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight21.4 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-030850

ReviewsPRAISE FOR THE VIRGIL FLOWERS SERIES "Another brainy thriller from a prolific author, Deadline fulfills readers' expectations of Sandford's fiction: tense, smart and character-driven."-- Richmond Times-Dispatch "Sandford's best Flowers book to date. This book is the most fun I have had reading in a long time."--The Huffington Post "The biggest joys of this series are Flowers himself (his boss is Lucas Davenport from Sandford's Prey novels), the case of eccentric supporting characters, and the humorous dialogue."-- Shelf Awareness "Pure reading pleasure."-- Booklist "Sandford keeps one last surprise up his sleeve, and it's a doozy. Exhilaratingly professional work by both Virgil and his creator."-- Kirkus Reviews "Rich characters [and] the descriptions of small-town life, politics and corruption and the concurrent trails of action make for a fast and entertaining read."-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PRAISE FOR THE VIRGIL FLOWERS SERIES "Another brainy thriller from a prolific author, Deadline fulfills readers' expectations of Sandford's fiction: tense, smart and character-driven." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch "Sandford's best Flowers book to date. This book is the most fun I have had reading in a long time." -- The Huffington Post "The biggest joys of this series are Flowers himself (his boss is Lucas Davenport from Sandford's Prey novels), the case of eccentric supporting characters, and the humorous dialogue." -- Shelf Awareness "Pure reading pleasure." -- Booklist "Sandford keeps one last surprise up his sleeve, and it's a doozy. Exhilaratingly professional work by both Virgil and his creator." -- Kirkus Reviews "Rich characters [and] the descriptions of small-town life, politics and corruption and the concurrent trails of action make for a fast and entertaining read." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number9

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisWhenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The exceptional new thriller from the writer whose books are "pure reading pleasure" ( Booklist ). The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large, and very rare, Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get what they need. Some of them are a great deal more extreme than others--as Virgil is about to find out. Then there's the homefront. Virgil's relationship with his girlfriend Frankie has been getting kind of serious, but when Frankie's sister Sparkle moves in for the summer, the situation gets a lot more complicated. For one thing, her research into migrant workers is about to bring her up against some very violent people who emphatically do not want to be researched. For another...she thinks Virgil's kind of cute. "You mess around with Sparkle," Frankie told Virgil, "you could get yourself stabbed." "She carries a knife?" "No, but I do." Forget a storm--this one's a tornado., Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The exceptional new thriller from the writer whose books are "pure reading pleasure" ( Booklist ). The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large, and very rare, Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get what they need. Some of them are a great deal more extreme than others--as Virgil is about to find out. Then there's the homefront. Virgil's relationship with his girlfriend Frankie has been getting kind of serious, but when Frankie's sister Sparkle moves in for the summer, the situation gets a lot more complicated. For one thing, her research into migrant workers is about to bring her up against some very violent people who emphatically do not want to be researched. For another...she thinks Virgil's kind of cute. "You mess around with Sparkle," Frankie told Virgil, "you could get yourself stabbed." "She carries a knife?" "No, but I do." Forget a storm--this one's a tornado.

LC Classification NumberPS3569.A516E83 2016