Wednesday, September 14, 2011

"Santa Fe Edge" by Stuart Woods

          Santa Fe Edge’ starts with whom I believe to be the main character, the lawyer, who is called on to defend a local golf pro in jail for killing his wife.  Following some slick talking, the lawyer convinces the police there is no way the golf pro is guilty, and to pursue such an empty case would be an utter waste of time: thus, the golf pro is released.
          Next, the story moves to a prison in Mexico where the ex-wife of this same lawyer in Santa Fe is being held, and sexually abused, by the captain of the prison.  The woman connives a plan to escape, does so, and is on her way back to the States.
          Right here at this point is where I must complain as to the huge hole in the story this incident presents.  This woman is introduced as a sympathetic character.  But as I learned as I furthered myself into the tale, she is actually a cold-blooded killer with designs on killing her ex-husband lawyer – thus, Santa Fe being her destination.
          Why?  Because she’s crazy.  But she’s also very, very smart.
          Add into this mix of people, a beautiful young woman who gets herself hired as the new assistant to the golf pro, while entering into an affair with the lawyer’s ex-wife who happens to move into the house next door; two investigators working for the lawyer to track down the ex-wife when they hear of her escape; an ex-CIA agent being hunted by the FBI (I never figured out precisely why) who eludes them because he knows all their secrets; and include, for good measure, a billionaire husband to the lawyer’s ex-wife and the possibility of her receiving all his money upon his impending death, and you have ‘Santa Fe Edge’.
          I found myself thoroughly perplexed by all of it.  Then someone who knew Stuart Woods’ work explained to me what I read was a series.  The story never stops.  It just continues onward to the next book.  So is such is your flavor, open up these pages and enjoy

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