Woods's third book in the Holly Barker series finds the savvy ex-MP is now police chief of the Orchid Beach, Florida Police Department. As the story begins, two out of three Miami bidders for a swanky gated residential complex with a golf course have been murdered. A third bidder, semi-retired real estate developer, Ed Shine, narrowly escapes the same fate. Shine brags about his big plans for the property he has renamed Blood Orchid, after an exotic hybrid blossom he has developed. After doing some investigation into the sale of the property, Holly suspects the Miami mob is involved. The murders being investigated combined with evidence that Barker herself is being targeted reinforce Holly's determination to intensify her investigation. When the body of the man she discovered breaking into her house is found in the Indian River its obvious he has been murdered execution style. Soon the trail, littered with victims murdered by a psychotic hit man, leads to the one she initially suspected the least.

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This is the 3rd Holly Hunter novel by S. Woods. S number of strange murders serve to help get Holly's mind off the tragic death of her fiance. Holly and the FBI work together on the case(s).