Rough Country

John Sandford

Sep 2009 · A Virgil Flowers Novel Book 3 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

The murder of a successful advertising executive leads Detective Virgil Flowers to the unlikely scene of the crime: a peaceful and bucolic wooded resort with as many suspects as it has secrets...

While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of northern Minnesota, Virgil Flowers receives a call from Lucas Davenport to investigate a brutal murder at a nearby resort for women only. As Virgil begins investigating, he finds a web of connections between the people at the resort, the victim, and some local women, notably a talented and popular country singer. The more Virgil digs, the more he discovers the arrows of suspicion point in many directions, encompassing a multitude of motivations: jealousy, blackmail, greed, anger, and fear.

Then Virgil discovers something that sends his investigation reeling. This is not the first murder connected to the Eagle Nest Lodge. Nor will it be the last...

Ratings and reviews

I have enjoyed all the Virgil Flowers books, only one more to read (not in order). I thought this ebook overpriced for 250 pages, when I started it. Every other book had me staying up all night, so excited to finish them. I did with this one also, to get it over with and read something better. This book was worth 150 pages, tedious and drawn out. Killer was so obvious early on. Virgil did not deserve credit for identifying killer, he was 2 deaths too late for that.

Just enough mystery not to much graphic gory details some of life's witty irony

What can I say..? John Sanford never lets me down! And I can never put his books down! I want ALL of his books.. PLEASE?

About the author

John Sandford is the pseudonym for the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, the Virgil Flowers novels, and six other books, including three YA novels co-authored with his wife Michele Cook.