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Orchid Blues (Hardcover)

by Stuart Woods (Author)
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

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This second thriller in the series Woods inaugurated with Orchid Beach starts with a bang a literal one. While series heroine Holly Barker, a former military police commander turned police chief of smalltown Orchid Beach, Fla., waits at the local courthouse to marry lawyer Jackson Oxenhandler, her fianc‚ gets himself killed in a shoot-out at Orchid Beach's bank. Once past this shocker of an opening, the thrills quickly deflate. Holly stifles a few sobs, gets back into uniform and sets off to track down the gunmen, a gang of highly organized robbers who planned to heist $4 million in payroll cash. It soon becomes clear that they aren't ordinary robbers, however, appearing to have some connection to a weird little town in a neighboring county, where the average resident is white, male and a gun nut. In the course of his meandering tale, Woods deepens his portraits of Holly and her father, Ham, a retired army noncom, and dog lovers should enjoy the antics of Daisy, the Doberman diva who is Holly's constant companion. Stone Barrington, the cop-turned-lawyer from such Woods bestsellers as L.A. Dead, makes a couple of important cameo appearances. But pages of lifeless dialogue and too much dead air in an already thin narrative eventually stifle most of the book's energy. Woods knows how law enforcement agencies from local cop shops to the Secret Service work, and his action scenes are clean and sharp. But in between there are a lot of empty spaces. 16-city author tour.

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"Orchid blues," indeed: Holly's wedding day is ruined by a nearby bank robbery that leaves no clues but one unfortunate corpse, and when she investigates she finds that the robbery has political trimmings.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER RAPID FIRE PLOT CRAFTED BY STUART WOODS, Mar 8 2004
By Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orchid Blues (Paperback)
The second adventure of Police Chief Holly Barker and her erstwhile companion, Daisy, an unbelievable Doberman, is thoroughly entertaining.

Holly isn't thinking work but wedding as she's about to tie the knot with her boyfriend, Jackson Oxenhandler. The path to the altar turns rocky when a crime occurs - a bank robbery in Orchid Beach, Florida, and a vicious one at that as the thieves take everything with them except for a dead body.

Her investigation takes Holly and her father, Ham, a retired Army sergeant to a rather strange town, Lake Winachobee. Despite its name not much is placid in this little burg as it turns out to be a hotbed of white supremacists who are planning the assassination of an important leader.

Stuart Woods has once again proffered a rapid fire plot and a stunning conclusion.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Read, Jan 18 2004
By L. Coltharp "Linda Coltharp" (Somewhere in TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orchid Blues (Paperback)
"Orchid Blues" is not a heavy, deep, dark mystery. Now that that's out of the way, the book is a good read. If you've read "Orchid Beach" you are already familiar with the characters and the writing. The hook is Holly's fiancé being killed in cold blood at the beginning of the story. The real star in this story is Ham. He is able to infiltrate the group of underground militia that murdered Holly's fiancé. Yes there are several lucky breaks, but you know what this is a work of FICTION.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Just Okay, Sep 22 2003
By Richard A. Mitchell "Rick Mitchell" (candia, new hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orchid Blues (Paperback)
I picked this up because I enjoyed Woods' earlier works. This is okay light reading. The story is fast-paced, the characters likeable.

My difficulty with the book is that the reader has to suspend reality. The militia is too powerful; the "star" character's father (who really is the star character in this novel) is too good or too lucky (In one place he is able to plant a bug in a completely ridiculously lucky set circumstances.); and, the twists in the story-line are never quite believeable. The man is also immediately taken in as a blood brother by this super-careful super-paranoid group. Also, the killing of the main character's fiance at the outset is absolutely superfluous to the story - although it was a good way to hook me into the book.

If you can suspend reality it is okay beach reading. If you can't, it is a trumped up mystery where the author pulls all the strings to make the story work.

Although this novel can be read in a matter of hours, there are other better ways to spend that reading time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Fast Read
Stuart Wood's Orchid Blues is a fast read ... his chapters are short, making you want to read on & on. Read more
Published on Mar 20 2003 by Audrey D. Lake

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for my particular mood
I had spun my wheels trying to read two other novels before getting to this one. I'd read half of each novel. So when I got to this one, my expectations were pretty low. Read more
Published on Jan 22 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Still entertaining after all these years
Reviews of Stuart Woods' books seem to fall into three categories: Those who love them, those who find them shallow, and those who pine for the Woods of old whose books were so... Read more
Published on Dec 22 2002 by T. Judd

3.0 out of 5 stars Too many concurrent series?
Stuart Woods first came to my attention in "Chiefs", the genesis of the Lee Family saga, that family's current generation now represented by President Will Lee, who inherited more... Read more
Published on Dec 9 2002 by R. L. MILLER

1.0 out of 5 stars Just Gets Worse and Worse
I really enjoyed this author when I started reading him, and I was happy to see the introduction of a new line of characters in "Orchid Beach. Read more
Published on Nov 10 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars I listened to the tape while driving
I'm not sure that I would actually devote prime time to reading this sort of light fare, but it is great for driving. Really beats the radio. The tape is very well produced. Read more
Published on Nov 6 2002 by Stephen Schwartz

4.0 out of 5 stars Good entertainment
In Orchid Blues, Stuart Woods brings back Holly Barker, the small-town police chief initially featured in Orchid Beach. Read more
Published on Nov 4 2002 by mrliteral

4.0 out of 5 stars another winner from woods
I have been a fan of Stuart Woods for quite some time now and still get excited when I see a new title by him. Read more
Published on Nov 1 2002 by brian dubois

1.0 out of 5 stars an insult to readers
i am glad to see so many reviewers are angry about the woeful lack of work the author put into this book. Read more
Published on Oct 20 2002 by deletethis account

3.0 out of 5 stars Orchid Blues not up to Woods usual Standard
I like Stuart Woods. Ever since Chiefs, I've been a fan, and I enjoy especially the little hints he leaves that remind you of previous books of his. Read more
Published on Oct 20 2002 by David W. Nicholas

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