Synopses & Reviews
Short Straw reintroduces Santa Fe lawyer Ed Eagle, who first appeared in Stuart Woods's 1992 thriller,
Santa Fe Rules. In his first adventure, Ed fell in love with the seductive Barbara Kennerly, and married her against his better judgment.
Turns out that Ed should have listened to his intuition. Ed Eagle awakens the morning after his fortieth birthday to find that Barbara has vanished, and Ed's money from his business, his bank, and his brokerage accounts has been wired to the Cayman Islands. Barbara, it appears, had drugged his birthday wine, neatly cleaned him out and then fled to Mexico, from where she can't be extradited. And as if that weren't bad enough, when Ed arrives at work that morning he discovers that he's been assigned a new client who looks like nothing but trouble Joe Big Bear, a part-time mechanic charged with a triple homicide. Ed hires two slightly shady investigators to search for his wife. But when they track Barbara down in Puerto Vallarta, they discover that Joe Big Bear may also be embroiled in Barbara's plot. Ed soon finds himself caught in a scheme that is much more far reaching and deadly than anyone would have expected.
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"[T]he surprises [keep] coming. Woods first introduced Eagle in 1992, in Santa Fe Rules. He was then, and still is, a fascinatingly flawed character." Booklist
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"The author's fans, as well as other readers who revel in the plot-driven novel, will no doubt enjoy this fast-moving tale..." Library Journal
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"[A] lightning-fast game marked by a hundred featherweight twists....Woods's most entertaining tale in years." Kirkus Reviews
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"Woods's 33rd novel...contains all the elements that continue to appeal to his avid readers..." BookReporter.com
Synopsis
In the second Ed Eagle novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods delivers a compulsively readable thriller full of crosses and double-crosses, featuring a shrewd criminal lawyer and his black widow of a wife... Santa Fe lawyer Ed Eagle fell in love with the seductive Barbara Kennerly and married her--against his better judgment. Turns out that Ed should have listened to his intuition. On the morning of his fortieth birthday, he awakens to find that Barbara has vanished, and his money has been wired to the Cayman Islands. Barbara, it appears, drugged his birthday wine, neatly cleaned him out and then fled to Mexico, where she can't be extradited.
And as if that weren't bad enough, when Ed arrives at work that morning he discovers that he's been assigned a new client: Joe Big Bear, a part-time mechanic charged with a triple homicide, who, Ed soon discovers, may also be embroiled in Barbara's plot...
Synopsis
Ed Eagle first introduced in Santa Fe Rules returns in this new, heart-stopping novel by New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods.
Synopsis
OUR FAVORITE LEGAL EAGLE RETURNS.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR STUART WOODS CONTINUES WHAT HE STARTED IN SANTA FE RULES:
Stuart Woods delivers a compulsively readable novel of crosses and double-crosses, featuring a shrewd criminal lawyer and his shamelessly sexy wife-a true black widow.
About the Author
Stuart Woods is the author of thirty-two novels. An avid sailor and pilot, he lives in New York City, Florida, and Maine.