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Search - Orchid Beach (Holly Barker Novels)
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Book Description:
A Woman's Best Friend--and Most Lethal WeaponMembers who requested this book also requested:
New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods delivers a riveting thriller that introduces an exciting addition to the pantheon of fictional sleuths.
Forced into early retirement at thirty-seven, smart, attractive, and fiercely independent Major Holly Barker trades in her bars as a military cop for the badge of deputy chief of police in Orchid Beach, Florida. But below the sunny surface of this sleepy, well-to-do island town lies an evil that escalates into the cold-blooded murder of one of Holly's new colleagues. An outsider, Holly has little to go on for answers and no one to help her--except Daisy, a Doberman of exceptional intelligence and loyalty that becomes her companion and protector. The closer she gets to the truth, the more Holly knows that it'll take one smart dog with guts to sniff out this killer--before he can catch her first.
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Jamie G. from LONGVIEW, WA wrote on 3/2/2008...Five stars for this one. This was very exciting book - even my 81-year old father really liked it. Of course the Doberman Pinscher played a pivotal role, and that's what made the book really good.
DM K. (This was the first Stuart Woods book I had ever read and I'm hooked. The characters are well developed. There is lots of intrigue and even action. I am looking forward to reading the other Holly Barker mysteries.
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Janet M. (Woods Holly Barker character is always a good read. He makes her human in circumstances most of us luckily will never experience.
Talk about a bad first day. Major Holly Barker thought she was getting out of a mess when she left the army. She'd been sexually harassed by her superior, but the exigencies of the military legal system wound up wrecking her career. Orchid Beach seemed like the perfect place to start over. Though Chief Marley, an old family friend, was worried about some local increases in the drug trade, the Florida barrier island was not a crime mecca. As the new deputy police chief, Holly would be stepping on the toes of a few Orchid Beach P.D. regulars who were being overlooked for the job, but she would prove her worth in short order. After installing her trailer in Riverview, though, the bad news started to flood the Beach. The chief was found along the side of highway A1A with a bullet through the head, and his closest friend just had his skull blown apart with the chief's shotgun. Now, Holly is the acting chief in a town she hardly knows and with a police force that's full of animosity towards its newly minted leader. Just about the only consolation is that Holly has inherited Daisy, a Doberman who's about the best and most faithful friend a troubled gal could ask for; Daisy's a fierce defender of her master and she knows how to retrieve a beer on command.
Love the Holly Barker novels - entertaining.
Steve M. from KENT, WA wrote on 5/7/2007...Great story, with a no nonense plot. All in all a quick fun read.
The Holly Barker series includes some of my very favorite Stuart Woods novels!
This was a fantastic book, just as all of Stuart Woods. This is a must read.
Stacey F. from KANSAS CITY, MO wrote on 2/22/2007...Excellent... I have just in the past year been introduced to stuart woods books I especially like the Orchid series of books!! This series deals with Holly Barker as the main character. Mystery murder and maham