Deadline

a Virgil Flowers novel

Pages: 447
Published: 2014
Language: English

In southeast Minnesota, a school board meeting takes a dark turn when members vote on whether a local reporter should die. The vote is four to one in favor. Meanwhile, investigator Virgil Flowers is looking into a dognapping case that quickly escalates into something far more sinister, involving medical labs. When a murdered reporter is found, the two seemingly unrelated cases begin to converge, pulling Flowers into a dangerous web of corruption.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Tense Gritty

Crime Mystery Thriller Suspense Political Thriller

Authors

Eric Conger

Eric Conger is the author of the pulse-pounding thriller, Shock Wave. He specializes in high-stakes stories that keep readers on the edge of their seats. His work is perfect for fans of action and suspense.

John Sandford

A Pulitzer-winning American journalist, John Roswell Camp was asked to write the _Prey_ series of novels under the pseudonym John Sandford. With the popularity of that series, he continued to use the same pseudonym for subsequent novels, including even the sequels to Camp's earlier Kidd novels.