White Cargo
by Stuart Woods
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New York Times best-selling author Stuart Woods is hailed as a master of the modern thriller. With books including Chiefs, Dead in the Water and Worst Fears Realized, he has attracted millions of fans who relish their nonstop suspense and danger. Wendell "Cat" Catledge is sailing along the coast of South America with his wife and teenaged daughter when engine trouble forces them to a small Colombian dockyard. Suddenly, their vacation becomes a nightmare. Cat is unconscious, his boat is show more sinking, his wife and child lie bloody and cold in the cabin. Months later, a phone call in the middle of the night leads Cat to believe that his daughter is still alive. His search for her will take him deep into the Amazon jungle and into the maelstrom of an all-consuming revenge. The intense action in White Cargo builds to a shattering showdown that is all the more gripping through L.J. Ganser's dramatic narration. show lessTags
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Another one-off book in the class of "Chiefs". Woods did much research into yachts, drug gangs and airplanes. I liked the story and the characters were not too plentiful. Therefore, good book! Definitely not Stone Barrington.
One of Woods' most compelling reads. I was able to zip through the chapters with ease and hated having to put this one down. Cat Catledge is James Bond with Bruce Wayne's resources.
Normally Woods books grip me from the very beginning, but this one seemed slow developing for me. That's why I only gave it 3 stars.
I received this book as an advance readers' copy years ago. Don't remember a whole lot about it, other than that it seemed to be a pretty typical modern adventure story, based around a Columbian drug ring.
First edition signed very fine with remainder mark
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Oct 16, 2022Spanish
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Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia on January 9, 1938. He received a B. A in sociology from the University of Georgia in 1959. He worked in the advertising business and eventually wrote two non-fiction books entitled Blue Water, Green Skipper and A Romantic's Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland. His first novel, Chiefs, was show more published in 1981. It won an Edgar Award and was made into a TV miniseries starring Charlton Heston. His other works include the Stone Barrington series, the Holly Barker series, the Will Lee series, the Ed Eagle series, the Rick Barron series and the Teddy Fay series. He won France's Prix de Literature Policiere for Imperfect Strangers. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- White Cargo
- Original title
- White Cargo
- Original publication date
- 1988
- People/Characters
- Wendell "Cat" Catledge; Katie Catledge; Jinx Catledge; Dell Catledge; Denny; Wallace Henderson (show all 7); Bluey Holland
- Important places
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Caribbean Region; Columbia; Georgia, USA; Santa Marta, Columbia; South America (show all 7); Washington, D.C., USA
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Statistics
- Members
- 566
- Popularity
- 52,040
- Reviews
- 6
- Rating
- (3.71)
- Languages
- 7 — Danish, English, German, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Spanish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 30
- ASINs
- 9
