Holly Barker · Book 4
Iron Orchid
- Published
- 1 January 2005
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9780143057994
- Type
- novel
About this book
Iron Orchid, at 416 pages the longest book in the series, arrived in 2005 as Holly's career begins pulling her from Orchid Beach policing toward the Washington and national-security work that defines the series' later books.
Its place in Holly Barker
Iron Orchid is book 4 in the Holly Barker series. It follows Blood Orchid. It is followed by Hothouse Orchid. See the full Holly Barker reading order.
Holly Barker is a former U.S. Army military police major turned small-town Florida police chief, introduced in Orchid Beach (1998) as Stuart Woods built out a female lead as capable and connected as Stone Barrington, running her own investigations into corruption and violence along Florida's fictional Orchid Beach before her career pulls her toward Washington and national security work in the later books. The series shares Woods's house style -- brisk pacing, a competence-porn hero who is always the most capable…
Editions
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