A #1 New York Times Bestseller
Virgil Flowers investigates a miracle--and a murder--in the wickedly
entertaining new thriller from the master of "pure reading pleasure"
(Booklist).
Wheatfield, Minnesota: a metropolis of six hundred souls and change, for
which the word "moribund" might have been invented. Nothing ever
happened there and nothing ever would--until the mayor of sorts
(campaign slogan: "I'll Do What I Can") and his precocious teenage buddy
come up with a scheme to put Wheatfield on the map. Should something
dramatic occur--say, that the apparition of the Virgin Mary miraculously
appeared at the local Catholic Church--the whole town would be turned
into a shrine, attracting thousands of pilgrims. And all those pilgrims
needed food, shelter, all kinds of crazy things. The town would get
rich! What could go wrong?
Then the shootings begin. And as they--and Virgil Flowers--are about to
discover, that's only the beginning of their troubles. . . .