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Search - Iron Orchid (Holly Barker)
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Book Description:
Holly Barker, the small-town cop turned CIA agent, tracks a master of disguise -- and a consummate killer.Members who requested this book also requested:
Iron Orchid, Stuart Woods's latest in the Holly Barker series, pits the no-nonsense cop against a very elusive killer -- Teddy Fay, a villain first introduced in Capital Crimes -- and the sparks fly.
Authorities thought they had seen the last of Teddy Fay -- the ex-CIA tech wizard who kills his political targets for sport -- when his plane exploded off the coast of Maine. But they underestimated him once, and they're in danger of doing so again. Now they've found irrefutable evidence that he is alive and on his way to hit a group who will never see him coming.
Holly, having resigned her position as the Orchid Beach Chief of Police to work for the CIA, joins the elite task force tracking Fay in New York City. There, she begins to suspect that there are boulders being left unturned in the investigation. Fay seems privy to too many secrets -- and employs tricks only an insider would know. He begins to pick off America's enemies one by one -- and no one seems the wiser. Can Holly trail her quarry and beat him at his own game? Can she get close enough to find him, and still keep her cover? A chance meeting between Holly and Fay kick-starts a high-speed chase through the canyons of midtown Manhattan, the Metropolitan Opera house, Central Park, and the United Nations Plaza, all to prevent another assassination before Fay disappears again -- maybe this time for good.
With the signature mix of slick repartee and rapid-fire action that has won Stuart Woods many fans over the years, Iron Orchid confirms just why he is a master of the popular crime novel.
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This series just keeps getting better.
June E. (Even more exciting than the other Holly Barker book; I only hope there will be a sequel soon. Very entertaining and hard to put down. Loved it.
Hollie B. from CUYAHOGA FLS, OH wrote on 10/17/2007...Holly Barker, the sexy, no-nonsense former police chief from Orchid Beach, Florida, has been known to crack cases that even the FBI couldn't break. Now Lance Cabot, makes Holly an offer she can't refuse: to join an elite intelligence unit hunting down terrorists on American soil. Their first prey, however may turn out to be all-American.
Teddy Fay, the ex-CIA technology wizard apparently blew up his own airplane while being hotly pursued by the FBI and U.S. Navy pilots. But now a series of attacks on a new kind of victim-terrorists with diplomatic immunity-makes some in the governement, up to and including the president of the United States, believe Teddy may be back. And Holly finds herself in the thick of the hunt.
Great, easy read. Read it in one night. One of my favorite Stuart Wood novels.
Mike W. from PALMETTO, GA wrote on 8/7/2007...the ending is just a bit aggravating....
Carol N. from JAMESTOWN, CA wrote on 10/18/2006...This is one of Stuart Woods' best novels. The action is non-stop.
Recommended!
A very fast interesting mystery.Really enjoyed it.
IRON ORCHID by Stuart Woods: Former Orchid Beach, Fla., police chief Holly Barker has opted for a CIA career in Woods’ by-the-numbers thriller. Barely through basic training at a highly regimented CIA "training farm," Barker's class is suddenly enlisted to track down calculating killer (and opera buff) Teddy Fay. An ex-CIA agent himself, Fay uses insider information to continue assassinating international political figures who also happen to be enemies of the U.S. After an initial slow start the pace accelerates as Barker just misses Teddy in disguise in several encounters. While most of Woods’ characters are somewhat superficial, Barker leaves a bit to be desired. Of course there is always Barker's dog, Daisy the Doberman, to make up for any shortcomings.
Cheryl M. from SHREWSBURY, MA wrote on 4/9/2006...Great Read!!!! Latest in his series...
Holly is just as great as in the previous books. The ending is a little light, but it still is a one-dayer