Take the current Virgil Flowers novel, "Mad River." (Please don't try to take it from Kathleen) The action moves along the Minnesota River valley and the locations range from Bayport to Minneapolis to Windom, with stops like Cecil's near St. Kate's University in St. Paul, the Fleet Farm in Owatonna, or the post office in Marshall.
She's read all of his work, would love to run in to him sometime near his home in Stillwater. She has a voracious appetite for his work, won't put it down. She started the 387-page "Mad River" Sunday; she'll finish it tonight. Which is good. Perhaps then there will be time for a hot meal.
