Summary Of Rough Country By John Sandford

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I am reading Rough Country by John Sandford and I am on page 396. This book is about Virgil Flowers a detective working a murder case in northern Minnesota . He has narrowed down his suspect list to two people and is starting to realize why the killer did what he did and how he did it. Virgil discovered that some people have been withholding information from him and it helps clear up who his number one suspect should be. In this paper I will be questioning and connecting. I wonder how Virgil knew that knew that Slibe Ashbach killed his wife. Virgil’s first clue was that Slibe blamed it all on Slibe jr. Slibe jr got shot up when police learned that he was capable of killing McDill and Washington. Slibe told the police that Jr was living in the woods …show more content…

When Virgil visited Jr he took pictures and realized that he did not look like an Ashbach. Slibe Jr has darker skin and looks like the man that Slibe’s wife was having an affair with. Another clue was that Slibe did not want his wife to leave. He was obsessed with her and they bought grave sites together when they were 30 years old. After Slibe’s wife left Nobody questioned his story. Slibe wrote letters fake letters from her to his kids. Hector car was never seen again in the town and they never talk to anyone from the town. Lastly Slibe had fake divorce papers that he would show people when they asked about her. Another question I have is how did Virgil know that Slibe and buried Hector’s car and where it was buried. The rental company could not find Mr. Windrow’s car even with a tracking device on it. The sheriff made a joke that the only way the tracker would not work is if the car was underground or in a lake somewhere. Also on the day that Slibe's wife left he started a large garden in the back

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