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Chiefs
Author: Stuart Woods

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Publisher: Avon
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780380703470 - ISBN-10: 0380703475
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 432


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Abridged)

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In the winter of I 1920, the first body is found in Delano, Georgia-the naked, brutalized corpse of a young boy. It Is a crime too horrific to be ignored; the first of many that will span four decades, embroiling three separate police chiefs in a remarkable manhunt that will expose the hatreds, fears, dark secrets and festering wounds beneath the surface of their sleepy God-fearing community.


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Top Member Book Reviews

Judith H. (crazybooklady) wrote on 5/17/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Chiefs is the first in Stuart Woods' long list of books. It is about police chiefs from a small in Georgia over a few decades as they look for a serial killer. It introduces characters who will appear in other books by Woods. It is my favorite of his books because it gives a history to his stories.


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Mary Ann B. (mab52) wrote on 11/14/2007...


This is the first Wood's fiction. Set in the southern town of Delano, the story spans 40+ years. Three very different chiefs of the town's police force try to solve a series of suspicious deaths. It is a compelling read of the social changes in the American town during turbulent times. I loved it!

Dorothy F. wrote on 2/11/2007...


Very interesting book spanning decades in a small Georgia town.

Calmia Y. (underwriter) wrote on 2/8/2007...


A LITTLE STRANGE BUT COMPELLING

Dexter D. (ddonham) wrote on 11/12/2006...


Southern mystery crossing multiple generations

Good read

Lawrence M. wrote on 11/5/2006...


A story about Delano, Georgia where murders take place over 4 decades and 3 police chiefs.

Tom S. (SutterTom) wrote on 10/23/2006...


A great legal/cop thriller covering 3 generations cops in a rural southern town as it comes to grips with the changing racial laws and moral codes of modern America.

Debra M. (dreamer) wrote on 10/3/2006...


In the winter of 1920, the first body is found in Delano, Ga. the naked brutalized corpse of a young boy. It is a crime too horrific to be ignored, the first of many that will span four decades, embroiling three separate police chiefs in a remarkable manhunt that will expose the hatreds, fears, dark secrets and festering wounds beneath the surface of their sleepy god fearing community.

John W. (tsewnhoj) wrote on 10/2/2006...


Must read. Best book by Stuart Woods. In a style completely different from the Alex Cross novels. Also the first book in a series of stories about the Lee Family.

STEVE D. wrote on 6/29/2006...


"Chiefs" is part of a series of books with Will Lee. It starts in 1919 and traces a family into the 60's. It has a variety of lines; murder, intrigue, race, politics, and down-to-earth, good hearted people. Being from Georgia and growing up near where the story takes place, I found it particularly interseting and did not want to put it down. My second Stuart Woods book, but NOT my last.

Jane J. (cranbery) wrote on 11/16/2005...


Great book, the kind you wish you hadn't read so you can read again!


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