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Where Shock Wave sits
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- Book 5 of Virgil Flowers. See all Virgil Flowers books in order
- The book before
- Bad Blood
- The book after
- Mad River
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- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against penguinrandomhouse.com
What Shock Wave is about
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- A chain of superstores plans to build in a river town in Minnesota, and the protests turn into bombings at the building site and at the company's main offices. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
protests about a superstore chain's plans to build a location in a Minnesota river town
- Virgil Flowers races to find the bomber before more harm is done. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Virgil Flowers races against time to find and stop the bomber
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Other books in Virgil Flowers
12 books listed so far
- Book 1: Dark of the Moon
- Book 2: Heat Lightning
- Book 3: Rough Country
- Book 4: Bad Blood
- 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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