Pub Date: August 31, 2010
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.06" H x 7.49" L x 4.23" W ( 0.56 lbs) 448 pages
BISAC Categories:
Fiction | Mystery and Detective | Police Procedural | Women Sleuths | Thrillers | Suspense | Action and Adventure | Romance | Crime | Disaster | Legal | Police and Law Enforcement | Southern
Series: Holly Barker
Description: After taking a job as a deputy chief of police in a sleepy, well-to-do Florida town, Holly Barker is confronted with the cold-blooded murder of a colleague. Holly relies on a Doberman of exceptional intelligence and loyalty to sniff out the killer before he gets to her first. "Woods is a no-nonsense, slam-bang storyteller." ("Chicago Tribune") National marketing.
Brief description:
Stuart Woods is the author of more than forty novels, including the New York Times bestselling Stone Barrington and Holly Barker series. An avid sailor and pilot, he lives in New York City, Florida, and Maine.
Review Quotes:
"Woods does show a reader a good time." - Washinton Post Book World
"Woods knows how to keep the narrative pace in overdrive." - New York Times Book Review
"Woods dishes up plenty of high-octane action and plenty of unexpected twists...This one will still draw a sizable audience of Woods devotees and fans of action-adventure thrillers." - Booklist 9/98
"An action-packed puzzler." - People
"An entertaining suspense story. . . . Barker is tough when she needs to be, and clever and persistent in following her hunches." - School Library Journal
"Barker--tough and tight-lipped--is fun to watch as she maneuvers among city politicians and wary colleagues, one of whom maybe the murderer." - Entertainment Weekly
"Smooth and satisfying." - Publishers Weekly
"Stuart woods is a wonderful storyteller who could teach robert ludlum and tom clancy a thing or two." - The State (SC)
"Woods is a no-nonsense, slam-bang storyteller." - Chicago Tribune