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Violence
Some
Murder investigation; small-town violence
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Brief romantic subplot; Virgil's relationships are a running theme
Substance Use
Barely any
Alcohol present in small-town setting
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate tension; past sins resurfacing in a closed community
What this book is about
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent Virgil Flowers is dispatched to a small prairie town where a minister's wife has been found murdered. What he uncovers is a community with long-buried sins and a conspiracy reaching back decades. The first Virgil Flowers novel introduces one of crime fiction's most entertaining investigators.
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Murder
Small-town corruption
Brief sexual content
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