Shock Wave
by John Sandford
(A Virgil Flowers Novel)
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95%
Critic Reviews: 6
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Synopsis
A billion-dollar superstore has its sights set on a small Minnesota river town for its next outlet. Two very angry groups want to stop it: local merchants, fearing for their businesses, and environmentalists, predicting ecological disaster. The protests are ignored, until a bomb goes off at the megastore’s Michigan headquarters—the first of a series of explosions.
The blasts are meant to inflict maximum damage and utmost fear. They do. Virgil Flowers has been enlisted to find out who’s behind the dangerous acts, but the answer he uncovers may be the biggest shock of all.
About John Sandford
Published: October 4, 2011 by Berkley
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Literature & Fiction, Crime. Fiction. 401 pages
- All Critics: 6
- Positive: 6
- Negative: 0
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Washington Post | 23 Oct 2011
What does matter in a stripped-down, high-tension thriller such as “Shock Wave” is execution, and in that sense, Sandford has certainly delivered another winner.
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Kirkus Reviews | 1 Sep 2011
...the mystification and detection are authentic and the solution surprisingly clever.
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Publishers Weekly | 8 Aug 2011
Sandford effortlessly conjures up the rhythms and personalities of a small town in one of his best outings to date.
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Book Reporter | 13 Oct 2011
If SHOCK WAVE is any indication, Flowers has a better than even chance of equaling if not surpassing Davenport in the hearts and minds of Sandford’s legion of readers.
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Examiner | 13 Dec 2011
As per usual in a John Sandford novel, the characters and dialogue are smart, witty and entertaining.
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BlackFive | 11 Oct 2011
Although the book is fast paced it is not as intense as other thrillers and the reader can be amused and have fun while trying to figure out who is the bomber.
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