Orchid Beach

Name: Orchid Beach
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Author: Stuart Woods
ISBN: 9780062564702

Author: Stuart Woods

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 10 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/03/2016

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods delivers a riveting thriller that introduces his first female protagonist, Deputy Chief of Police Holly Barker.Forced into early retirement at thirty-seven, smart, attractive, and fiercely independent Major Holly Barker trades in her bars as a military cop for the badge of deputy chief of police in Orchid Beach, Florida. But below the sunny surface of this sleepy, well-to-do island town lies an evil that escalates into the cold-blooded murder of one of Holly's new colleagues.An outsider, Holly has little to go on for answers and no one to help her—except Daisy, a Doberman of exceptional intelligence and loyalty that becomes her companion and protector. The closer Holly gets to the truth, the more she knows that it'll take one smart dog with guts to sniff out this killer—before he can catch her first.

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. So close to a five. Exciting and I enjoyed getting to know Holly Barker. She's in her late 30s. As we open, she's a Major in the Army in command of military police at an important base. Regrettably, she had been sexually harassed and assaulted by a superior but the court marshal failed to f......more

Goodreads review by Catten on December 04, 2008

Stuart Woods has been knocking out suspense fiction for awhile now; I believe Orchid Beach made number 19 in the fiction category for him. If you’re looking for another mystery author to add to your list, don’t miss this one. Woods has a clever way with setting, and the small island community in Flor......more

Goodreads review by Lyndsy on March 21, 2012

I like the main character, Holly Barker. It's nice to see him write a female lead character. Woods does an okay job building up her character, but I dislike how quickly things move for her with respect to some aspects of her personal life. It's missing a bit of development. Of course, these aren't r......more

Goodreads review by Kym on June 24, 2022

It was ok. I started to DNF it because it dragged a little but I found myself wanting to know what happened so I went back to it and it ended as I thought it would. It was an ok book, not Woods's best but a good book. I don't think I will read the rest of the series.......more

Goodreads review by Avigail on April 25, 2024

Well, now I understand what is the meaning to read a book in one seating. I started the book at 18:30 and finished it at 02:25. I am a slow reader, but the booked sucked me in from the first sentence. I was browsing through a bookshelf that I usually don't look for books, but this time Orchid Beach......more