Short Straw, Stuart Woods
Short Straw, Stuart Woods
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Short Straw

Author: Stuart Woods

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 6 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/09/2006


Synopsis

OUR FAVORITE LEGAL EAGLE RETURNS.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR STUART WOODS CONTINUES WHAT HE STARTED IN SANTA FE RULES:

Stuart Woods delivers a compulsively readable novel of crosses and double-crosses, featuring a shrewd criminal lawyer and his shamelessly sexy wife-a true black widow.

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 June 11, 2024

Entertaining read! A very good storyline and plot twists in the ongoing 'Ed Eagle' series. Recommended book and series!......more

Goodreads review by Frank on June 04, 2024

This is the second book in the Ed Eagle series by Woods. I finished reading the first book, SANTA FE RULES, a few days ago and decided to follow it up with this one that I got online from the library. It pretty much is a continuation of the prior novel. Eagle has married the sister, Barbara, of the......more

Goodreads review by Jack on April 08, 2025

4 Stars. It's a grand chase. From start to finish. With two points of attack. Ed Eagle is first up; he's the tall and distinguished criminal attorney in Santa Fe. He's preparing to open a new office; the date would coincide with his big 5-0 birthday. On the morning of the ribbon-cutting with the Gov......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on January 19, 2015

This book was a reminder as to why I even started reading Woods' books in the first place. A fun read that wasn't over-complicated with extra plot points, fast paced and easily found at yard sales for under a $1 a book. I had read the 3rd Ed Eagle book before I found this one but I never read any of......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on November 08, 2021

Not bad private eyes chasing evil women.......more


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Praise for Short Straw
 
“This fast-moving tale has more than its share of twists, turns and double-crosses...a fine romp.”—The Roanoke Times (Virginia)
 
“Woods keeps [his characters] moving smartly around the playing board like so many checkers.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
 
“A taut tale of a very bad woman out to fleece a very good man…Scarcely an excess word gets in the way of the briskly moving plot.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“Woods keeps the wattage high.”—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