Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil FlowersтАЩ case, make that two. The exceptional new thriller from the writer whose books are тАЬpure reading pleasureтАЭ (Booklist).
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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 theyтАЩve 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 othersтАФas Virgil is about to find out.
Then thereтАЩs the homefront. VirgilтАЩs relationship with his girlfriend Frankie has been getting kind of serious, but when FrankieтАЩs 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 anotherтАжshe thinks VirgilтАЩs kind of cute.
┬а┬а┬а┬а тАЬYou mess around with Sparkle,тАЭ Frankie told Virgil, тАЬyou could get yourself stabbed.тАЭ
┬а┬а┬а┬а тАЬShe carries a knife?тАЭ
┬а┬а┬а┬а тАЬNo, but I do.тАЭ
Forget a stormтАФthis oneтАЩs a tornado.
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