01972cam a2200313 4500 371093146 TxAuBib 20161019120000.0 160815s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016030850 9780399168918 hardback 0399168915 hardback DLC eng DLC TxAuBib Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23- Escape clause / John Sandford. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2016. 392 pages ; 24 cm. Virgil Flowers ; ; 9 "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. 20161019. Flowers, Virgil (Fictitious character) Fiction. Government investigators Minnesota Fiction. FICTION / Crime. FICTION / Suspense. FICTION / Thrillers. Mystery fiction. Minnesota. Virgil Flowers ; ; 9.