01976cam a2200313 i 4500 369573527 TxAuBib 20190101120000.0 160815s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016030850 9780399168918 hardcover 0399168915 hardcover DLC eng DLC rda DLC TxAuBib rda Sandford, John, 1944 February 23- Escape clause / John Sandford. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2016. 392 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The exceptional new thriller from the writer whose books are "pure reading pleasure" (Booklist) The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large, and very rare, Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get what they need. Some of them are a great deal more extreme than others -- as Virgil is about to find out. Then there's the homefront. Virgil's relationship with his girlfriend Frankie has been getting kind of serious, but when Frankie's sister Sparkle moves in for the summer, the situation gets a lot more complicated. For one thing, her research into migrant workers is about to bring her up against some very violent people who emphatically do not want to be researched. For another. 20190101. Flowers, Virgil (Fictitious character) Fiction. Government investigators Minnesota Fiction. FICTION / Crime. FICTION / Suspense. FICTION / Thrillers. Mystery fiction.