Review - Santa Fe Dead

The book I most recently finished was Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods. Woods has several series I like, this one of the Ed Eagle character. I believe this is only the third book in this series.

The plot of the book is that Eagle, a Santa Fe attorney, discovers that his ex-wife, Barbara escaped from jail during her trial for attempted murder only to be found not guilty by the jury. She marries a very wealthy man who dies shortly after in a traffic accident. This time Barbara has nothing to do with it. But when she learns that her former husband (Ed) told her other former husband (now dead) about Barbara, the will was written in a way she would be able to live comfortably but not be the billionaire she thought she would be. So she seeks revenge on the lawyer who drew up the will and Eagle.

Eagle now has to watch himself. He decides to hire two associates to "take care of the problem." They do so but not without the help of others that Barbara has harmed in the past.

The book was okay, nothing fantastic or special. There is a little sex and it is described fairly graphically. Other than that, there is a little bad language. It's definitely an adult book. But the book was a very fast read, with short chapters and the plot moving pretty fast.

Now I'm reading The Killing Ground by Jack Higgins.