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| Dark of the Moon | 
 enlarge | Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 45131
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Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 1.5
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B001A5T186
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
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From the #1 bestselling author, a dramatic new crime novel of old hate and fresh murder.
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 A new thriller from Sandford, riveting plot, great characters October 15, 2007
56 out of 65 found this review helpful
Dark of the Moon is a new book by John Sandford, author of the great Lucas Davenport series. Sandford uses a co-author in this novel that features Virgil Flowers, a cop working with the Bureau of Criminal Aprehension where he is assigned the hardest cases. Flowers has been divorced a lot, is somewhat afraid of guns, and takes pride in wearing quirky t-shirts. The book opens as he is traveling south to investigate the murder of a harmless ederly couple when he drives upon a house being devoured by flames. The house was set on fire to cover up the murder of the ederly, feeble and hated Bill Judd. Virgil teams with Jim Stryker, an old buddy and the current sherriff, and they start investigating the crimes. A lot is going on in this novel. Stanford throws a lot at the reader.
Dark of the Moon reads just like a Lucas Davenport book. Incredible plotting, tons of characters in the small town, you get to know the town and the feeling that everyone DOES know everyone else. Virgil is a funny guy, all Sandford books have an underlying humor to them. You can tell Sandford is having fun when he writes.
Flowers hooks up with Stryker's sister Joan and has a good time with her, while at the same time wondering if Joan or Jim could be the killer. In fact, everyone Flowers encounters has a motive or a reason to be a killer. Sandford fans will love this book. It is fast pace and full of twists. Flowers' wit always keeps you entertained as well.
With a new Davenport book due in the spring, fans of the author won't have long to wait for another great book. Hopefully, Sandford can continue to write novels featuring Flowers as well.
 Virgil Flowers deserves better October 19, 2007
33 out of 43 found this review helpful
Virgil Flowers who is working for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is sent to Bluestem for some investigative work. Virgil's boss, Lucas Davenport the protagonist of Sandford's PREY series only gives Virgil "the hard stuff". Bluestem has some "hard stuff" going on. There's more than one secret, more than one scam, more than one strange character, and maybe more than one killer in the small town. It's hard to know who to trust when every one knows everyone's business.
The first third of the book was very compelling. I was instantly drawn into the story. I loved the character of Virgil Flowers. The storyline was suspenseful. I would give that part of the book 5 stars. After the storyline is set up and the characters are introduced the book runs into problems. The story just started dragging. There were not only too many subplots and tangents, there were way too many characters. A big problem for me, though I liked Flowers a lot, I absolutely did not care about any of the secondary characters. There was so little time in developing them how could you really care. By the last quarter of the book, I couldn't wait for it to end. It was a major disappointment. I do hope Sandford uses Virgil Flowers again as a main character, but next time I hope he tightens up the storyline, make a bit more plausible, use less characters, and make us care about more than one of them.
Sanford Is Back On His Game October 3, 2007
14 out of 24 found this review helpful
I loved the Davenport early series but had been disappointed in the last couple. I was not aware this new one was out but when I saw it on the store's shelf I purchased it on the day it came out. I could not put this book down. Late into the night I would fall asleep & wake back up & keep reading. Life stopped until I finished. Absolutely terrific. Highly recommend.
It ain't Davenport but it ain't bad. October 7, 2007
13 out of 16 found this review helpful
I have a feeling that, with a couple more books, Virgil Flowers will be as much a favorite character of mine as is Sandford's inimitable Lucas Davenport. Flowers has angles to be examined and depths to be explored, and I will welcome the opportunity in future books. The overall story here is a real whodunnit, a genuine mystery. Flowers' investigative methods differ greatly from Davenport's, so Sandford and his co-author didn't merely recreate Lucas in a younger, hipper, more laid-back persona. Flowers is definitely...different. I liked the story and the action and the overall story arc, and I always like the black and often sexual humor that permeates a Sandford story. I think this is a fine beginning to what promises to be a series that will stand cover-to-cover on my shelves with the Davenport series. However, I am irritated -- no, in past Sandford books I was irritated; now I am well and truly outraged, incensed, totally ticked off! by the number of typos and proofing errors. I'm NOT talking about those intentional errors contained within Flowers' fictional writing. I'm talking about the flow of the story, where spelling errors and missing words yank me from the suspension of my disbelief. The last straw was (and by then it had happened often enough that I almost threw the book across the room) on page 350 (hardback copy) when reference was made to the "Diary Queen." No, they sell ice cream at the DAIRY Queen. Hey, Publisher! Hey, Editor! Hey, Author! Spell-check won't catch those kinds of errors, and they have been a constant throughout the Sandford books. So, please, Putnam, please, lay out a few bucks for a really GOOD proofreader for future books. PLEASE! Sandford's work deserves the best.
 Not his greatest October 19, 2007
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
I love the Prey series, however to date I have never enjoyed anything Sanford has written that was not part of that series. However, I read several encouraging reviews about Dark of the Moon so I was looking forward to it. After reading it I thought it wasn't awful but not great either. I guess my main recommendation would be if you're trying to decide between buying it or heading to the library I would say, while it's not unworthy of buying, I would take a walk to the the library. Just my opinion of course!
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