Holy Ghost (Virgil Flowers)
de Sandford, John
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0735217327
- ISBN 13
- 9780735217324
- Librería
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Very Good.
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El Oct 28 2018, un lector dijo:
Holy Ghost is the eleventh book in the Virgil Flowers series by prize-winning American journalist and author, John Sandford. It's a late May Sunday morning when Minnesota BCA agent Virgil Flowers leaves Frankie Noble coping with morning sickness to investigate two shootings in the nearby town of Wheatfield (there may be some confusion as the blurb refers to the town as Pinion). What was a dying town that has recently seen a change in fortunes with sightings of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Mayor, Wardell Holland, is concerned for the adverse publicity.
Virgil's not there long before another shooting occurs, this one fatal. In each case, the location and time of day are identical, but despite eye-witnesses, confusion reigns about the shooter's location. Each tiny clue sends Virgil in a different direction, frustrating his attempts to make sense of it all. The townsfolk are a quirky bunch and include a hairdresser who gives shoulder massages, a petty criminal who enjoys porn and has a taste, if not a talent, for blackmail, and a mayor who shoots flies.
This dose of Virgil Flowers has quite a few twists and a whole school of red herrings that have Virgil chasing his tale and keep the reader guessing to the action-filled climax. Virgil does come up with some stupidly dangerous ideas that indicate he's not yet quite used to the idea of being a prospective father. To keep things interesting, there's a disgusting diner, a stolen semi-trailer-load of Lego, and chicken potpies are consumed to excess.
There's plenty of sitcom humour, some of it bordering on slapstick, and the dialogue, especially the banter between Virgil and his BCA colleagues, is a highlight. According to some reviews, this is not Sandford's best Virgil Flowers novel, from which the reader might conclude that the first ten must indeed be rather good. Very entertaining.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by Simon & Schuster Australia
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- Librería
- World of Books Ltd (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- GOR009889465
- Título
- Holy Ghost (Virgil Flowers)
- Autor
- Sandford, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 5
- ISBN 10
- 0735217327
- ISBN 13
- 9780735217324
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