Heat Lightning

By: John Sandford

Narrated by: Eric Conger

Length: 10 hrs

Publisher's summary

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)

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

Another great listen

Where does Heat Lightning rank among all the audiobooks you???ve listened to so far?

Loved Virgil Flowers in this one. The story line is believable and love the twists and turns that Sandford develops in the plot.

What does Eric Conger bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

Eric Conger seems to bring Virgil Flowers alive with his narrative.

Any additional comments?

Great second novel in the adventures of Flowers....can't wait to listen to the next one.

So much easier to listen

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, I have already recommended to my friends. beats text-speech 1000 time over

Who was your favorite character and why?

I love Virgel Flowers

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

no

Any additional comments?

visual impaired so I love this concept on my Kindle FireHD

strong second book

listening to this series for the second time and reading it with the Lucas Davenport praise books of the same time makes it even more interesting. this second book dedicated specifically to Virgil flowers is a well paced thriller that keeps the reader running alongside of Virgil in an attempt to head off another killing. With Clara Rinker one of my favorite characters from the prey series, I was pleased to hear her name mentioned in this book. Listen for the phone call near the end of the book

A real twisty for Virgil. Excellent read!

Love Virgil Flowers books and have every one of them. Listened to most of them twice and enjoyed them both times. This one has a bunch of twists. Highly recommended

Fantastic

Cpnger captures the laconic style of Sandford's two great characters: Flowers and Davenport. I enjoyed listening as much as reading them the first time around

Does it get hot in Minnesota?

I guess it does get hot in Minnesota. At least it gets hot for Virgil Flowers whether it's on the dance floor or chasing a murderer. This is a murder mystery, to state the obvious, and this time Sandford chose to keep him or her hidden from the reader as well as Virgil.

And here is the "twist" if you will. The killer sticks a lemon in the mouth of the victim. Then the killed person, most of them Viet Nam vets, are dragged off to some sort of Viet Nam Veteran memorial and left displayed.

Between Virgil's ex-wives, his current women, his new women, and the killer(s) this is a very busy book. It's also a very good read and well read by Eric Conger.

Five stars all the way.