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Where Dark of the Moon sits
- Series
- Book 1 of Virgil Flowers. See all Virgil Flowers books in order
- The book before
- None. This is where the series starts.
- The book after
- Heat Lightning
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against penguinrandomhouse.com
- Place in the series
- It is book 1 of the Virgil Flowers series. (penguinrandomhouse.com; read November 6, 2026)
Virgil Flowers ... Dark of the Moon
- Next book
- Book 2 is Heat Lightning. (penguinrandomhouse.com; read November 6, 2026)
Dark of the Moon ... Heat Lightning
What Dark of the Moon is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- Lucas Davenport recruited Virgil Flowers to a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension job with a promise of nothing but hard cases. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
brought into the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension by a promise from Lucas Davenport
- An old man in Bluestem, a small farm town, is tied up in his basement, soaked in gasoline and set alight. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
an old man is bound in his basement, doused with gasoline, and set on fire
- It is the third murder there in three weeks. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
This is the third murder in just as many weeks
Topics in this book
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Other books in Virgil Flowers
12 books listed so far
- Book 2: Heat Lightning
- Book 3: Rough Country
- Book 4: Bad Blood
- Book 5: Shock Wave
- Book 6: Mad River
- Book 7: Storm Front
- Book 8: Deadline
- Book 9: Escape Clause
- Book 10: Deep Freeze
- Book 11: Holy Ghost
- Book 12: Bloody Genius
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