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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100425276228

ISBN-139780425276228

eBay Product ID (ePID)237670069

Product Key Features

Book TitleEscape Clause

Number of Pages496 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCrime, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / General

Publication Year2017

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Sandford

Book SeriesA Virgil Flowers Novel Ser.

FormatUs-Tall Rack Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight9.4 Oz

Item Length7.6 in

Item Width4.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

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

SynopsisVirgil Flowers faces double trouble in this exceptional thriller in the #1 New York Times -bestselling series Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The first comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large Siberian tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are very concerned that they've been stolen for their organs. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes their parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get--and keep--what they need. As Detective Flowers of the Minnesota Bureau of Apprehension 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, things get a lot more complicated. Sparkle has a roving eye, and it's fixed right on Virgil. Forget a storm--this one's a tornado., After two rare Amur tigers go missing from a Minnesota zoo, authorities worry that the animals have been stolen for their body parts, prized in traditional Chinese medicine for home remedies. Virgil Flowers is about to find out how desperate people can get in this entry in Sandford's #1 "New York Times"-bestselling series. Tall Premium Edition.P. Putnam's Sons.