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Summary: ANOTHER RAPID FIRE PLOT CRAFTED BY STUART WOODS
Review: 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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Summary: ANOTHER RAPID FIRE PLOT CRAFTED BY STUART WOODS
Review: 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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Summary: A Disappointment
Review: This is a quickly read book,with short chapters. The premise is great,but doesn't live up to it's promise. Holly Barker is the police chief of Orchid Beach,but spends little time on the job throughout the book. After the murder of her fiance' during a bank robbery on their wedding day,the plot veers off in several directions. Her grief is short-lived and she teams up with the FBI on a tangential move with them, seeking information about a group of white supremacists that seemed linked to the bank robbery. Her father,Ham,infiltrates the group,discovering that they have plans beyond anyone's belief,with the bank robbery being peripheral. In spite of the intelligence of the leaders of the group they haven't a clue that Ham is not what he seems.The story continues unbelievably on until the incredulous climax. The characters are so thinly developed you cannot get a grasp of any one of them. Ham is totally unreal,as an almost superhuman being. It's an ok read,but it's hard to get into this very complicated plot and find it remotely believable.
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Summary: Not as good as the last Holly Barker
Review: This is the second of the Holly Barker series by Stuart Woods and I didn't think this one was as good as the first, however I do like the Holly Barker character as well as her dad Ham. I listened to the first one on tape and I am wondering if this one would have been better on tape as well. I did read in a day though, so it does keep your interest. It starts out with a bank robbery and ends up with some Nazi type group trying to over throw the government. It is a dialogue book for the most part and quite well done in that regard. I would probably give this 4 out of 5 stars simply because I didn't think the plot was that strong. The exchanges between Holly and Ham are good though. I am sure this is only the second in many more to come. I know I will get the next one when it comes out.
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Summary: OK...could be a bit better....
Review: This latest effort by Woods was a pleasant read. It had some very good action sequences in it. I was however disturbed by his last pages, concerning what to do and what not to do when corresponding with him, I know that this is not what I should rate the full book on, but it seems as though he does not appreciate his fans, and cannot take concerns about his books very well.
I have to admit that in the beginning, I had a hard time believing Holly's love was actually killed, I thought that he would turn up somewhere else in the book...but they killed him off pretty quickly.
Who will she turn to now????
I did not care for the ending that much...I have a hard time believing that Holly's father (Ham) what a name by the way...actually got away with what he gets away with...granted it is a book...but come on.....
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Summary: ??
Review: Was it just me or did anyone notice that Stone Barrington's new plane ID number was the same ID number used by JOHN the bad guy? Are they the same person?
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