Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Format: Audio Book on CD, Audio Books, Nonmusical Sound Recording, Sound Recording Author: Sandford, John, 1944 February 23-, author. Title: Bloody genius / John Sandford. Edition: Unabridged. Publisher, Date: [New York, NY] : Penguin Audio, [2019] ℗2019 Description: 9 audio discs (approximately 11 hours) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. audio file CD audio Summary: When a culture war between rival departments at a local state university culminates in the death of a renowned scholar, Virgil Flowers struggles to identify a killer among a group of wildly passionate, diametrically opposed zealots. Series: A Virgil Flowers novel ; [Book 12] Sandford, John, 1944 February 23- Virgil Flowers novels. Spoken word bk. 12. Subjects: Flowers, Virgil (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Government investigators -- Minnesota -- Fiction. State universities and colleges -- Minnesota -- Fiction. Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction. Minnesota -- Fiction. Other Contributor: Conger, Eric, narrator. Notes: Compact discs. Restricted to PRINT DISABLED Patrons. Read by Eric Conger. Title from container. Web Site: View cover art Grand Forks Public Library recordedbooks.com Grand Forks Public Library RBMedia Grand Forks Public Library ISBN: 9780593107140 0593107144 Publisher or Distributor Number: DD47224 PRHA 8944 OCLC: 1107601883 System Availability: 3 # System items in: 3 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Trade Reviews Library Journal ReviewAfter Professor Quill's body is found in his library carrel at the University of Minnesota, the local police are stumped. Two weeks later, Dr. Quill's well-connected, wealthy sister calls the governor. Virgil Flowers from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is assigned to assist the Minneapolis police. He teams with Sgt. Maggie Trane to put the pieces together in a case that seems to have no connecting links. Is it a former student, a former patient, someone with a grudge? There are too many suspects and numerous angles in this fast-paced, intensifying adventure. As always, the investigation is intricately plotted, while details of Flowers's family life are included for fans of the character. VERDICT Sandford's readers will welcome the 12th book in the best-selling "Virgil Flowers" series, following Holy Ghost. The irreverent humor and language is perfect for the unconventional law officer in the darkly entertaining series. [See Prepub Alert, 4/8/19.]--Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., INPublishers Weekly ReviewBestseller Sandford's compulsively readable 12th novel featuring astute Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent Virgil Flowers (after 2018's Holy Ghost) will please fair play fans. Thanks to some string-pulling, Flowers gets assigned to assist the Minneapolis PD with the investigation of a homicide at the University of Minnesota that has stalled two weeks after the crime. Someone bashed in the head of Barthelemy Quill with a laptop in the university library in the middle of the night; Quill, a professor who worked in a lab specializing in spinal injuries, was in the midst of a romantic rendezvous at the time. The dead man's sister, a major political campaign donor, prevailed on the governor to add resources to the case, a decision not welcomed by the veteran police detective in charge. Flowers finds no shortage of suspects, including a map thief and an academic rival whose theories were denounced as bunk by Quill during one of her lectures. Readers who like a bit of unrepentant wiseass in their sleuths will find Flowers fits the bill. Sandford makes blending humor and mystery look easy. Agent: Esther Newberg, ICM. (Oct.) Series Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1