Heat Lightning (Virgil Flowers)

Delivered on time and in good condition. John Sandford always provides a page turner.

The book was well written. I enjoyed Virgil's way of doing police work and really liked Davenport from the Prey novels showing up once in awhile.

In HEAT LIGHTNING, John Sandford has given us a complex, exciting story of an amoral, but interesting investigator. It's a plot with many twists and turns, and a great read.

HEAT LIGHTNING is the second book by John Sandford to feature Virgil Flowers. Flowers works with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and his boss is Lucas Davenport. In this novel, men are being killed and then left at veteran's memorials. The victims all have a lemon in their mouth. Virgil gets called in after the second killing. He ties the victims to a veteran's center and discovers both victims had been talking to a 1960s radical named Mead Sinclair. Sinclair has ties to Viet Nam and so might the case. Virgil discovers the killers might have more targets, so he tries to protect them while the killers try to find them. It's a big cat and mouse game with plenty of twists.

No need to go into the plot anymore. Sandford is one of the best at taking the reader on a thrill ride and including them in the thrill of the chase that the characters feel. Flowers also has time to hook up with Mai Sinclair, Mead's daughter. Flowers is an interesting character who can't help but falling in love with beautiful woman. Flowers also continues to hook up with his ex-wives. Sandford also does a great job of recreating the feel of Minnesota.

Flowers and Davenport spend a lot of time together in this novel. It's hard to tell Flowers apart from the younger Davenport. Also present are many Davenport regulars like Sloan, Shrake, Jenkins, Carol and the flirtations but innocent Sandy. I love that I get to read a Sandford novel every sixth month. Longtime Sandford fans will really enjoy this novel. You'll get the great plot, the violence, the foul language, and the sense of pure fun that Sandford puts into his novels.

A fast moving believable story that includes authentic Minnesota locals
John Sandford at his best...my favorite author