A house way up on a ridge explodes into flames, its owner, a man named Judd, trapped inside. There is a lot of reason to hate Judd, driving a lot of local farmers out of business, even to suicide. Also some dicey activities with other men's wives, the list goes on. Now there are three murders in the small town of Bluestem - two - a doctor and his wife. Virgil Flowers knows two things: This wasn't a coincidence, and this had to be personal.
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AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2007 December/January 2008 Bluestem, Minnesota, is a quiet town where everybody knows everyone else's business and murder is unheard of. But now someone is killing off a generation of old-timers, and Virgil Flowers, of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, is in town to find the person responsible. Eric Conger uses a careful, edgy baritone to build the suspense in this clever thriller. Conger's reading and Sandford's tight and evocative dialogue render the characters as fully developed individuals, be they a washed-out trailer park mom, ex-con preacher of hate, or handsome Virgil Flowers himself. Fans of Sandford's Prey series will appreciate the tie-ins to that series and the occasional appearance of its hero, Lucas Davenport. S.E.S. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2007 November #4
What a pleasure to find a novel with an upbeat hero paired with a reader who is more interested in telling a story well than in demonstrating the outer limits of his vocal range. Far from the usual cynical, borderline-depressed investigator, Virgil Flowers is a likable, hang-loose sort of sleuth who enjoys life and seems to relish handling the "hard stuff" for his boss, Lucas Davenport (Sandford's Prey series hero makes a brief cameo). Flowers's assignment is to investigate several gruesome murders in a small town. Unlike the harder-edged Prey series, Moon is more of an entertainment, allowing Flowers to supplement his determined quest for justice with witty conversation and several romantic interludes. Conger matches the lighter moods with a mellow, almost mesmerizing matter-of-fact delivery, adjusting his vocal range just slightly to differentiate speakers. But when the action demands itâsuch as the grim opening murder scene or the suspenseful storming of the cult leader's encampmentâConger's voice takes on a properly hardboiled intensity. Simultaneous release with the Putnam hardcover (Reviews, July 23). (Oct.)
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