REVIEW - ROUGH COUNTRY

This book is for 4 of my reading challenges.
A - Z Challenge[Titles]
100+ Challenge
Suspense & Thriller Challenge[Hard Boiled Mystery]
Monthly Mixer Melee Challenge

"Rough Country" by John Sandford
Product Description[Amazon.Com]
Virgil's always been known for having a somewhat active, er, social life, but he's probably not going to be getting too many opportunities for that during his new case. While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of northern Minnesota, he gets a call from Lucas Davenport to investigate a murder at a nearby resort, where a woman has been shot while kayaking. The resort is for women only, a place to relax, get fit, recover from plastic surgery, commune with nature, and while it didn't start out to be a place mostly for those with Sapphic inclinations, that's pretty much what it is today.

Which makes things all the more complicated for Virgil, because as he begins investigating, he finds a web of connections between the people at the resort, the victim, and some local women, notably a talented country singer. The more he digs, the more he discovers the arrows of suspicion that point in many directions, encompassing a multitude of motivations: jealousy, blackmail, greed, anger, fear. Then he finds that this is not the first murder, that there was a second, seemingly unrelated one, the year before. And that there's about to be a third, definitely related one, any time now. And as for the fourth . . . well, Virgil better hope he can catch the killer before that happens. Because it could be his own.
# Hardcover: 400 pages
# Publisher: Putnam Adult; 1ST edition (September 29, 2009)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0399155988
# ISBN-13: 978-0399155987

MY THOUGHTS: This is the first book in this series, Virgil Flowers, that I have read. I like John Sandford because he writes with lots of information on the suspects, victims, and the scene. You feel like you are there in the book. Moving with the guy who's doing the investigating. As Virgil moves around the state gathering information, he keeps trying to remember something about the case, but can't quite remember what it was. He narrows it down to one suspect or family in this case, and then puts all the pieces together. This story has a great ending that you won't see coming and won't have any idea that this is what prompted the first killing. I was totally blown away! If you follow the Virgil Flowers series you will definitely want to read this book!

MY RATING: 5