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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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Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Mystery >> Women Sleuths
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Police Procedurals
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Authors, A-Z >> ( W ) >> Woods, Stuart
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The best of the HOlly Barker series.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Pretty good book. Surprising ending, which makes me wonder how the next one will be. Of course lots of overlap between the many Woods' characters with Stone Barrington and Will Lee involved. Recommended.
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Stuart Woods is a very polished writer and I enjoy his books, particularly the Holly Barker novels.
Having ditched her Orchid Beach, Fla., police chief post, returning supersleuth Holly Barker opts for a CIA career in Woods's by-the-numbers thriller, the fourth in the Barker series (Blood Orchid). 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 (first seen in Woods's Capital Crimes). 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. Barker stakes out the Metropolitan Opera House, and narrowly misses Teddy in disguise in several contrived set pieces. The narrative accelerates from a somewhat sluggish first half when CIA operatives' solid deliberation moves Barker ever closer to nabbing the elusive Fay—who, by the way, lives mere blocks away from her. But Fay dupes the CIA again, with the help of a Santa Claus costume, and assassinates a Saudi prince before vanishing. Woods's latest lacks the urgent plotting and bracing thrills needed to make it truly memorable, and though Barker is a tough, formidable protagonist, the question remains why she, after absconding with over $5.5 million in untraceable drug money, bothers to clock in at all. Only Barker's dog, Daisy the Doberman, knows for sure.
great book was really a very interesting story
Linda R. from ELKINS, WV wrote on 3/13/2007...Holly Barker is back again, this time working for the CIA. Woods is a master storyteller and his books are full of action and great plots.
great book..the third in a series of Stuart Woods character Holly Barker's escapades!!
Traci M. from LAKELAND, FL wrote on 3/1/2007...My dad loves these books!
Rhondi D. from NORCROSS, GA wrote on 1/30/2007...Excellent book, but does not show as much of Holly Barker as the other three Orchid series do.
Good read but a couple of factual errors detracted from the story for me.
Jonathan L. from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote on 1/1/2007...If you like Stuart Woods, this Holly Barker novel is really good!