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![]() | Heat Lightning (2008) (The second book in the Virgil Flowers series) A novel by John Sandford |
Fresh from his 'spectacular' (Cleveland Plain Dealer) debut in Dark of the Moon, investigator Virgil Flowers takes on a puzzling - and most alarming - case, in the new book from the #1 bestselling author.
John Sandford's introduction of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers was an immediate critical and popular success: 'laser-sharp characters and a plot that's fast and surprising' (Cleveland Plain Dealer); 'an idiosyncratic, thoroughly ingratiating hero' (Booklist). Flowers is only in his late thirties, but he's been around the block a few times, and he doesn't think much can surprise him anymore. He's wrong.
It's a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, and Flowers is in bed with one of his ex-wives (the second one, if you're keeping count), when the phone rings. It's Lucas Davenport. There's a body in Stillwater - two shots to the head, found near a veteran's memorial. And the victim has a lemon in his mouth.
Exactly like the body they found last week.
The more Flowers works the murders, the more convinced he is that someone's keeping a list, and that the list could have a lot more names on it. If he could only find out what connects them all . . . and then he does, and he's almost sorry he did.
Because if it's true, then this whole thing leads down a lot more trails than he thought - and every one of them is booby-trapped.
Filled with the audacious plotting, rich characters, and brilliant suspense that have always made his books 'compulsively readable' (Los Angeles Times), this is vintage Sandford.
Genre: Thriller
John Sandford's introduction of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers was an immediate critical and popular success: 'laser-sharp characters and a plot that's fast and surprising' (Cleveland Plain Dealer); 'an idiosyncratic, thoroughly ingratiating hero' (Booklist). Flowers is only in his late thirties, but he's been around the block a few times, and he doesn't think much can surprise him anymore. He's wrong.
It's a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, and Flowers is in bed with one of his ex-wives (the second one, if you're keeping count), when the phone rings. It's Lucas Davenport. There's a body in Stillwater - two shots to the head, found near a veteran's memorial. And the victim has a lemon in his mouth.
Exactly like the body they found last week.
The more Flowers works the murders, the more convinced he is that someone's keeping a list, and that the list could have a lot more names on it. If he could only find out what connects them all . . . and then he does, and he's almost sorry he did.
Because if it's true, then this whole thing leads down a lot more trails than he thought - and every one of them is booby-trapped.
Filled with the audacious plotting, rich characters, and brilliant suspense that have always made his books 'compulsively readable' (Los Angeles Times), this is vintage Sandford.
Genre: Thriller
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Hardback Editions
November 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Heat Lightning (Center Point Platinum Mystery (Large Print)) Author(s): John Sandford ISBN: 1-60285-307-X / 9781602853072 (USA edition) Publisher: Center Point Large Print Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers, No 2) Author(s): John Sandford ISBN: 0-399-15527-9 / 978-0-399-15527-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Putnam Adult Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
October 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers 2) Author(s): John Sandford ISBN: 1-84739-469-8 / 9781847394699 (UK edition) Publisher: Pocket Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2009 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers, No. 2) Author(s): John Sandford ISBN: 0-425-23061-9 / 978-0-425-23061-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Heat Lightning Author(s): John Sandford ISBN: 0-425-22857-6 / 978-0-425-22857-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2008 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Heat Lightning Author(s): John Sandford Publisher: Berkley Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
January 2011 : Audio CD
| Title: Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers) Author(s): John Sandford ISBN: 0-14-242909-0 / 978-0-14-242909-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2009 : Audio CD
| Title: Heat Lightning Complete & Unabridged Author(s): John Sandford Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
September 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers) Author(s): John Sandford ISBN: 0-14-314362-X / 978-0-14-314362-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers) Author(s): John Sandford ISBN: 0-14-314363-8 / 978-0-14-314363-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Heat Lightning Author(s): John Sandford ISBN: 1-4361-5398-0 / 978-1-4361-5398-0 Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
August 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: Heat Lightning Author(s): John Sandford Publisher: Berkley Availability: Amazon More details... |
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