John Sandford (Get this book) The seventh Virgil Flowers mystery finds the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent handed a curious case. Seems a local college professor stole a valuable artifact from an Israeli archaeological dig, returned home to the States, and then promptly vanished; an Israeli investigator is on her way, determined to track the man down and reclaim the artifact. Kudos to Sandford for taking what could have been an ancient-mystery thriller la Dan Brown and playing it like a cop novel. Fans of the Flowers and Davenport series will thoroughly enjoy this one.--Booklist
