Blood Orchid, Stuart Woods
Blood Orchid, Stuart Woods
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Blood Orchid

Author: Stuart Woods

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 12/22/2015

Synopsis

Blood Orchid is the third adventure of one of Stuart Woods's most engaging characters, Chief of Police Holly Barker. This time out, Holly is trying to get her life back together after the shattering loss of her fiancé. With the help of her wily Doberman, Daisy, and her father, Ham, she throws herself back into the job with a vengeance. At a local restaurant, Holly and Ham meet a gentleman new to the area, rich and dapper developer Ed Shine, who has found an evocative name for both his favorite flower and his latest real-estate venture: the "Blood Orchid." 

But before Holly can settle into her routine again, bullets crash into the home of a friend and a floater is found bobbing in the Intercoastal Waterway. Holly connects these events to the death-by-sniper-fire of two Miami businessmen and a man evading questions at a Federal agency-but she can't imagine how these violent occurrences could be related to her own quiet, unspoiled town of Orchid Beach. Joining forces with a handsome FBI agent, she tracks the clues straight to their source, only to find a scam more lucrative and more dangerous than any this idyllic town-or Holly-has ever seen.

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 Diane on March 01, 2018

Good series! fun storyline with good dialogue and also nice police work & action plus very suspenseful also...huge fan of S.Woods writings/books! (paperbacks!)......more

Goodreads review by Jack on February 20, 2024

4 Stars. Better than the 2nd in the series. A fun read. I enjoyed the confusion and conflict the characters felt throughout - especially between Orchid Beach Chief of Police Holly Barker, undercover FBI agent Grant Early working on a mysterious case in O.B., and his boss in Miami, Harry Crisp. It so......more

Goodreads review by Phoebe on August 25, 2014

Holly Barker is Chief of police. Real estate location, Palmetto Gardens, is up for sale. Two murders and an attempt on potential buyer, Ed Shine's, life prompts Holly to investigate. Ed Shine ends up buying Palmetto Gardens which he then changes to be called Blood Orchid. The suspects mob related ac......more

Goodreads review by Tony on December 30, 2018

The mystery was quite simple and it was clear what was happening very early in the book, but this wouldn’t have bothered me if the investigation and Holly’s professionalism had been better. Very early in the book Holly is caught without a gun when she is close to an apparent assassination attempt, y......more

Goodreads review by Kym on November 10, 2022

Another Holly Barker novel. I am interested in the fact that I am rating these offshoots of the Stone Barrington books higher than the Barrington books. This time Holly is involved in an attempted murder and finds out there were two murders in another city and all three were in the process of purcha......more

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Praise for Blood Orchid

“Fast-paced [with] strong action scenes.”—*Publishers Weekly

“A suspenseful, exciting mystery that is sure to please Woods' many fans.”—Booklist

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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