Book Description
Orchid Beach - New York Times bestselling author
Stuart Woods has entertained and engrossed readers with
hisfast-paced, suspenseful novels including Swimming to
Catalina, Dead in the Water, Dirt, andChiefs. Now
from this master storyteller comes a riveting thriller
introducing an exciting addition tothe pantheon of fictional
sleuths.
Smart, attractive, and fiercely independent, Major Holly
Barker, thearmy-brat daughter of a master sergeant, has been
forced into early retirement at the age of thirty-sevenas the
result of a scandalous sexual harassment case. With the help
of her dad she makes the move tocivilian life, becoming
deputy chief of police in Orchid Beach, Florida.
But below the calm, sunnysurface of this sleepy,
well-to-do coastal island town lies a web of evil and deceit
that escalates when acolleague and another associate are
brutally gunned down. Alone, an outsider with no clues to go
on, findingthe killers won't be easy for Holly, and her
seemingly low-key new career soon thrusts her into adangerous
game of cat and mouse. Surrounded by a staff of officers she
neither knows nor trusts, Hollyfinds help in a most
unexpected sourceDaisy, a Doberman of exceptional
intelligence and loyalty whoquickly becomes her inseparable
companion and protector. The closer she gets to unraveling
the mystery ofOrchid Beach, however, the nearer Holly comes
to danger darker and more deadly than any she could everhave
anticipated.
Filled with the dazzling twists and sizzling turns that
have made his novels nationalbestsellers and international
hits, Orchid Beach ranks as one of Stuart Woods's most
inventive andbrilliantly drawn worksan entertaining, nonstop
tale that will keep readers on the edge of their seats asis
races from the first page to its exhilarating conclusion.
