Orchid Blues, Stuart Woods
Orchid Blues, Stuart Woods
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Orchid Blues

Author: Stuart Woods

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 12/08/2015

Synopsis

Stuart Woods brings back small-town police chief Holly Barker—and her extraordinary Doberman, Daisy—for another exhilarating adventure in this New York Times bestseller.

When Holly Barker’s wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the inexplicable killing of an innocent bystander, Holly discovers evidence that leads her into the midst of a clan whose members are as mysterious as they are zealous. Holly’s father, Ham, a retired army master sergeant, is her ticket into their strange world. What he finds there boggles the mind and sucks them all—Holly, Ham, and Daisy—into a whirlpool of crazed criminality from which even the FBI can’t save them...

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 Jack on February 17, 2024

4 Stars. I was thinking three stars until the middle of the book, #2 in the series. The tension then started to build. Yes, I was angry about what happened to Jackson Oxenhandler and was looking forward to revenge on that score; can I admit to that? Maybe I should have said 'resolution on that score......more

Goodreads review by Diane on December 10, 2017

Great series! thought i'd only like Stone's story and series but this Holly detective mystery is pretty awesome and very entertaining also with some good writing (paperback!)......more

Goodreads review by Katherine on April 25, 2014

The plots holes kept bothering me too much to really get into this book. For example, the dead people in the submerged car. It was clearly stated that this family had a son, but unless I missed it, he wasn't in the car, and no one looked for him, just fell off the plot. Annoyed me, cause would holly......more

Goodreads review by Kym on November 04, 2022

This is book 2 in a 3-book series and it introduces us to Stone Barrington as a minor role in the book. I'm not going to say a lot about the book because it was a keep-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat book. I will say that the first twist is very early in the book and Holly and her dad take a big part o......more

Goodreads review by Phyllis on April 08, 2012

A little far fetched. Too much of Holly's dad, not enough of Holly. SPOILER The fact that her fiancee dies at the beginning and she barely cries over it is not really how a woman it seems would react. She seemed more worried about what her father was involved in rahter than getting revenge for what w......more

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Praise for Orchid Blues

“Punchy...engaging...genuinely suspenseful...Holly and Ham are engaging...with a lot of gumption and tough-talking banter between them.”—The New York  Times
 
“Starts with a bang...his action scenes are clean and sharp.”—Publishers Weekly“Fast paced and exciting...sure to please his fans.”—Booklist
 
“[Will] keep you turning pages.”—Kirkus Reviews

More Praise for Stuart Woods

“Stuart Woods is a no-nonsense, slam-bang storyteller.”—Chicago Tribune

“A world-class mystery writer...I try to put Woods’s books down and I can’t.”—Houston Chronicle 

“Mr. Woods, like his characters, has an appealing way of making things nice and clear.”—The New York Times

“Woods certainly knows how to keep the pages turning.”—Booklist

“Since 1981, readers have not been able to get their fill of Stuart Woods’ New York Times bestselling novels of suspense.”—Orlando Sentinel

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