The thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

In Southeast Minnesota, down on the Mississippi, a college board conference is coming to a finish. The table chairman announces that all of those other meeting will end up being closed, due to personnel issues. “Problems” is appropriate. The proposal up for a vote before them is certainly whether to authorize the eliminating of a local reporter. The vote is definitely four to one in favor.

Meanwhile, not far away, Virgil Plants is supporting out a friend by looking into a dognapping, which seems to be turning into something very much bigger and uglier-a group of dognappers offering medical labs-when he gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A murdered body has been found-and the sufferer is a local reporter . .