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Hothouse orchid

Special Agent Holly Barker returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida, and faces off against an old nemesis--the man she brought charges against for sexual harassment, attempted rape, and rape. The army officer in question was acquitted of all charges, and is now Orchid Beach's new police...

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Main Author: Woods, Stuart.
Corporate Author: Penguin Audio (Firm), Books on Tape, Inc.
Other Authors: MacDuffie, Carrington, 1958-
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Penguin Audio, p2009.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Fiction.
Barker, Holly (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Intelligence officers > Fiction.
Police > Florida > Fiction.
Police chiefs > Fiction.
Florida > Fiction.
Suspense fiction > Florida.
Audiobooks.
Summary: Special Agent Holly Barker returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida, and faces off against an old nemesis--the man she brought charges against for sexual harassment, attempted rape, and rape. The army officer in question was acquitted of all charges, and is now Orchid Beach's new police chief. Will Holly return to the CIA? Or will she challenge her old nemesis for control of the Orchid Beach Police Department?
Physical Description: 7 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9780143144861
0143144863
9780307577757 (library ed.) (Books on Tape)
0307577759 (library ed.)
Author Notes: Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia on January 9, 1938. He received a B. A. in sociology from the University of Georgia in 1959. He worked in the advertising business and eventually wrote two non-fiction books entitled Blue Water, Green Skipper and A Romantic's Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland. His first novel, Chiefs, was published in 1981. It won an Edgar Award and was made into a TV miniseries starring Charlton Heston. His other works include the Stone Barrington series, the Holly Barker series, the Will Lee series, the Ed Eagle series, the Rick Barron series and the Teddy Fay series. He won France's Prix de Literature Policiere for Imperfect Strangers. His autobiography, An Extravagant Life, was published in June 2022. Stuart Woods died on July 22, 2022, at his home in Lichfield, Connecticut. He was 84.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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