Lucas makes a VERY brief appearance in this, the rest is Flowers holding his own. I will admit that when I first realized, by Chapter 2, that this was about missing tigers from a zoo, I almost put it down. How exciting can that be?
Turns out, pretty damn exciting.
There are actually several things happening at the same time:
Missing Amur tigers from the Minnesota zoo
Frankie's sister coming to stay and wanting to interview migrant workers in a pickle factory
Pickle factory owner getting angry and sending out goons
Animal activists aiming to kill people.
Lots of folks dying
It started to get a little twisty and you have to remember which parts affect which case but I read this in a day and it was a pretty good ride. I really appreciate the Flower series. My only complaint with this book is that the characters seemed a little.....cartoony. Flowers was still awesome, but once Sparkle and Father Bill came into the picture, well, they were caricatures. If I want cartoony characters, I'll hit up the Stephanie Plum series (which I do, frequently). I just don't want them in my Sandford books.
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