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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451208811
ISBN number: 0451208811
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 368
Printing Date: May 27, 2003
Publishing house: Signet
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Sale Popularity Level: 86184
Studio: Signet
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Chief of Police Holly Barker returns in her third suspenseful adventure-along with her father Ham and Daisy the Doberman. This time, they get introduced to the cutthroat world of Florida real estate...and uncover a scam as dangerous as it is lucrative.
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The Margin
I like Woods' action scenes, and I like Holly Barker, she's a great female protagonist--smart, sexy and tough. But, this plot is weak and easily anticipated. Not a lot of mystery in this one.
Chief Barker finds her house being bugged and chases the bugger off with the help of pilot instructor Ginny, Barker's father's girlfriend. There are the requisite murders, mob involvement, an uncooperative FBI head honcho to stir this mystery brew, and, of course, Barker is in the way. The Chief partners with an undercover FBI agent and together they unravel this who-done-it with ferve.
This is not his best, by far, but it's an easy and sometimes exciting read.
Marvin Wiebener, author of The Margin
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I listened to this book as a book on CD and was not disappointed. I'd listened to one of the Stone Barrington books and was only marginally impressed. Almost didn't pick this one up, but I'm glad I did.
Holly Barker is Police Chief of a small town in Florida. Boring, right? Well, once events uncommon to this small town start happening, bullets start flying. Not to mention sparks between her and a delightful undercover FBI agent--Grant Early (not his real name, of course. He is undercover after all!).
While the guilty person was no surprise, the why was.
Since I haven't read Stuart Woods' other books, I had nothing to compare this to and found it delightful. I will definitely choose another Holly Barker book - and hope her new FBI love is in it. He was delightful.
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In this one, small town Police Chief Holly Barker is faced with possible big time mob connections. Is it drugs? Money laundering? Simply high-stakes real estate? One thing for certain, it involves murder and the bodies are piling up. Holly finds a new love interest (as does her father Ham) and once again, the FBI gets involved, much to Holly's consternation.
This is the second Holly Barker book I have read (gifts from a friend) and I really don't think I'll read any more. This one has a bit more emotion than the very first I read (Orchid Beach), but it still reads more like a police report - i.e. dull. I do like the character of Grant (Holly's new love interest), but he's really the only character in this book I cared about. Ham Barker isn't in this one much, but I still like him - he's good for some irreverent comic relief, and even FBI agent Harry Crisp started to show some life in this one. Holly, however is a grade A idiot. How the heck did she become Police Chief? I knew who was behind it all the moment the bullet hit the orchid pot! When someone breaks into her house (and this happens early on, so I'm not giving much away), her very first reaction is that some pervert broke in to sniff her panties. WHAT? I literally cried out loud that "Your house is bugged, you moron!" She stumbles through things, blabbs to all and sundry about confidential and classified information that endangers her own life as well as others. She's just too stupid to care about!
The final scene is cute, but I'm not so sure it was worth trudging through the rest of the book for.
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This is Holly's last job in Orchid Beach as Chief of Police before she joins the CIA. It's an excellent story, as all of Stuart Woods' stories are and Stu must know some great women because he writes them quite well. Holly's a star and a great dame and I love the characters in his novels. It's another question of finding out what's going on at Blood Orchid. You'll enjoy it and when you're done, get IRON ORCHID!
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This is a very first read by me of Stuart Woods. I found it an entertaining, quick read with a lot of constant action.
Holly and Grant were very amusing. Daisy was my favorite. Very intelligent and added nicely to the plot. Yes, I knew almost immediately who the bad guy was but there was a surprise or two that I liked.
By the time I flew from Tampa to Boston, this book was finished and enjoyed. It did not come up to my Dennis Lehane, Lee Child, Robert Crais standards but I liked it just the same. So there!!!!! :D :D :D
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