

Run Before the Wind
Author: Stuart Woods
Series: Will Lee #1
Narrator: Rick Holmes, John Keating
Unabridged: 11 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 05/25/2012
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Author: Stuart Woods
Series: Will Lee #1
Narrator: Rick Holmes, John Keating
Unabridged: 11 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 05/25/2012
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
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.
Stuart Woods is a great storyteller, but this is a disappointing sequel to Chiefs with a spoiled brat protagonist who gets a European vacation as punishment for getting kicked out of law school and then keeps acting like a jerk over there.......more
Interesting story and enjoyed watching Will accept some responsibility!......more
Will Lee, or Willie, as he is called later in this book is the son of Will Lee, the attorney in Stuart’s book Chiefs. It’s a tale of, the law, love, and the IRA. Taking place around 1971. Will Lee is asked to take some time off Law School due to the fact that he was not living up to his expectations......more
October 2, 2020. Remains a good story, especially if you like boats and dry docks. April 2018 It's been 5 years since I read this book. I just upped the rating from **** up to *****. I read other reviews and can only think that was easier for me to relate to this book than folks without any maritime......more
This was an early book writing with Will Lee. Willie as known in the book is about England and Ireland after being asked leave law school by the Dean. International terrorism at it’s finest along with yacht building. Interesting but complicated.......more