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Palindrome: A Mystery Novel Kindle Edition

by Stuart Woods (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,142 ratings
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Palindrome

When both your past and future spell fear.

Award-winning author Stuart Woods has crafted a masterful novel no reader will soon forget. For years, Liz Barwick has been battered by her brutal husband, a famous pro football player. This time it takes an emergency room to keep her from death. Now the beautiful and talented photographer retreats to an island paradise off Georgia’s coast to find solitude—and herself.

As she becomes increasingly involved with the strange and handsome twin scions of the powerful Drummond family, she feels her traumatic memories begin to fade. But when a killer launches a series of gruesome murders, Liz discovers that there is no place to hide—not even in her lover's arms.

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  5. Publication date
    September 7, 2010
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    3343 KB
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Liz Barwick's tranquil life on an island off the Georgia coast turns nightmarish after a tragic secret two decades old is unearthed and her ex-husband, a steroid-crazed NFL star, goes on a murderous rampage. A "fast-paced, multilevel tale of mystery and revenge," said PW. "In a suspenseful--albeit telegraphed--final encounter, one deadly monster destroys another."
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Successful photographer Elizabeth Barwick is almost battered to death by her superstar pro-football player husband. To escape his vengeance, she accepts an offer to photograph Cumberland, a beautiful barrier island off the coast of Georgia. The novel's first four chapters are outstanding, describing Elizabeth's relationships with her husband and hotshot divorce lawyer, episodes which reveal her strength of mind and capture the reader's loyalty and interest. With her arrival on Cumberland however, the pace slows, a love interest with his own quirky past appears, and the story changes so radically the book reads like two separate novels. Attempts to fuse these elements with the reappearance of the psychotic husband don't succeed. This novel can't compare with the author's Chiefs ( LJ 5/1/81), but Woods's wide readership will want to make up their own minds.
- Lydia B. Johnson, Mesa P.L., Ariz.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003V1WT3Q
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins e-books; Illustrated edition (September 7, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 7, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3343 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 429 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,142 ratings

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Stuart Woods

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Stuart Woods is the author of forty-four novels, including the New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series and Holly Barker series. The last twenty-eight of them have been New York Times best-sellers. He is an avid private pilot, flying his own jet on two book tours a year. His latest novel is Santa Fe Edge,to be published on September 21st. You may see his tour schedule and learn more about the author on his website, www.stuartwoods.com.

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Carole
5.0 out of 5 stars Palindrome
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2024
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The content of the book is very enticing. Good plot that keeps you riveted. However, the texture of the book is problematic. Basically it’s falling apart. Pages are coming out and I’m having trouble keeping the whole book together so that I can get to the end. Not a good advertisement for your books.
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DOUG HEARD
4.0 out of 5 stars One of Woods better books.
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2018
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I have read many of Woods books. Typically I like his stock character books. But this is one I have pulled off the shelf a few times and enjoy it more than once. Since there are no pictures to slow you down, it should take a good afternoon to read, even if you slow down and pay attention to his penned efforts . Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Not a classic but a favorite.
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Jim A
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Writerr
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2024
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I am a voracious reader since I retired. I quickly found out some writers thought they could write, and some had an ability to write. Sewart Woods has great plots and his writing flows and is never jerky or full of filler.
I do think he should keep his politics out of some of his novels. He needs to remember 50% of his readers, if not more, are not of his political persuasion. To put it bluntly Conservatives are not the spawn of the devil.
I will keep reading what remains of his novels. You have a gift Mr. Woods.
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Martha Ann Hulme
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024
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Excellent, as per usual with writing of Stuart Woods. Consumate wordsmith and weaver of tales. The only problem is with dialogue and grammar.
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Hawkeyerik
5.0 out of 5 stars The good guy characters !
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
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I like that when I find a character interesting, he seems to have the same feelings about the character and brings out another book! And the story keeps on going.
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Stan from Charlotte
3.0 out of 5 stars Not a fan
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
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I have maybe 50 of Stuart Woods books but just couldn’t get into this one. Slow to develop and story line was not to my taste.
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aimee
4.0 out of 5 stars Pallidome
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023
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Not one of stuart woods best works but it is an older book
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Joseph Mayfield
5.0 out of 5 stars book
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024
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good
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Dave
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 6, 2017
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Brilliant
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Daisy
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2015
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good thriller
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さんぺい
4.0 out of 5 stars 設定が凝り過ぎのアクション
Reviewed in Japan on June 26, 2004
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　リズは夫の暴力により瀕死の重傷を負ったが、離婚し前夫の目が届かない個人所有の島で新たな生活を始める。島では新たな出会いもあり、これからの人生を楽しめそうに思えだした時、離婚を手助けした弁護士が事故死し、続いて写真家としてのリズの代理人である編集者夫婦が変死する。
　リズの電話により再調査を始めた刑事は、前夫に強い疑いを持つが、アリバイを崩すために必要な証人も殺害され……
　最初から物語が次々と展開し、島では別のミステリーも絡んでくる。
　残念なのは、刑事の短絡的な決断がとても不自然であり、がっかりさせられる。
　英文は、いつも通り読みやすい。
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Nicole Shuglo
4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining!
Reviewed in Canada on November 26, 2013
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A very enjoyable read that didn't demand too much of me! Had me a little jumpy here and there with some romance thrown in- a good book to take on a vacation.
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badnanny
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2013
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Read this ages ago and then got it on my Kindle,great book, love the way Woods writes he's just brilliant.wish they did more of his books on Kindle, I would buy the lot!!!!!!!
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