Chiefs | Stuart Woods | Excellent Read, Especially for History Buffs

Chiefs | Stuart Woods | Excellent reading

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Chiefs

	Chiefs Stuart Woods Signet, 2005 - 432 pages average customer review:based on 66 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Stuart Woods' Edgar(r) Award-winning novel spans fifty years of racial tension, politics, and murder in the small Southern town of Delano, Georgia, where a depraved killer claims his innocent victims even as three very different generations of policemen seek to stop him.

Excellent Read, Especially for History Buffs

This is definitely one of Stuart Woods' best books ever. Three different stories overlap and become an excellent portrayal of the time and the history in Georgia and the U.S. The characters are so well-developed and well-written you think they are real. Excellent saga of a book that men and women would love.

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Excellent reading

This book was read after watching the TV mini series. I really enjoyed the book.

Amazing Debut!

This is Woods' first published novel and one of his best. It begins with someone running through the woods, trying to get away from someone. They are caught and killed. Jump to the story which begins with the chosing of a new chief in the town of Delano, Georgia. A farmer, William Henry Lee is chosen. He is the first chief to investigate the murder of a teenage boy. He never solves it. In later years it is investigated by a cop who may be even more disturbed then the killer. Then, Georgia's first black chief, who holds a devestating secret. Even though the killer is pretty much figured out near the middle of the book, it is still thrilling to find out how it will all end. The pace is amazing and it is no wonder that it won an Edgar Award.

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A Great Tale Of The South

This story is about a small town in Georgia called Delano. The story takes you from Delano's founding in 1919 and centers around it's Police Chiefs in 1920, 1946, and 1963. Oh yeah, there is also a serial killer involved.

Stuart Woods is a great story teller who I enjoy reading as I do John Grisham. Woods takes you there into that small Southern town and you feel the moods of the people and the ways of the times. He really does a good job in telling the way a town is formed and goes about getting it's first Police Chief. You also feel the hopes and the fears that a policeman would feel.

There is political intrique and the suspense of a murder mystery. I did enjoy reading this one, but throughout I was left sadden by how cruel people can be to one another.

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Chiefs

I have always enjoyed books written by Woods. I placed this one last on my list in great anticipation since the author writes it is his best work. I tend to disagree. I thought it was good but some of his other books are better

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