Deadline by John SandfordVirgil Flowers #8

Title: Deadline 

Series: Virgil Flowers #8

Author: John Sandford

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Release Date: October 7, 2014

It's Virgil Flowers! And one of the thrilling novels in the #1 "New York Times" bestselling series.

In Southeast Minnesota, down on the Mississippi, a school board meeting is coming to an end. The board chair announces that the rest of the meeting will be closed, due to a personnel issue. “Issue” is the correct word. It's also an understatement. The proposal up for a vote is whether to authorize the killing of a local reporter. The vote is unanimous, five to zero in favor.

Meanwhile, not far away, Virgil Flowers is helping a friend by looking into a dognapping. It seems to be turning into something much bigger and uglier—a team of dognappers supplying medical labs—when he gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A murdered body has been found—and the victim is a local reporter!

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Two cases at once!

Virgil Flowers is asked by his good friend Johnson Johnson to help track down a dognapping ring. Several dogs have been kidnapped to be sold for lab research, and Virgil can't say no to helping the dogs.

Meanwhile, a local reporter is murdered in Buchanan County, and all clues point to members of the school board. Virgil will have to uncover the motive and the killers before they can dispose of him too!

I love how John Sandford keeps Virgil juggling multiple cases at once. It keeps the action moving, giving neither Virgil nor the readers any downtime.

The best part, of course, is Honus!

Cliffhanger: No

4/5 Fangs