Iron Orchid: 3 (Holly Barker)

Author: Woods, Stuart

Brand: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Color: Black

Edition: Reprint

Binding: paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 400

Release Date: 04-04-2006

Part Number: 9780451215765

Details: Product Description


Former small town police chief turned CIA Special Agent Holly Barker tracks a dangerously clever killer in this explosive thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods.

When his plane exploded off the coast of Maine, authorities thought they had seen the last of Teddy Fay—the ex-CIA tech wizard who kills his political targets for sport. But now they’ve found irrefutable evidence that he is alive and up to his old tricks. Now working for the CIA, ex-chief-of-police Holly Barker joins the elite task force tracking Fay in New York City. As he begins to pick off America’s enemies one by one, Holly unexpectedly finds herself face-to-face with the killer, kick-starting a high-speed chase through the canyons of midtown Manhattan, the Metropolitan Opera house, Central Park, and the United Nations Plaza, all to prevent another assassination before Fay disappears again—maybe this time for good.


Review


Praise for Iron Orchid
 
“A page-turner...Readers will root for Barker.”—Associated Press
 
“A compelling and entertaining cat and mouse caper.”—Midwest Book Review


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


About the Author


Stuart Woods is the author of more than sixty novels, including the #1 
New York Times bestselling Stone Barrington series. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry.
Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico.


Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.


ONE
HOLLY BARKER TOOK AIM and squeezed off a round. Her father, Senior Master Sergeant, U.S. Army (ret.), Hamilton Barker, looked through his hand scope.
“High and to the right,” he said.
“How high and how far to the right of what?” Holly asked in disbelief.
“An inch high and to the right of dead center,” Ham replied. “That’s not good enough. Push with your right hand, pull with your left.”
“That’s what I’ve been doing since I was eight, when you first taught it to me,” Holly said. She took aim and, this time, made a point of pushing and pulling.
“That’s better,” Ham said.
“How much better?”
“A quarter of an inch off dead center,” he said.
“Oh, please,” Holly said, laughing.
“How did the Orchid Beach town council take your resignation as chief of police?” Ham asked.
“They were appropriately sad, except for a couple who looked relieved. At least they accepted my recommendation of Hurd Wallace to replace me. They’re getting a good man.”
“They’re losing a better woman. What are you going to do with your house?”
“One of my young policewomen is going to move into the guesthouse and be my caretaker. I’ll need the house to decompress once in a while. Also to remind me of Jackson.” Jackson Oxenhandler, Holly’s fiancé, had been killed in a bank robbery two years before, an innocent bystander.
Ham went to his range bag and came back with a mahogany box.
“What’s that?”
“Something for you to take with you on the new job.” He handed her the box and a small key.
Holly set down the box, inserted the key and unlocked it. “Oooh,” she said, gazing at the shiny stainless slide with her name engraved on it. “Nice Colt .45.”
“It’s not a Colt, and it’s not a .45,” Ham said. “It’s a nine-millimeter made of Caspian parts. The lightweight frame was designed by Terry Tussey, and the grip holds a round shorter than standard, but it will conceal nicely. Only weighs twenty-one ounces. I thought it might come in handy.”
Holly picked up the small gun

EAN: 9780451215765

Package Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English