Book: Mad River by John Sandford

Yes, another Sandford book....

Venue is southern Minnesota. This is a Bonnie and Clyde Plus One killing spree tale. With a tornado. And love gone wrong...Hero is Virgil Flowers...

"His father was a tall man, also slender, like Virgil, with graying hair and round shell-rimmed spectacles. He'd played basketball at Luther college, down in Iowa, before boing to the seminary. He clutched in one hand the printout of his serum: he'd been a popular man all of his life and a kind of sneaky kingmaker in local politics."

"The old man told Virgil he'd gotten hurt dragging broken lumber off a downed house, where they were looking for another old man who lived alone. They hadn't found him. The old man with the ripped hand said, "That sonofabitch is trying to get out of our golf game," and then he started to cry."

I continue to like the characters and the dialogue, which rings true to my ear...