Hothouse Orchid, Stuart Woods
Hothouse Orchid, Stuart Woods
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Hothouse Orchid

Author: Stuart Woods

Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/22/2009


Synopsis

A brand-new page-turning Holly Barker novel from the perennially entertaining New York Times–bestselling author Stuart Woods.After Special Agent Holly Barker lets international terrorist Teddy Fay slip through her fingers for a second time, the CIA thinks she might want a long vacation, at least until Teddy is captured and the bad publicity has blown over. So Holly returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida, where she had been police chief for many years. But a very unpleasant surprise awaits her. Many years earlier, Holly and another female army officer had brought charges against their commanding officer for sexual harassment, attempted rape, and rape. Holly had managed to fight him off, but the other woman, a young lieutenant, had not. The officer in question was acquitted of all charges, and has also left the army—for a job as Orchid Beach’s new police chief.Will Holly return to the CIA? Or will she challenge her old nemesis for control of the Orchid Beach Police Department?

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

AudiobooksNow review by David on 2010-07-11 14:21:00

Stuart Woods is at his finest. Could not put it down.

Goodreads review by Diane

Good series! nice plot twists & turns and a little suspense..good writing (paperback!)......more

Goodreads review by Jack

4 Stars. The last of the stand-alone Holly Barker series. That's not to say she doesn't re-appear in the SB (Stone Barrington) series. She does. This is a good one, not the best of the six but not bad. I like her - smart, tough and independent. Holly's with the CIA now, working for Lance Cabot, Depu......more

Goodreads review by Cindi

Stuart Woods is lucky to be a world-famous best-selling author. I have absolutely no idea why I continue to read his books, because they are certainly no challenge and the stories are predictable. He cannot seem to use a compound sentence nor words with more than 2 syllables. His "language" is the e......more

Goodreads review by Min

I read Stuart Woods knowing that it will be light, fluffy reading with a somewhat predictable plot. He will include gratuitous sex scenes in which the women fall at the men's feet (I imagine that he lives vicariously through these scenes), he will include flight scenes so he can show off his pilotin......more


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Praise for Hothouse Orchid

“Woods glibly lets the reader stay well ahead of the legal posse tracking the killer while still keeping a card or two up his sleeve. Playful dialogue and romantic sexual escapades lighten the atmosphere.”—Publishers Weekly

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