Wheatfield, Minnesota - a metropolis of seven hundred souls. The word "moribund" might have been invented for Wheatfield. Nothing ever happened there and nothing ever would—until the mayor of sorts (campaign slogan: "I'll Do What I Can") and a buddy come up with a scheme to put the town on the map. They'd heard of a place where a floating image of the Virgin Mary had turned the whole town into a shrine, attracting thousands of pilgrims. And all those pilgrims needed food, shelter, all kinds of crazy things, right? They'll get rich! What could go wrong?

When the first dead body shows up, they find out. That's only the beginning of their troubles—and those of Virgil Flowers'—as they are about to discover all too soon.

This was a cracking read with great characters. It's a good storyline & I loved the humour & especially the snarky comments that were peppered throughout. Flowers is the sorta guy I enjoy reading about ie: he doesn't shy away from beating the crap out of someone if he deems they need it.... or at least threatening to anyway!

Nothing else to say about this other than how the hell is it I've only just come across Virgil Flowers? Still as this is book #11 it looks like I've got plenty more opportunities to get to know him better. Happy days...

Memorable quote:

"Virgil decided the death was not a natural one, the chief indicator being the large-caliber bullet hole at the side of Andorra's head."

Just my sort of humour...

Added to the bookshelf in a holiday cottage the other day but this morning hubby has decided he likes the look of it so passed to him instead!

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