Stuart Woods – Hothouse Orchid

Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods is the fifth book in the Holly Barker series and is also the fifth of Woods’s stories that Teddy Fay appears in.

The release date of this novel was September 22, 2009.

Hothouse Orchid book description

After Special Agent Holly Barker lets international terrorist Teddy Fay slip through her fingers for a second time, the CIA thinks she might want a long vacation, at least until Teddy is captured and the bad publicity has blown over.

So Holly returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida, where she had been police chief for many years. But a very unpleasant surprise awaits her.

Many years earlier, Holly and another female army officer had brought charges against their commanding officer for sexual harassment, attempted rape, and rape. Holly had managed to fight him off, but the other woman, a young lieutenant, had not. The officer in question was acquitted of all charges, and has also left the army-for a job as 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?

Stuart Woods Hothouse Orchid

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