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VirgilFlowers-tall,lean,latethirties,threetimesdivorced,hairwaytoolongforacop's-hadkickedaroundforawhilebeforejoiningtheMinnesotaBureauofCriminalApprehension.First,itwasthearmyandthemilitarypolice,thenthepoliceinSt.Paul,andfinallyLucasDavenporthadbroughthimintotheBCA,promisinghim,"We'llonlygiveyouthehardstuff."He'dbeendoingthehardstuffforthreeyearsnow-butneveranythinglikethis.InthesmalltownofBluestem,whereeverybodyknowseverybody,ahousewayuponaridgeexplodesintoflames,itsowner,amannamedJudd,trappedinside.Thereisalotofreasontohatehim,Flowersdiscovers.Yearsago,Juddhadperpetratedascamthat'ddrivenalotoflocalfarmersoutofbusiness,eventosuicide.Therearealsorumorsswirlingaround:ofsomeverydiceyactivitieswithothermen'swives;ofinvolvementwithsomenutcasereligiousguy;ofanout-of-wedlockdaughter.Infact,Flowersconcludes,you'dprobablyhavetodigaroundtofindapersonwhodidn'tdespisehim.Andthatwasn'teventhereasonFlowershadcometoBluestem.Threeweeksbefore,there'dbeenanothermurder-two,infact-adoctorandhiswife,thedoctorfoundproppedupinhisbackyard,botheyesshotout.Therehadn'tbeenamurderinBluesteminyears-andnow,suddenly,three?Flowersknowstwothings:Thiswasn'tacoincidence,andthishadtobepersonal.Butjusthowpersonalissomethingevenhedoesn'trealize,andmaynotfindoutuntiltoolate.Becausethenextvictim...maybehimself.Filledwiththeaudaciousplotting,richcharacters,andbrilliantsuspensethathavealwaysmadehisbooks"compulsivelyreadable"(LosAngelesTimes),DarkoftheMoonisvintageSandford,furtherproofthathe"isinaclassofhisown"(TheOrlandoSentinel).
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JohnSandfordJohnSandfordbeganhiscareerasajournalistusinghisrealname,JohnCamp.HewonaPulitzerforfeaturewritingbeforeturningtomystery-suspensenovels,simultaneouslyreleasingtwo“first”novelsundertwodifferentnamesin1989.BiographyJohnCamp(betterknowntoreadersasthrillmeisterJohnSandford)beganhiscareerasajournalist--firstasacrimereporterforTheMiamiHerald,thenasageneralreporter,columnist,andfeatureswriterfortheSaintPaulPioneerPress&Dispatch.In1986,hewonthePulitzerPrizefor"LifeontheLand:AnAmericanFarmFamily,"afive-partseriesexaminingthefarmcrisisinsouthwestMinnesota.Camp'sintereststurnedtofictioninthemid-1980s,andhetooktimeofftowritetwonovelswhichwereultimatelyacceptedforpublication:TheFool'sRun,atechno-thrillerfeaturingacomplexconmanknownasKidd,andRulesofPrey,apoliceproceduralstarringmaverickMinneapolisdetectiveLucasDavenport.Whenbothbookswerescheduled(bydifferentpublishers)tobereleasedthreemonthsapartin1989,Campwaspersuadedtoadoptapseudonymforone.Hechosehispaternalgrandmother'smaidenname,"Sandford"forRulesofPrey,andthenomdeplumehasremainedattachedtoallthebooksintheseries.LessDickTracythanDirtyHarry,hard-boiled,iconoclasticLucasDavenportisacompositeofthecopsCampmetwhileworkingthecrimebeatasareporter.Intelligentandstreetsmart,Davenportisalsomanipulativeandnotabovebendingtherulestogetresults.Andalthoughhehasmellowedovertime(somethingofaskirtchaserinhisyouth,heisnowmarriedwithchildren),heremainsoneoftheedgiestandmostpopularprotagonistsindetectivefiction.FanskeepreturningtothePreybooksfortheirintelligentlyhatchedplots,high-octanepacing,anddeft,fullyhumancharacterizations.Fromtimetotime,Campstraysfromhisbestsellingseriesforstandalonethrillers(TheNightCrew,DeadWatch),andin2007heintroducedanewserieshero,VirgilFlowersoftheMinnesotaBureauofCriminalApprehension,whodebutedinDarkoftheMoon.Althoughheisnolongerafull-timejournalist,Campcontributesoccasionalarticlesandbookreviewstovariouspublications.Heisalsoapassionatearchaeologistandhasworkedatanumberofdigs,mainlyinIsrael.GoodToKnowDon'tconfuseJohnSandfordwithJohnSanford--it'soneofSandford'spetpeeves.Sanford(withoutthe"d")isaChristianphilosophywriter.TheSandfordpseudonymhascausedafewproblemsforCampinthepast.Atanairportonce,histicketwasreservedunderSandford,whileallofhisidentification,ofcourse,hadthenameCamp.Luckily,hehadoneofhisnovelswithhim,andthankstothebookjacketphoto,hewasabletoconvinceairportsecuritytolethimontheplane.ThebooksinCamp'slesssuccessfulKiddseries(TheFool'sRun,TheEmpressFile,TheDevil'sCode,andTheHangedMan'sSong)havebeenre-releasedundertheSandfordpseudonym.AlsoKnownAs:JohnRoswellCampHometown:St.Paul,MinnesotaDateofBirth:二月23,1944PlaceofBirth:CedarRapids,IowaEducation:StateUniversityofIowa,IowaCity:B.A.,AmericanHistory;M.A.,JournalismWebsite:http://www.johnsandford.org
