Heat Lightning

By: John Sandford

Narrated by: Eric Conger

John Sandford's introduction of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers in Dark of the Moon was an immediate critical and popular success.

Flowers is only in his late 30's, but he's been around the block a few times, and he doesn't think much can surprise him anymore. He's wrong. It's a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, and Flowers is in bed with one of his ex-wives (the second one, if you're keeping count ) when the phone rings. It's Lucas Davenport. There's a body in Stillwater, two shots to the head, found near a veterans' memorial . And the victim has a lemon in his mouth. Exactly like the body they found last week.

The more Flowers works the murders, the more convinced he is th at someone's keeping a list, and that the list could have a lot more names on it. If only he could find out what connects them all...and then he does, and he's almost sorry he did. Because if it's true, then this whole thing leads down a lot more trails than he thought it did - and every one of them is booby-trapped.

Filled with the audacious plotting, rich characters, and brilliant suspense, this is Sandford writing at the top of his game.

©2008 John Sanford (P)2008 Penguin Audiobooks

Critic reviews

“Features a colorful protagonist quite distinct from Davenport, and contains the usual snappy dialogue and suspenseful action.” (The Tennessean)

"A fun, breezy read.” (The Post and Courier)

why the music ?

love everything about this book/series except for the random music in between parts
...weird! great story great narrator,love the humor.. love.that fucking Flowers !!

What is up with the music???

I'm not done with the book yet, what I've listened to so far is fine. I just wanted to know who decided to put the random bursts of music in this production?? It is horrible & distracting. I really hope the other books don't have it in it.

Music?

Why did you not use music that went with the t-shirt Virgil was wearing the Nostradamus of the awful sounds you did use?

Another good one by Sandford

I enjoy the Lucas Davenport series and liked the first Virgil Flowers book, so i was looking forward to this one. I guess i just like the way Sandford writes. This was a good book with good narration. Nothing too deep really, just entertaining crime fiction. I think i like the fact that Virgil is the rare fictional cop who doesn't hate life, have a drinking problem or an ex-wife who wants him dead. It's a little refreshing. I'll get the next one in this series for sure.

Excellent

Much better reader this time! Eric Conger fixed his problems from the last book. Yay! Great story! Looking forward to the next one.

Another spellbinding story

Keeps you on edge & entertained at the same time. Thoroughly enjoyed it - all the way to the last word!

Another great Virgil Flowers story!

What did you love best about Heat Lightning?

The setting in MN is done perfectly. I feel like i know Virgil.

What other book might you compare Heat Lightning to and why?

Mad River

Which character – as performed by Eric Conger – was your favorite?

Davenport

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It builds tension and get the heart racing

Totally positive..want more, esp. Eric Conger

Eric Conger can’t be beat.
Love Virgil’s morality.. plus the plot lines and detail coverage. More pls!

the story is great and well read.

horrid noise that can't be called music at the beginning of each chapter removes relaxing to the book

What audio books should be

Very satisfiying--straight ahead clever plotting, spare prose, wonderful dialogue, and narration that made this book come alive. I've read or listened to Sandford's other Virgil Flowers novels and highly recommend this work for those of you who enjoy mystery thrillers.