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Ed Eagle #4
Santa Fe Edge
Santa Fe attorney Ed Eagle returns—and so does his past—in this riveting thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods.
Ed Eagle, the six-foot-seven, take-no-prisoners Santa Fe attorney, is no stranger to murder, corruption, or organized crime—both north and south of the border. Ed has recovered from his encounters with Mexican organized crime and his ex-wife, Barbara—who’s much more dangerous. But now a mysterious new client has come his way, one who may shed light into some dark corners of Ed's past...and put him in danger once more.
Ed Eagle, the six-foot-seven, take-no-prisoners Santa Fe attorney, is no stranger to murder, corruption, or organized crime—both north and south of the border. Ed has recovered from his encounters with Mexican organized crime and his ex-wife, Barbara—who’s much more dangerous. But now a mysterious new client has come his way, one who may shed light into some dark corners of Ed's past...and put him in danger once more.
392 pages, Paperback
First published September 21, 2010
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About the author
Stuart Woods
408 books3,228 followersStuart Woods was an American novelist best known for Chiefs and his long-running Stone Barrington series. A Georgia native, he initially pursued a career in advertising before relocating to England and Ireland, where he developed a passion for sailing. His love for the sport led him to write his first published work, Blue Water, Green Skipper, about his experiences in a transatlantic yacht race.
His debut novel, Chiefs, was inspired by a family story about his grandfather, a police chief. The book, a gripping crime saga spanning several decades, won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was later adapted into a television miniseries. It launched Woods' career as a novelist, leading to a prolific output of thrillers.
Woods' most famous creation, Stone Barrington, is a former NYPD detective turned high-profile lawyer who navigates elite circles while solving crimes. The series became a bestseller and remained a staple of his career, often featuring crossover characters from his other books, such as CIA operative Holly Barker and defense lawyer Ed Eagle.
Beyond writing, Woods was an experienced pilot and yachtsman. He maintained homes in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico, where he lived with his wife and their Labrador, Fred. His literary career spanned decades, with dozens of bestsellers to his name.
His debut novel, Chiefs, was inspired by a family story about his grandfather, a police chief. The book, a gripping crime saga spanning several decades, won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was later adapted into a television miniseries. It launched Woods' career as a novelist, leading to a prolific output of thrillers.
Woods' most famous creation, Stone Barrington, is a former NYPD detective turned high-profile lawyer who navigates elite circles while solving crimes. The series became a bestseller and remained a staple of his career, often featuring crossover characters from his other books, such as CIA operative Holly Barker and defense lawyer Ed Eagle.
Beyond writing, Woods was an experienced pilot and yachtsman. He maintained homes in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico, where he lived with his wife and their Labrador, Fred. His literary career spanned decades, with dozens of bestsellers to his name.
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February 5, 2022
Great read!
You won't be disappointed, its S.W.!
You won't be disappointed, its S.W.!
May 28, 2015
Mr Woods displays, in this book and others, an intellectual laziness that is hard to forgive. Maybe he's just writing too many books but his constant bringing back from the dead of previous villains, presumably because he can't be bothered to invent new ones, has lent his later books a tedium which is beyond boring. I am so sick of Barbara whoisit, his divorced wife, that I'd cheerfully shoot her myself just to get rid of her. Mr Woods should respect his readers more, write less, write slower, and try and invent a new character once in a while.
PS I'd love to be able to say I'm writing this from the luxurious cabin of my personal Gulfstream G500 but unlike almost every character in Mr Woods world, I don't have one.
PS I'd love to be able to say I'm writing this from the luxurious cabin of my personal Gulfstream G500 but unlike almost every character in Mr Woods world, I don't have one.
November 15, 2010
This is an amazing, fantastical story.
It is amazing that Mr. Woods could populate a book where almost every character is rich, flies their own airplane, or owns one that requires a crew and he expects us to believe it.
The fantasy is that almost without exception his characters are having sex (mostly consensual) with each other, or in groups, consuming vast quantities of liquor and drugs and still have time and energy to plot terrible crimes against each other. Or, in the case of the 'good' guys, try to thwart the evildoers. All of this is broken up a little by Cupie and Vittorio, the worst bodyguards in history, as comic relief. They are sort of like the gang who couldn't shoot straight.
A typical example of the fantastic is what starts as the second story in the book that tells of a golf pro coming home early to find his wife in bed, shot fatally. He manages to get out of that murder accusation quickly with the almost supernatural help of our six foot seven inch tall hero attorney. Then, he instantly hires a woman that says his wife was going to hire her as an assistant and this dope turns over to her the keys to his kingdom and all his financial accounts. Of course, they become intimate and naturally she moves into his home.
I think I am through with Mr. Woods, even though I liked his depiction of Santa Fe. It's a shame he doesn't know any real people. At least I won't be exposed to the arrogant Author's Note in the back of every book.
It is amazing that Mr. Woods could populate a book where almost every character is rich, flies their own airplane, or owns one that requires a crew and he expects us to believe it.
The fantasy is that almost without exception his characters are having sex (mostly consensual) with each other, or in groups, consuming vast quantities of liquor and drugs and still have time and energy to plot terrible crimes against each other. Or, in the case of the 'good' guys, try to thwart the evildoers. All of this is broken up a little by Cupie and Vittorio, the worst bodyguards in history, as comic relief. They are sort of like the gang who couldn't shoot straight.
A typical example of the fantastic is what starts as the second story in the book that tells of a golf pro coming home early to find his wife in bed, shot fatally. He manages to get out of that murder accusation quickly with the almost supernatural help of our six foot seven inch tall hero attorney. Then, he instantly hires a woman that says his wife was going to hire her as an assistant and this dope turns over to her the keys to his kingdom and all his financial accounts. Of course, they become intimate and naturally she moves into his home.
I think I am through with Mr. Woods, even though I liked his depiction of Santa Fe. It's a shame he doesn't know any real people. At least I won't be exposed to the arrogant Author's Note in the back of every book.
October 2, 2025
4 Stars. Dangling is the word. The novel's threads weren't difficult to follow but, in the end, each seemed somewhat truncated as if the last chapter was missing, you get the idea. It was published in 2010 and so much time has passed that a follow-up is unlikely. The relationship between the threads is tenuous. I think I am right in saying, "They only intersect in bed!" This is an Ed Eagle piece; let's start with him. The Santa Fe lawyer quickly proves his legal mettle by resolving satisfactorily a developing murder charge against Tip Hanks, a rising golf star, for the killing of his wife. Then Tip meets Dolly and blows every penny of his recent tournament success. Eagle's pressing problem is his former wife, Barbara Eagle / Eleanor Keeler. She defines sociopath. She escapes from prison in Mexico with the expressed purpose of murdering Eagle and his new wife. Two PIs, Kewpie (Cupie) Dalton and Vittorio, turn into central characters as they bumble to Eagle's aide more than once. Then there's Teddy Fay who shows his ingenuity in avoiding capture by the CIA and Todd Bacon. This one's a mishmash. I still liked it. What can I say? I'm a sucker for a Woods story. (Mar2020/Oc2025)
June 5, 2024
I used to be a big fan of Stuart Woods after reading CHIEFS, GRASS ROOTS, PALINDROME, and a few of his other early novels back in the early 1990s. Since then, I have read a handful of his other novels and recently I found several of his books in storage that have been waiting for me to read for over seven years. Among them were Woods' Ed Eagle series that I decided might be a good series to read. At first glance, I thought they would be about a Native American practicing law in Santa Fe, New Mexico in the vein of Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee novels. I started out reading SANTA FE RULES and although I did find it somewhat enjoyable, I was disappointed to find out that Eagle was not Native American and the plot really didn't take advantage of the New Mexico locale nor did it involve any Native American culture. I went on to read the next two in the series, SHORT STRAW and SANTA FE DEAD and was less and less satisfied with the storyline and the writing. So I continued with SANTA FE EDGE, the last novel in the series, to see how it would end but I was even more disappointed! This one continues with the story of Ed's ex-wife, Barbara, a black widow killer who has been trying to kill Ed for the last two books. At the start of the book, Barbara is in prison in Mexico but manages to escape and of course she puts out a hit on Ed. Ed also takes on a pro golfer as a client who is charged with his wife's murder. And also thrown into the story is a plot-line from another series, the Holly Barker series, that is evidently a followup to events that I was clueless about since I have not read the Holly Barker stories. And then, the ending of the novel is a cliffhanger with no resolution to Barbara's story. Will she ever get her just desserts? I guess we'll never know unless she pops up in another series by Woods.
Okay, this whole series ended up a big disappointment for me. I think Woods has really gone the wrong direction since his early novels. I couldn't really relate to the characters in the books since I don't have a lot of money and don't fly my own private aircraft as many of his characters do. His writing was also full of coincidences, close calls, and near misses. His dialog was somewhat juvenile and his style could have been out of a pulp novel from the 30s. I think I'm pretty much done with Woods at this point and will be leaving the other novels I have of his unread.
Okay, this whole series ended up a big disappointment for me. I think Woods has really gone the wrong direction since his early novels. I couldn't really relate to the characters in the books since I don't have a lot of money and don't fly my own private aircraft as many of his characters do. His writing was also full of coincidences, close calls, and near misses. His dialog was somewhat juvenile and his style could have been out of a pulp novel from the 30s. I think I'm pretty much done with Woods at this point and will be leaving the other novels I have of his unread.
November 25, 2010
Synopsis: A waste of time and money if you purchase this book. If you want to read it, borrow it from your local library. I actually skipped over alot of the book just because I was tired of reading about Barbara and Dolly Parks screwing everyone they met, including each other.
Ed Eagle plays only a minor role in this book. He gets stabbed in the neck by his ex-wives assassin, and then tries to have the state department extradite his ex-wife back to Mexico..of course he fails and she becomes rich beyond means. Nothing new there. As evil and disturbed as this woman is, she continually comes out on top. Then, as we end the story, Ed is leaving to go after Barbara along with his fiance :::yawn::: not a darn thing was settled except that Barbara ends up winning big.
Then, to top off the idiocy of this novel, Mr Woods somehow managed to add Holly Barker and Lance Cabot in their continued hunt for Teddy Fay and Lauren from Hothouse Orchid. This story should have stayed within the Holly Barker series, or even the Stone Barrington series and not in this story. I know he likes to cross characters over, but in this case, it wasn't necessary.
It even appears that Mr Woods tried to have four stories going at the same time. Is this an Anthology? I mean, did we need Dolly Parks and her embezzling of a PGA pro who lost his wife to the same woman in addition to reading about Barbara sleeping her way with everybody who breaths?
If further Ed Eagle books are going to be this way, I'll save my time and stick with the Stone Barrington series.
Ed Eagle plays only a minor role in this book. He gets stabbed in the neck by his ex-wives assassin, and then tries to have the state department extradite his ex-wife back to Mexico..of course he fails and she becomes rich beyond means. Nothing new there. As evil and disturbed as this woman is, she continually comes out on top. Then, as we end the story, Ed is leaving to go after Barbara along with his fiance :::yawn::: not a darn thing was settled except that Barbara ends up winning big.
Then, to top off the idiocy of this novel, Mr Woods somehow managed to add Holly Barker and Lance Cabot in their continued hunt for Teddy Fay and Lauren from Hothouse Orchid. This story should have stayed within the Holly Barker series, or even the Stone Barrington series and not in this story. I know he likes to cross characters over, but in this case, it wasn't necessary.
It even appears that Mr Woods tried to have four stories going at the same time. Is this an Anthology? I mean, did we need Dolly Parks and her embezzling of a PGA pro who lost his wife to the same woman in addition to reading about Barbara sleeping her way with everybody who breaths?
If further Ed Eagle books are going to be this way, I'll save my time and stick with the Stone Barrington series.
May 13, 2011
Woods has been a guilty pleasure for a few years. I don't buy them anymore, but let them pile up for a year or so, then check them out of the library. I go five this time(this is the fourth I've read) and they will be my last.
This one is a mess.
Three plot threads run through it.
The main one concerns Ed Eagle's defense of a young golfer in the murder of his wife. He disposes of that one in about five minutes. The rest concerns the golfer's hiring of a secretary supposedly interviewed by his wife just before her death. Evidence turns up of a woman in bed with his wife at the time of her murder. See where we're headed here.
The second thread involves Eagle's homicidal ex-wife, with two attempts against him, escaping from a Mexican prison, and resuming her pursuit of his life.
The third thread is a set of characters from two other of Woods' series. Teddy Fay, rogue ex-CIA man from the Will Lee books and Holly Barker, CIA agent, from the Orchid series. She's got a man hunting him and he ends up in Eagle's city.
The only interaction between the three is a brief sexual three way between one from each thread.
Then the book ends. None of them resolved.
As I said, a complete mess. One more to read and then I leave Woods in my past.
This one is a mess.
Three plot threads run through it.
The main one concerns Ed Eagle's defense of a young golfer in the murder of his wife. He disposes of that one in about five minutes. The rest concerns the golfer's hiring of a secretary supposedly interviewed by his wife just before her death. Evidence turns up of a woman in bed with his wife at the time of her murder. See where we're headed here.
The second thread involves Eagle's homicidal ex-wife, with two attempts against him, escaping from a Mexican prison, and resuming her pursuit of his life.
The third thread is a set of characters from two other of Woods' series. Teddy Fay, rogue ex-CIA man from the Will Lee books and Holly Barker, CIA agent, from the Orchid series. She's got a man hunting him and he ends up in Eagle's city.
The only interaction between the three is a brief sexual three way between one from each thread.
Then the book ends. None of them resolved.
As I said, a complete mess. One more to read and then I leave Woods in my past.
July 17, 2013
Stuart Woods novels are at best the print equivalent of Twinkies - nice to snack on but not very sustaining. But this has to rank as the lamest Woods novel I’ve ever read.
For openers, there doesn’t seem to be a main plot to this book. It reads as if Woods was trying to run a half dozen parallel ones, none of them strong enough to carry a book on their own, and Woods never actually resolves any of them by the end, just leaves them all in limbo.
For an Ed Eagle book, there's not much Ed in it. After the first few chapters, he’s reduced to almost a secondary character to Barbara Eagle, Teddy Fay, Todd Bacon, Holly Barker, and many others from Woods’s stable of characters. The only ones not making an appearance are Stone Barrington and his running buddies. Is Woods incapable of writing any book focusing on just one character, or is it easier to just throw in all his characters randomly?
The Teddy Fay story line (which appears randomly throughout several of Woods’s series) is getting tiring. He seems to throw him in whenever he needs to pad his word count. No one is as consistently good or consistently lucky as Teddy, no matter how skilled he is. I wish Woods would wrap it up – either kill Teddy off or have someone arrest him.
As in every Woods book, there’s lots of conspicuous consumption and casual sex. And Woods still writes dialog so stilted it sounds like he copied it from an 1890 book of manners.
For openers, there doesn’t seem to be a main plot to this book. It reads as if Woods was trying to run a half dozen parallel ones, none of them strong enough to carry a book on their own, and Woods never actually resolves any of them by the end, just leaves them all in limbo.
For an Ed Eagle book, there's not much Ed in it. After the first few chapters, he’s reduced to almost a secondary character to Barbara Eagle, Teddy Fay, Todd Bacon, Holly Barker, and many others from Woods’s stable of characters. The only ones not making an appearance are Stone Barrington and his running buddies. Is Woods incapable of writing any book focusing on just one character, or is it easier to just throw in all his characters randomly?
The Teddy Fay story line (which appears randomly throughout several of Woods’s series) is getting tiring. He seems to throw him in whenever he needs to pad his word count. No one is as consistently good or consistently lucky as Teddy, no matter how skilled he is. I wish Woods would wrap it up – either kill Teddy off or have someone arrest him.
As in every Woods book, there’s lots of conspicuous consumption and casual sex. And Woods still writes dialog so stilted it sounds like he copied it from an 1890 book of manners.
September 17, 2024
Many plots running at the same time. Ed Eagle is hard to kill but so is Barbara. Yikes! It’s a never ending saga.
This one was all over the place. Teddy Fay..Holly and Lance plus all the Ed Eagle and Barbara/Ellie drama. Add in a golf pro and a murdering accountant jeeez you get drama whiplash 😣😣😣 There was a ton of unnecessary characters too that just added to the page count. Blah blah 😑
This one ends on a cliff hanger too! Since this is the last Ed Eagle book and Stuart Woods is dead I can only hope he resolved this book in a Stone Barrington book. Ugh 😑 I’m loathed to read another one of those. The plots are all the same and quite tedious. Sigh. Time to read spoiler reviews I guess 🤣🤣
This one was all over the place. Teddy Fay..Holly and Lance plus all the Ed Eagle and Barbara/Ellie drama. Add in a golf pro and a murdering accountant jeeez you get drama whiplash 😣😣😣 There was a ton of unnecessary characters too that just added to the page count. Blah blah 😑
This one ends on a cliff hanger too! Since this is the last Ed Eagle book and Stuart Woods is dead I can only hope he resolved this book in a Stone Barrington book. Ugh 😑 I’m loathed to read another one of those. The plots are all the same and quite tedious. Sigh. Time to read spoiler reviews I guess 🤣🤣
November 30, 2020
This is not great literature, but it is a fun escape and quite entertaining.
November 30, 2022
Good book. Barbara is back and after Ed Eagle. She leaves a trail of dead bodies and has escaped from a Mexican prison. She's after Ed. Cat and mouse continues.
September 22, 2018
How do I even begin to review this garbage? When I was in middle school, I used to write stories like this all the time that my friends loved to read. Now reading it as an adult I ask WTH?
The whole book is a brief summary of everything people either wish they were or wish they could do. Numerous sex partners without any protection or care in the world of what might happen with these clan-destined encounters. Being able to walk into, say a car rental agency and asking all kinds of personal information about their paying client and GETTING said personal information without hesitation including a credit card number!! Who does these things? Apparently the one-dimensional characters in Stuart Woods' fantasy world.
I didn't even have a clue as to what to tag this book as. There is no mystery here, no drama, no horror, no effort in development of anything. This book is one giant summary. It was disappointing because I have enjoyed some of Woods' work, but this one felt rushed.
The whole book is a brief summary of everything people either wish they were or wish they could do. Numerous sex partners without any protection or care in the world of what might happen with these clan-destined encounters. Being able to walk into, say a car rental agency and asking all kinds of personal information about their paying client and GETTING said personal information without hesitation including a credit card number!! Who does these things? Apparently the one-dimensional characters in Stuart Woods' fantasy world.
I didn't even have a clue as to what to tag this book as. There is no mystery here, no drama, no horror, no effort in development of anything. This book is one giant summary. It was disappointing because I have enjoyed some of Woods' work, but this one felt rushed.
September 6, 2016
I liked the characters and the various story lines. But there is no need for all the sex! Ending was not satisfying... too many loose ends left hanging... I'm sure this is so that we will read the next installment. But, it would have been nice to close some of the lines.
March 1, 2017
A older book by stuart woods. I got it from the store book exchange at the store I have coffee at. I enjoyed reading it. It is my first book that I read in ed eagle series of his books. It had a good story to it. I hope to read more books in this series.
April 30, 2014
Ed Eagle has a thriving lawyer in Santa Fe when a female enemy from his past shows up while he is dealing with a murder on a golf resort.
May 20, 2020
Finally finished this one over lunch today. It was another great read. Highly recommended.
April 12, 2021
Too many characters with several different plots. Then at the end they don't even connect and everything just kind of fizzled. Didn't care for his style of writing at all.
May 15, 2022
In this 4th and final edition to this series, Ed Eagle is still trying to resolve the issue of his ex-wife Barbara. Another story line in the book revolves around CIA agent Teddy Fay and whether he knows too much for the agency to be able to deal with him. There is yet another plot line involving a golfer. In the end, none of the issues are resolved, and left me wondering why there was no final book to bring a conclusion to this series. The book is a cliff hanger that just leaves you hanging.
March 23, 2025
Stuart Woods writes books that are very similar but still I enjoy them! I got this book out of a LFF and read it in two days. Action packed, lots of recurring characters, and ones you love to hate. It kept me entertained. I will always pick up one of his books at the airport and a book sale!
March 18, 2021
Love the character.
August 16, 2024
With about 20% of the book read, this has a nice set-up of old and new: 10-12 old characters, and 10-12 new villains, friends, clients, etc.; having arrived on the scene, in Mexico, L.A., Yuma, Santa Fe, and Washington D.C., all of this is clear at this point, with engaging dialogue, airplanes, murders, lively plot twists, and a brisk pace afoot. There may be no further books covering Ed Eagle, the tall, criminal defense attorney in Santa Fe, NM so I am trying to enjoy slowly each progression in the plot!
The final installment of the Ed Eagle series (#4) leaves us dangling in April 2011, with nothing more from Mr. Woods who died in 2022. Just Ed and Susannah, loaded for bear, about to go after Barbara, for the last time. This penultimate fourth volume left me unsatisfied at the end b/c of how some of the villains get away with their nefarious deeds! If you read the "author's note" at the end of these paperbacks, you'll know how arrogant a successful author can be; Mr. Woods deserves all the fame and fortune he earned, by creating characters such as Ed Eagle, but I won't necessarily miss any of them. I recommend all four stories, based in Santa Fe, which equal approximately 1,500 pages, it would be too easy to read another four volumes; however, I cannot provide that luxury, dear reader, so you must go onto someone else.
The final installment of the Ed Eagle series (#4) leaves us dangling in April 2011, with nothing more from Mr. Woods who died in 2022. Just Ed and Susannah, loaded for bear, about to go after Barbara, for the last time. This penultimate fourth volume left me unsatisfied at the end b/c of how some of the villains get away with their nefarious deeds! If you read the "author's note" at the end of these paperbacks, you'll know how arrogant a successful author can be; Mr. Woods deserves all the fame and fortune he earned, by creating characters such as Ed Eagle, but I won't necessarily miss any of them. I recommend all four stories, based in Santa Fe, which equal approximately 1,500 pages, it would be too easy to read another four volumes; however, I cannot provide that luxury, dear reader, so you must go onto someone else.
October 16, 2010
I enjoyed the Ed eagle series book two and three and was excited to read more into the adventures of Barbara and Cupid and vittorio however the end of the book was cut off so sudden. It pissed me off. And there's not even another book in this series out yet. I'm sure that Stuart Woods is trying to hook the readers into buying the next book for sure, but this is a ridiculous way to do it. I felt as though the final chapter was missing, but i bought an e-book for my iPad so I know that no pages were missing. Now I feel that the $12.99 I coughed up for this was so not worth it , now I found myself wishing I waited until it appeared on the shelves of my local goodwill so I could've bought it for $1.99, and I am confident that whoever buys this book will be overly disgusted that they will be anticipating getting rid of it before they are even finished. Stuart woods, there has got to be a better way for you to ensure that you have buyers on the next book. I am so disappointed in how the story just gets cut off suddenly. I am definitely not paying full price for Ny more of his books, but if I do find them at my local second hand store I will more than likely buy them then. Ugh.
June 30, 2023
I received the first of this series in a book bundle for a very reasonable price, so I went in with zero expectations. While I enjoyed the general storyline, there's still quite a bit that I could not stand. For example, despite being wanted by Mexican and US officials, the characters remain in the same few states/areas...doesn't seem even remotely realistic nor is there any real explanation as to why. Adding to that, they frequent the same hot spots (hotels, restaurants, etc) and are always just conveniently running into other characters, albeit, they might not recognize each other at first...which is something else I can't get past. You expect me to believe ALL these people are ignorant to Barbara's identity just because this woman keeps changing her hair color? Those are just a few of the things that got under my skin with these books. Like I said, I did enjoy the storyline, which is what I chose to rate this series based on, but I can't deny my frustration with how it was portrayed.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 22, 2010
Sad to say I was a bit disappointed in this latest Stuart Wood endeavor. Though the story started well, there were too many plots that were not developed in the 289 pages. He tried to bring in characters from too many books, did not tie them together well, nor does he conclude the story well - you are left with kind of an empty feeling that the evil ex-wife triumphs because she manipulates the system to inherit an obscene fortune and can buy her way to happiness.
What has happened to heroes of his earlier stories - Ed Eagle and his new wife are last seen leaving to try to hunt down his ex-wife Barbara, who has become a mega millionaire. The CIA surrenders to the cunning of Teddy Fay, Holly Barker is now an inefficient mid management flunky at CIA headquarters . . . the only missing character is Stone Barrington.
What has happened to heroes of his earlier stories - Ed Eagle and his new wife are last seen leaving to try to hunt down his ex-wife Barbara, who has become a mega millionaire. The CIA surrenders to the cunning of Teddy Fay, Holly Barker is now an inefficient mid management flunky at CIA headquarters . . . the only missing character is Stone Barrington.
March 24, 2017
March 2017 Must be a "state of mind" at any given moment. I really liked it a lot more just a few weeks later. I re-upped the stars to four.
1-28-2017 Still disappointed in the ending since there has been ample time fora sequel. I'm also disappointed in the "novel lite" quality of Woods recent books. However the characters he created have , if not endearing, then compelling personalities.
2011 I know most of the characters in the book: holly, lance and some of the company names.
three interwoven plots going on at the same time. Ed Eagle, a Santa Fe attorney, and his his ex-wife, Barbara also are featured. Barbara the Slut and Blow Job expert unzips her way around the world.
and she actual comes up, probably temporarily, with a billion and 1/2 from one of her dead hubbys.
iliked the story and appreciated that it is reading entertainment.
1-28-2017 Still disappointed in the ending since there has been ample time fora sequel. I'm also disappointed in the "novel lite" quality of Woods recent books. However the characters he created have , if not endearing, then compelling personalities.
2011 I know most of the characters in the book: holly, lance and some of the company names.
three interwoven plots going on at the same time. Ed Eagle, a Santa Fe attorney, and his his ex-wife, Barbara also are featured. Barbara the Slut and Blow Job expert unzips her way around the world.
and she actual comes up, probably temporarily, with a billion and 1/2 from one of her dead hubbys.
iliked the story and appreciated that it is reading entertainment.
October 20, 2018
I listened to the audio book read by Michael Kramer who gave all women very sexy low voices no matter what they were saying.
I only listened to this book for the continuing story of Teddy Fay which wasn't all that interesting. Todd Bacon needs to give up trying to catch him and in the end Fay once again proves that he's the better spy.
There was a lot of sex in this book and lots of crude sex talk.
And of course, everyone has their own plane and flies here and there.
3 subplots, Barbara Eagle/Eleanor Keeler wants to murder Ed Eagle; she hires Barton Cross to do the job, but he fails, Barbara kills him.
Todd Bacon tries to catch Teddy Fay, but fails, Holly Barker and Lance Cabot make short appearances.
Pro Golfer, Tip Hanks' wife is murdered in the beginning, he hires Dolly Parks as his secretary/ personal assistant; she is an embezzler and you know what that means.
I only listened to this book for the continuing story of Teddy Fay which wasn't all that interesting. Todd Bacon needs to give up trying to catch him and in the end Fay once again proves that he's the better spy.
There was a lot of sex in this book and lots of crude sex talk.
And of course, everyone has their own plane and flies here and there.
3 subplots, Barbara Eagle/Eleanor Keeler wants to murder Ed Eagle; she hires Barton Cross to do the job, but he fails, Barbara kills him.
Todd Bacon tries to catch Teddy Fay, but fails, Holly Barker and Lance Cabot make short appearances.
Pro Golfer, Tip Hanks' wife is murdered in the beginning, he hires Dolly Parks as his secretary/ personal assistant; she is an embezzler and you know what that means.
October 19, 2010
Ostensibly this is part of the Ed Eagle series, but Woods is beginning to let all of his worlds (i.e., series defined by his protagonists) merge. Bits and pieces of various story-lines cross and intersect and then fly off in deflected, albeit beyond coincidence, plot contrivances.
Yet, surprisingly Woods does this with so obvious a wink to his readers, that not only does he get away with it but he draws you further into these parallel universes.
The body count is relatively low in this one. Not sure whether that is a sign that the author is mellowing, depressed or actually challenging himself to propel a plot with something other than sex or death. My bet is he is holding the coroner for the next Stone Barrington.
Yet, surprisingly Woods does this with so obvious a wink to his readers, that not only does he get away with it but he draws you further into these parallel universes.
The body count is relatively low in this one. Not sure whether that is a sign that the author is mellowing, depressed or actually challenging himself to propel a plot with something other than sex or death. My bet is he is holding the coroner for the next Stone Barrington.
July 1, 2020
Three unrelated stories strung together.
Story 1: Ed Eagle's (I put that in spoiler tags even though it is the plot of literally every Ed Eagle book).
Story 2: Ed's client, that he only interacts with a couple of times . Again, awfully similar to themes we have seen before.
Story 3: For some unknown reason, Teddy Fay comes to Santa Fe and plays cat and mouse with the CIA. No interaction with stories 1 or 2, he's just there for filler.
Not a real whodunnit, but a pleasant diversion for the beach or pandemic reading.
Story 1: Ed Eagle's (I put that in spoiler tags even though it is the plot of literally every Ed Eagle book).
Story 2: Ed's client, that he only interacts with a couple of times . Again, awfully similar to themes we have seen before.
Story 3: For some unknown reason, Teddy Fay comes to Santa Fe and plays cat and mouse with the CIA. No interaction with stories 1 or 2, he's just there for filler.
Not a real whodunnit, but a pleasant diversion for the beach or pandemic reading.
September 11, 2016
We're on the case to track down villain-seductress Barbara Keilor with Ed Eagle and his two top-notch private investigators Vittorio and Cupie Dalton in this fourth novel in the Ed Eagle series. While Stuart Woods' writing remains captivating, I found the ending of Santa Fe Edge to be a disappointment. There's no resolution, and it's a clear setup for a forthcoming fifth book in the series. However, eight years after the publication of Santa Fe Edge, we still don't have a fifth book to tie up loose ends. I hope Woods doesn't forget about his Ed Eagle readers and writes a fifth and final book for this series.
October 16, 2017
My first Stuart Woods read. One of my critique partners has read all of Woods' books and kept pressuring me to read one. I did. It was fast, the scenes went by along with the chapters like rounds of a prizefight. When I was done I examined what I had read. It was interesting, not educational, and not inspiring. BUT it was very entertaining and if you are reading for fast and easy entertainment and you like some sex thrown in to titillate you grab this book. Stuart Woods knows how to put a fast paced novel together. So much happens in a scene and a short chapter you feel like you've got your foot on the accelerator of a Corvette.
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