The listing, BLOOD ORCHID by Stuart Woods (2002, Hardcover) has ended.
This 6 1/4" X 9 1/4 " hardback book with jacket has 296 pages. Very slight wear on top edge of jacket (one small piece of clear tape). Very good condition. *****Chief of Police Holly Barker is trying to get her life back together after the shattering loss of her fianc . With the help of her wily Doberman, Daisy, and her father, Ham, she throws herself back into the job with a vengeance. At a local restaurant, Holly and Ham meet a gentleman new to the area, rich and dapper developer Ed Shine, who has found an evocative name for both his favorite flower and his latest real-estate venture: the "Blood Orchid." But before Holly can settle into her routine again, bullets crash into the home of a friend and a floater is found bobbing in the Intercoastal Waterway. Holly connects these events to the death-by-sniper-fire of two Miami businessmen and a man evading questions at a Federal agency-but she can't imagine how these violent occurrences could be related to her own quiet, unspoiled town of Orchid Beach. Joining forces with a handsome FBI agent, she tracks the clues straight to their source, only to find a scam more lucrative and more dangerous than any this idyllic town-or Holly-has ever seen.