02278nam 2200445 450 991013669400332120240214105223.00-698-15267-0(CKB)3710000000907270(MiAaPQ)EBC6041099(Au-PeEL)EBL6041099(OCoLC)960041648(EXLCZ)99371000000090727020240214d2016 uy 1engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEscape Clause /John SandfordFirst edition.New York, NY :G.P. Putnam's Sons,[2016]©20161 online resource (287 pages)A Virgil Flowers Novel Series ;Volume 90-399-16891-5 "Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The exceptional new thriller from the writer whose books are "pure reading pleasure" (Booklist) The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large, and very rare, Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get what they need. Some of them are a great deal more extreme than others -- as Virgil is about to find out. Then there's the homefront. Virgil's relationship with his girlfriend Frankie has been getting kind of serious, but when Frankie's sister Sparkle moves in for the summer, the situation gets a lot more complicated. 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. For anotherVivavoce ;Volume 9.Government investigatorsMinnesotaFictionGovernment investigators813/.54FIC050000FIC030000FIC031000bisacshSandford John1801 or 1802-1873,1709279MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910136694003321Escape Clause4098911UNINA