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Description edit
Chief of Police Holly Barker returns in her third suspenseful adventure-along with her father Ham and Daisy the Doberman. This time, they get introduced to the cutthroat world of Florida real estate...and uncover a scam as dangerous as it is lucrative.
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Characters/People edit
- Holly Barker: Chief of Police in Orchid Beach, Florida. Retired as an MP in the army with 20 years in
- Harry Crisp: FBI agent in place, head of Miami headquarters
- Hamilton 'Ham' Barker: Holly's father, and expert marksman, retired at 30 years from the army
- Grant Early: FBI agent undercover and soon to be a close friend of Holly's
- Daisy: Holly's best friend and extremely trained doberman pinscher
- Ed Weiss: Retired from property development in New York City, living in Orchid Beach now
- Virginia 'Ginny' Heller: Flight instructor at Orchid Airport, and new girlfriend of Ham Barker
- Marina: Unknowing girlfriend of an assassin, willing to turn witness
- Hurd Wallace: Holly's assistant chief of police in Orchid Beach, Florida
- Trini Rodriguez: Strong arm enforcer appears to the mob up
- Pedro Alvarez: Involved in the murders
- Jimmy: Owns a gun range in Miami, retired from the army
- Ernesto: Suspicious bad guy
- Phil Sweat: Locksmith and security expert
- Willard Smith: Second in command of FBI Office that sells confiscated property
- Pio Pellegrino: Owns a popular restaurant in Miami, suspicious character
- Jackson: Holly's murdered fiance from one year ago
- Howard Singleton: Head of the FBI office controlling the sale of confiscated goods
- Steinberg: Add a description of this character.
- Manny
- Ignacio Pellegrino: Father of Pio and co-owner of Miami restaurant
Setting & Locations edit
Florida, from Orchid Beach on the Atlantic side to Sarasota on the Gulf side.
- Miami, Florida: Fbi headquarters and home of some of the murder suspects
- Sarasota: Marina is hiding out at and aunt's house in Sarasota
- Florida
- New York
- Orchid Beach
- Beretta
- Washington
- Santa Maria
- Us
- Indian River
- Ham
First Sentence edit
Sara Tennant arrived at her office building in downtown Miami promptly at seven forty-five A.M., as was her habit.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 5 in Holly Barker. (standard series)
Preceded by Orchid Blues, and followed by Iron Orchid.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stuart Woods (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: U.S.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 357
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: U.S.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 357
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( W ) › Woods, Stuart
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Action & Adventure
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Police Procedurals
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