Dark of the Moon, John Sandford
Dark of the Moon, John Sandford
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Dark of the Moon

Author: John Sandford

Narrator: Eric Conger

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/02/2007

Synopsis

The first Virgil Flowers novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford.

Virgil's been doing the hard stuff for three years, but he’s never seen anything like this. In the small rural town of Bluestem, an old man is bound in his basement, doused with gasoline and set on fire. Three weeks before, a doctor and his wife were murdered. Three homicides in Bluestem in just as many weeks is unheard of. It’s also no coincidence. And it’s far from over.

About John Sandford

American author, John Sanford (a pseudonym of John Roswell Camp) wrote thirty-five novels, all of which are on the New York Times bestsellers list in one way or another. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1944, where he spent much of his time with his Lithuanian grandparents. Their home was very primitive with an outside outhouse and a subsistence garden. Life was work centered on the farm with hay being bailed each summer to feed the various farm animals. Fruit trees were also in abundance on their property. It was a good place to grow up.

Camp won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism, and also won the Distinguished Writing Award of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He also wrote two non-fiction books. The Eye and the Heart: The Water Colors of John Stuart Ingle, and Plastic Surgery: The Kindest Cut.

Camp was married to Susan Lee Jones, and has two children. Susan died in May 2007 of metastasized breast cancer, and he married again in 2013 to Michele Cook, a journalist and screenwriter. Camp is a dedicated painter and photographer also. He, however, does not show his paintings.

Camp's most prolific work is the Prey series of which there are currently twenty-five installments, running from 1989 - 2015.......the first being Rules of Prey and the most recent, Gathering Prey, which debuted on April 28, 2015. Other series include The Kidd Series, The Virgil Flowers Series, The Singular Menace Series, and other various books and short stories.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Richard on 2008-01-04 11:31:08

Short and sweet- This is an excellent book and I cannot wait for the next go round with Virgil Flowers. It's a well thought out plot with snappy chatter. I really enjoyed this one.

AudiobooksNow review by Patti on 2009-01-15 15:56:05

I enjoyed this book. It is a really good listen

Goodreads review by James on May 11, 2024

Dark of the Moon is the book that introduces Virgil Flowers, the second major series character to be created by John Sandford. Virgil is an investigator for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which is run by Lucas Davenport, Sandford's better-known protagonist. Virgil is pretty laid-back......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on March 05, 2019

Even a super cop like Lucas Davenport can’t solve every murder in Minnesota so John Sandford helped him out by doing this spin-off to the Prey series. Virgil Flowers is not your typical law enforcement officer. He has a thriving side career as an outdoor writer for hunting and fishing magazines, he f......more

Goodreads review by Sheyla ✎ on September 10, 2023

As a huge fan of the Lucas Davenport series, I could not in good conscience skip Virgil Flowers. I had to give him a try. Happy I did. Virgil is smart, patient, and not afraid to set a trap for the bad guy/or girl. He is not your typical cop. He looks more like a surfer. Blonde, tall and lean. He lik......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on August 04, 2015

Incredible. Virgil Flowers is so real I feel like I know him. Sandford is truly a craftsman from whom all writers can learn. Loved the book. Love Sandford. Love Virgil. Back to writing.........more

Goodreads review by John on September 12, 2022

[Read in Aug 2018; Reviewed Aug 2022] ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 I have to admit that I don’t get Virgil Flowers. That’s not to say that I don’t like him. Or that I think he can’t carry a series. It’s the “that F’n Flowers” bit. Before meeting him proper, just Lucas Davenport and friends, sitting around telling stor......more

Quotes

“Sandford keeps the reader guessing and the pages turning while Flowers displays the kind of cool and folksy charm that might force Davenport to share the spotlight more often.”—*Publishers Weekly

“Flowers is a welcome addition to [Sandford’s] body of work.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“[Sandford] maintains the page-turning momentum that makes his novels such a treat. If you liked Lucas, you’ll love Virgil.”—The Tampa Tribune

“A book that will keep you turning pages, guessing, and completely immersed—and engrossed—in whatever Sandford wants to throw at you. It’s a great ride, and Sandford proves that sometimes it’s not the character, it’s not the series, it’s the writer.”—The Post and Courier

“An adrenaline rush peppered with laugh-out-loud moments.”—Booklist

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