Shock Wave / John Sandford / 388 pages

Virgil Flowers is someone you'd really want to meet. His job is serving as an officer in the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and his life is fishing. He brings his boat to every single case and always fits in some fishing time. He's the social investigator who solves crimes through conversations with police, townspeople, and a myriad of suspects. Virgil also talks to God every night about what's on his mind...sometimes it's about his women friends. He just can't seem to have a successful relationship tho' women really love him. Sandford does a marvelous job of portraying small town life, impact of big box stores on small towns, and what motivates people to commit crime. These mysteries are more about the people than the job of finding out who the bomber is that continues to set off bombs in a logic known only to him.