num_pages: 375
description: Ed Eagle, Santa Fe’s pre-eminent trial lawyer, first introduced in Stuart Woods’s earlier novel, "Santa Fe Rules," finds himself in extreme domestic difficulties. On the morning of his fiftieth birthday, as he is about to open his elegant new law office, Eagle learns that he is in the sort of trouble usually reserved for his unluckiest clients.Quickly marshalling his resources, which include two private detectives, an accused murderer, and an ace ex-IRS agent, he begins a campaign to save his law practice, his wealth, his reputation and his self respect from the astonishing actions of the person closest to him.The action takes his team across the US southwest, and deep into Mexico where no one can be trusted, least of all the police. We visit the lush, southern California world of the very wealthy, the delights of exclusive spas and secluded hotels, and the ever-present danger of the U.S.-Mexican border. Eagle is pitted against a wily and completely ruthless adversary. Full of double-crosses and unexpected twists, Ed’s life is one of heightened risks – and pleasures.Librarian's note: this is one of four volumes in the author's Ed Eagle series.
language: English
title: Short Straw
titlecomplete: Short Straw (Ed Eagle, #2)
characters: The Governor of New Mexico, Ernesto (Short Straw), Dan, the photoshop owner, The gun shop owner, Pedro Alvarez (Short Straw), Judge Eamon O'Hara, Tupelo, Joe Morales, and Tom Cartwright,, Barbara Eagle, Julia Camden Willett, Bob Martinez, Cupie Dalton, Susannah Wilde, The guys in the black Suburban, Fred and Arthur, Russell Norris, Rick Barron, Emiliano Rodriguez, Harold Fuentes and Bobby, Ed Eagle, Sally Potter, Betty (Short Straw), Joe Big Bear, Birgit (Short Straw), Wolf Willett, Lieutenant Charles Vickers, Mrs. Creighton, The Police Captain in Puerto Vallarta, James Long, Vittorio (Santa Fe Edge), Carlos Rodriguez
genres: Mystery, Adult, Murder Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 3902
places: Los Angeles, California, Tijuana, Mexico City (México City), Santa Fe, New Mexico, Puerto Vallarta
series: Ed Eagle
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons