This is the first in the series about Virgil Flowers. Flowers is a BCA agent in Minnesota. He works for Lucas Davenport following up on "the hard stuff". Flowers is an intersting guy. He loves to fish, writes for wild life magazines and has been divorced three times. He is called to a rural area in Minnesota when a rich old man is murdered in a fire. It soon becomes apparent that the old man was hated for good reason and that someone is trying to kill the heirs of his estate. More bodies are found and Virgil must dig back in time to find out how these people are related and what secrets they were hiding.
I didn't expect to like Virgil Flowers. I love Lucas Davenport and he is such a gentleman in so many ways. Flowers seemed like a poor substitute. As usual, though, Sanford weaves a great mystery and this small town setting filled with great characters and loads of possible suspects kept me intrigued till the end. I'll definitely keep on reading the Virgil Flowers books while I wait for the next edition from Lucas Davenport.
Rating - A
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