Escape Clause

Virgil Flowers faces double trouble in this exceptional thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers´ case, make that two. The first comes from, of all places, the Minnesota zoo. Two large Siberian tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are very concerned that they´ve been stolen for their organs. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes their parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get--and keep--what they need. As Detective Flowers of the Minnesota Bureau of Apprehension 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, things get a lot more complicated. Sparkle has a roving eye, and it´s fixed right on Virgil. Forget a storm--this one´s a tornado