The next book in the "Virgil Flowers" series has just arrived, Virgil is on another mission to save his town in Minnesota.

"Mad River" is the sixth book in the series and was published on Oct. 2 by Penguin Group, written by John Sandford, the author of the popular 22 "Prey" novels.  Sandford's real name is John Camp.

The criminal suspense novel has made it on to the New York Times Bestseller list, bumping E.L. James' "Fifty Shades" novels on the Combined Print and E-Book Fiction list.

The 400-page book is described:

Bonnie and Clyde, they thought. And what's-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, and chips on their shoulders, and guns.

The first person they killed was a highway patrolman. The second was a woman during a robbery. Then, hell, why not keep on going? As their crime spree cuts a swath through rural Minnesota, some of it captured on the killers' cell phones and sent to a local television station, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers joins the growing army of cops trying to run them down. But even he doesn't realize what's about to happen next.

Virgil was introduced in "Dark of the Moon," the first book in the series. He is a "tall, lean, late thirties, three times divorced, hair way too long for a cop's"investigator. He works for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and has been called "an idiosyncratic, thoroughly ingratiating hero" by Booklist.

"Mad River" has gotten rave reviews:

"In this high-octane thrill ride, bestseller Sandford's fifth novel featuring Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent Virgil Flowers (after 2011's Shock Wave), Lucas Davenport, Virgil's boss (and star of his own series), dispatches Virgil to a remote corner of the state to deal with 'a bad one.' Virgil's penchant for wisecracking, which in less skilled hands could have been annoying, serves to deflate the tension, and his backstory is simple enough to allow new readers to easily keep up." - Publishers Weekly

"Three angry teenagers without prospects but with access to guns make like Bonnie and Clyde and a sidekick, often sending cell phone images of their crimes to a local Minnesota TV station. Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers joins the crowd hunting down these nasties-just before things get really bad. Flowers seems about as popular as Sandford regular John Prey; buy up." - Library Journal

"Mad River" mainly got five and four star reviews.

One reader said, "This was a great read as are most of Sanfords books. His characters are well developed and his descriptive narrative is topnotch. He knows how to grab you from start to finish. Couldnt put it down,but then I love Virgil Flowers.

A very good read." Another said, ": I'm in love with Virgil Flowers. There goes any impartiality I might claim. Loved this book. I think the author gets better with each book he writes and am always anxious to read Flowers' latest thoughts on God. Its good as a stand alone but better to read the whole series in order so you can appreciate the wonder that is Flowers."

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