I love John Sandford’s Davenport and
Flowers books and look forward to each new publication. Deadline, the newest Virgil Flowers book,
however, is not what one is used to in either of these series. Instead of the fast pace and constant action
in a usual Sandford book, the plot of this book is pretty much not a mystery,
the conclusions are not surpising.
Even the subject matter is toned down:
dognapping in a rural community and, in the same community, a school board whose
members are embezzling large sums of money (hmmmm….). There is very little interaction between
Davenport in St. Paul and Virgil in the boonies. About halfway through the book old regulars
Jenkins and Shrake show up to help Virgil out and the humorous dialogue we have
come to expect in Sandford’s writing starts to appear.
Even with the slower pace and calmer
plot I enjoyed the book. Fans of Virgil’s
nickname will get a belly laugh at the end when Virgil is talking of his new
sidekick, a yellow dog.
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