Choke

Name: Choke
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Stuart Woods
ISBN: 9780060841911

Author: Stuart Woods

Narrator: Jay O. Sanders

Abridged: 3 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Harper

Published: 03/29/2005

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural

Synopsis

A standalone novel from Stuart Woods, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington and Holly Barker series...Murder is not a spectator sport.Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion—first as a pro tennis player at Wimbledon, then as a womanizing coach at posh tennis clubs around the country. Now at Key West's Old Racquet Club, Chuck gets involved with the wrong married woman—the enticing Clare Carras, married to an enigmatic older man—and soon he is in way over his head.Enter Tommy Sculley, a retired New York homicide detective who has just joined the Key West force, and his young green partner, Daryl Haynes, who turns out to be smarter than he looks. Up to their necks in an investigation of a bizarre apparent homicide, the two detectives barely keep afloat in murky waters. Events take them from the Florida Keys to Los Angeles and back, as a plot emerges that involves not only the dangerous Clare, but a furious West Coast mob boss determined to get back what is his at any cost.

About Stuart Woods

The American novelist hailing from Georgia, Stuart Woods, had a long and lustrous career in competition sailing. The interest, maybe obsession, with sailing began after he had spent time in London, then Ireland to write a novel about an old family story which he had heard as a child. He began putting together a crew for sailing competition shortly after he moved to Ireland.

It was in conjunction with a certain race, the MORCRA Azores Race and the OSTAR, Woods met with publishers to trade writing a book about his sailing experiences in return for sponsorship of the races. Golden Harp was launched in 1975, followed by Golden, Golden Apple, Golden Shamrock, Golden Delicious, and Harp.

Wood's novel, Blue Water. Green Skipper was published in 1977. His next book took a different turn and was based on his extensive travels around England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. It was entitled, A Romantic's Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland. He then followed those two non-fiction books with several series of novels featuring recurring casts of characters and also with characters and their love interests, and frequent use of the New York restaurant Elaine's as a meeting place. Woods has published a memoir, a travel book, and forty-four novels in a thirty-seven year career.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on September 01, 2011

Chuck Chandler choked on the most important point of his career as a professional tennis player. Through the years that followed, he's been slipping gradually down through the ranks, and now, at forty-four, he's reduced to giving tennis lessons at a small club in Key West. Chuck lost his last job by......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on March 03, 2014

Read the whole book one rainy evening. I'll have to read more by this author to really get a feel for his writing. The ending had a bit of a rushed feel to it, and this was back in the days when people knew they should have safe sex but didn't, which always makes me question their judgment. Still an......more

Goodreads review by David on August 11, 2017

I've been a fan of Stuart Woods since reading 'Heat' back in the 90's. I've read that book 3 times and plan on doing so again in the future. I liked this book as a contemporary suspense, but it wasn't as fast-paced and taut as some of his other books. Chuck Chandler is a one-time tennis pro who misse......more

Goodreads review by Dawnie on September 25, 2012

I actually found this book while looking for another book entitled Choke. I'd say my real rating is probably somewhere between 3.5-75, but its getting the round up. Believe it or not, this is my first Stuart Woods book and I am hooked. This one is set in Key West (which I love reading about places I......more

Goodreads review by Dale on July 04, 2023

Page turner, good mystery, and great setting of Key West Great mystery, and page turner. Plot had a lot of twists. One of Mr. Woods’ better books. I find his standalone books are more tightly plotted than the Stone Barrington books.......more