Iron Orchid (Holly Barker Novels)

by Stuart Woods

Hardcover, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

Putnam Adult (2005), Edition: First Edition/First Printing, 304 pages

Description

Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML: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 ti… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Kathy89

Holly Barker series. This was a fast read, lots of NYC locations and showed how boring undercover stakeouts can be. Holly's recruited for homeland security, goes into training and on assignment in NYC.

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LibraryThing member ATechwreck

Fast moving account of Holly Barker's first case with the CIA. Teddy, the ex-CIA agent, is on the loose killing Middle Eastern diplomats. Easy to read but much of the storyline and dialogue is unbelievable, and pretty silly.

LibraryThing member adriel

Brand new CIA agent helps pursue a serial killer who is doing the FBI and CIA a favor by killing terrorist that they can't touch due to diplomatic immunities. This was a decent read, but not riveting.

LibraryThing member bakersfieldbarbara

I have discovered a new author to love..Stuart Woods. This Holly Barker novel kept me up half of the night, and I loved the surprise ending. Holly joins an elite intelligence unit hunting down terrorists on USA soil, but their first prey is one of their own. Excitng to read, and excellent writing,

enough to keep me spellbound. Usually I can figure a detective ending out half way through; not with this author.

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LibraryThing member bohemiangirl35

I really like some of Stuart Woods' work and some of it, I just can't get into. This was one I had a hard time getting through. Main characters with too much ego and who never make mistakes even as newbies get on my nerves, so Holly's "I'm better than everyone, even people with more experience"

persona irked me.

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LibraryThing member Hedgepeth

Cool female lead. The Holly Barker series (4 books) would probably be good for a high school or older reluctant reader.

LibraryThing member dekan

this book is a continuation of a series but can easily be read as an independent writting. it flows really well and keeps you interested. Holly Barker is now on to the cia and training at the farm. her team mates and herself are then shot to new york to help find an old killer that is the master of

disquise. it was really enjoyable and tied up all the loose ends at the end, which seems to be a rare thing these days.

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LibraryThing member CandyH

Another book in the Holly Barker series that is just excellent reading.

LibraryThing member bluesviola

Woods always writes a great mystery.

LibraryThing member bgknighton

Good entry, Holly moves to the CIA and New York and starts a new life. Teddy Fay is her invincible foe.

LibraryThing member buffalogr

#4 in the series, our heroine moves to the CIA and does FBI work tracking down a killer. It continues to irk my reading that Woods refers to her father as Senior Master Sergeant (retired) Army. SMSgt is an AIR FORCE rank...E-8. That's been an irritant throughout the series. Get it right! Holly

interacts with Lance Cabot, another CIA operative in a DOMESTIC law enforcement action--I hope that they don't do that with regularity, violating their international charter like that. We will see the bad guy, Teddy Fay in subsequent Woods novels. Enjoyable read, except for the errors of fact.

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LibraryThing member whybehave2002

Holly and Daisy make major changes in this book. A good mystery is still the meat of the story but I am left feeling unnerved by some of her choices.

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