Deadline - Brossura

John Sandford

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1471134946 ISBN 13: 9781471134944

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster UK, 2015

Riassunto

The eighth Virgil Flowers novel by internationally bestselling author John Sandford Barns, the chairman, looked around the room and said, 'Okay. We can do this. Let's see a show of hands. It's unanimous, or it's prison. Do we kill Clancy Conley?' "They all looked around at each other, each of them reluctant to go first. Then the fat man raised his hand, and then Kerns, and then the rest of them. "'It's unanimous,' Barns said." In southeast Minnesota, down on the Mississippi, a school board meeting is coming to an end. The board chairman announces that the rest of the meeting will be closed, due to personnel issues. "Issues" is correct. The proposal up for a vote before them is whether to authorize the killing of a local reporter. There are no votes against. Meanwhile, not far away, Virgil Flowers is helping out a friend by looking into a dognapping, which seems to be turning into something much bigger and uglier -- a team of dognappers supplying medical labs -- when he gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A murdered body has been found -- and the victim is a local reporter... * * * Praise for John Sandford and the Virgil Flower novels * * * `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 `A knowing portrait of small-town life layered into a very well plotted mystery. Virgil understands that, in small towns, no one ever outgrows high school... One of the very best novels in a superior series'Booklist (starred review) on Deep Freeze `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 `An outstanding novel' Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Escape Clause `Perfect entertainment' Kirkus Reviews on Escape Clause

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Recensione:

Praise for John Sandford:
'Wry humour, a fully realized lead, and tense atmospherics . . . Sandford effortlessly conjures up the rhythms and personalities of a small town in one of his best outings to date' Publishers Weekly
'Crime writer John Sandford is one of the best around' Sun
'Delivers twists to the very last sentence' Daily Mail
'That rare beast - a series writer who reads like a breath of fresh air' Daily Mirror
'Few do it better than Sandford' Daily Telegraph
'An exciting and superbly elegant demonstration of the intelligent crime writing that has helped John Sandford sell an estimated 33 million books' Guardian

L'autore:

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist John Sandford is the author of the Prey series, four Kidd novels and the Virgil Flowers series. He lives in Minnesota. Visit www.johnsandford.org for more information.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1471134946
• ISBN 13: 9781471134944
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400