He's also the author of two non-fiction books, one on plastic surgery and one on art.

From 1990 to the present he has written thriller novels. Paul Pioneer-Press from 1978-1990 in 1980, he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize, and he won the Pulitzer in 1986 for a series of stories about a midwestern farm crisis. He was a reporter for The Miami Herald from 1971-78, and then a reporter for the St. Army from 1966-68, worked as a reporter for the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian from 1968-1970, and went back to the University of Iowa from 1970-1971, where he received a master's degree in journalism. In 1966, he married Susan Lee Jones of Cedar Rapids, a fellow student at the University of Iowa. He then spent four years at the University of Iowa, graduating with a bachelor's degree in American Studies in 1966. He attended the public schools in Cedar Rapids, graduating from Washington High School in 1962. John Sandford was born John Roswell Camp on February 23, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

It is part of the 'Prey' series but Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers share the billing - 'Ocean Prey.' Librarian's note: as of 2021, there are 13 volumes in the author's Virgil Flowers series. “You mess around with Sparkle,” Frankie told Virgil, “you could get yourself stabbed.” He asked: “She carries a knife?” “No, but I do.” Forget a storm – this one’s a tornado. 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.įor another…she thinks Virgil’s cute. Virgil’s relationship with his girlfriend Frankie has been getting serious, but when Frankie’s sister Sparkle moves in for the summer, the situation gets complicated. Some of those people are a great deal more extreme than others - as Virgil is about to find out. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes the parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get what they need.

Two large, and very rare, Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they’ve been stolen to be sold for body parts.

The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota Zoo. Welcome to another exceptional thriller from the writer whose books are “pure reading pleasure” (Booklist) In Virgil Flowers’ case, make that two of them. Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm.

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