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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 wi th 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.

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This book is part of the "Virgil Flowers" series.
Here are some other books from this series:

Deadline Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:7.2/10

Dark of the Moon First published 2007 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.3/10

Bad Blood Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.8/10

Storm Front First published 2013 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:4.9/10

Shock Wave Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.6/10

Mad River Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.9/10

Rough Country First published 2009 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.8/10

Heat Lightning First published 2008 Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:2.8/10

Deep Freeze Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:3.1/10

Bloody Genius Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:1.9/10

Holy Ghost Rank: , Original Star Rating: , Adjustred Star Rating: , Pop Rating:4.8/10

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