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    About Escape Clause

    Virgil Flowers faces double trouble in this exceptional thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series

    Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers’ case, make that two.

    The first comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large Siberian tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are very concerned that they’ve been stolen for their organs. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes their parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get—and keep—what they need. As Detective Flowers of the Minnesota Bureau of Apprehension 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, things get a lot more complicated. Sparkle has a roving eye, and it’s fixed right on Virgil.

    Forget a storm—this one’s a tornado.

    About Escape Clause

    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 another…she thinks Virgil’s kind of cute.

         “You mess around with Sparkle,” Frankie told Virgil, “you could get yourself stabbed.”
         “She carries a knife?”
         “No, but I do.”

    Forget a storm—this one’s a tornado.

    About Escape Clause

    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 another…she thinks Virgil’s kind of cute.

         “You mess around with Sparkle,” Frankie told Virgil, “you could get yourself stabbed.”
         “She carries a knife?”
         “No, but I do.”

    Forget a storm—this one’s a tornado.

    About Escape Clause

    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 another…she thinks Virgil’s kind of cute.

         “You mess around with Sparkle,” Frankie told Virgil, “you could get yourself stabbed.”
         “She carries a knife?”
         “No, but I do.”

    Forget a storm—this one’s a tornado.

    About Escape Clause

    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 another…she thinks Virgil’s kind of cute.

         “You mess around with Sparkle,” Frankie told Virgil, “you could get yourself stabbed.”
         “She carries a knife?”
         “No, but I do.”

    Forget a storm—this one’s a tornado.

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    About John Sandford

    John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, the Virgil Flowers novels, and six other books, including three YA novels co-authored with his wife Michele Cook.

    About John Sandford

    John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, the Virgil Flowers novels, and six other books, including three YA novels co-authored with his wife Michele Cook.

    About John Sandford

    John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, the Virgil Flowers novels, and six other books, including three YA novels co-authored with his wife Michele Cook.

    About John Sandford

    John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, the Virgil Flowers novels, and six other books, including three YA novels co-authored with his wife Michele Cook.

    About John Sandford

    John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, the Virgil Flowers novels, and six other books, including three YA novels co-authored with his wife Michele Cook.

    Product Details

    Category: Crime Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Mass Market Paperback | $9.99
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
    Sep 26, 2017 | 496 Pages | 4-3/16 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9780425276228

    Category: Crime Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $29.00
    Published by Random House Large Print
    Oct 18, 2016 | 512 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/8 | ISBN 9781524708726

    Category: Crime Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons
    Oct 18, 2016 | 400 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780698152670

    Category: Crime Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    CD | $40.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Oct 18, 2016 | 600 Minutes | ISBN 9780735288324

    Category: Crime Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Oct 18, 2016 | 596 Minutes | ISBN 9780735288331

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    Praise

    PRAISE FOR THE VIRGIL FLOWERS SERIES

    “Another brainy thriller from a prolific author, Deadline fulfills readers’ expectations of Sandford’s fiction: tense, smart and character-driven.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
     
    “Sandford’s best Flowers book to date. This book is the most fun I have had reading in a long time.”—The Huffington Post
     
    “The biggest joys of this series are Flowers himself (his boss is Lucas Davenport from Sandford’s Prey novels), the case of eccentric supporting characters, and the humorous dialogue.”—Shelf Awareness
     
    “Pure reading pleasure.”—Booklist
     
    “Sandford keeps one last surprise up his sleeve, and it’s a doozy. Exhilaratingly professional work by both Virgil and his creator.”—Kirkus Reviews
     
    “Rich characters [and] the descriptions of small-town life, politics and corruption and the concurrent trails of action make for a fast and entertaining read.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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