Choke

Written by Stuart Woods

Narrated by Jay O. Sanders

A standalone novel from Stuart Woods, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington and Holly Barker series...

Murder is not a spectator sport.

Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion—first as a pro tennis player at Wimbledon, then as a womanizing coach at posh tennis clubs around the country. Now at Key West's Old Racquet Club, Chuck gets involved with the wrong married woman—the enticing Clare Carras, married to an enigmatic older man—and soon he is in way over his head.

Enter Tommy Sculley, a retired New York homicide detective who has just joined the Key West force, and his young green partner, Daryl Haynes, who turns out to be smarter than he looks. Up to their necks in an investigation of a bizarre apparent homicide, the two detectives barely keep afloat in murky waters. Events take them from the Florida Keys to Los Angeles and back, as a plot emerges that involves not only the dangerous Clare, but a furious West Coast mob boss determined to get back what is his at any cost.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Mar 29, 2005
• ISBN: 9780060841911

Stuart Woods

Stuart Woods is the author of more than forty novels, including the New York Times bestselling Stone Barrington and Holly Barker series. An avid sailor and pilot, he lives in New York City, Florida, and Maine.

Reviews for Choke

[Joanne Black · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Nice, easy summer reading. Coming from Wood, this was an acceptable short story.

[budbarclay · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A great stand-alone Woods mystery set in Key West. For new Woods readers, it is important to read this book before reading the latest Woods book in the Stone Barrington series, "Loitering with Intent." Irt is amazing how he can bring old characters back to form after more than decade.

[gatorhater · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

An intriguing deceptive cat and mouse murder mystery of who done it. It begins when Chuck Chandler chokes on the verge of winning The Wimbledon Championship, he realizes his career is over as a touring pro tennis player and take a job as a teaching instructor in Key West Florida. He's introduced to Harry and Clare Carras by his fellow teaching instructor Victor Brennan, Harry is sixtyish and she's thirty years younger and beautiful, Chuck immediately starts having an affair with Clare, things are hot and heavy in the sex department. Clare invites Chuck to go on a scuba dive at a shipwreck with her and her husband, Harry dives first, when Chuck catches up with him, Harry's lying on the deck of the wreck unconscious, mask off his face with blood in it. Chuck immediately starts feeling sick and begins to vomit in his mask and has too surface for air, he deploys his air bag and surfaces. Harry's body is never found, his death is very suspicious and all fingers are pointing towards Chuck as the murderer, now the cat and mouse of whom done it begins. Detective Tommy Sculley arrives after retiring as a homicide detective for the NYPD and takes charge of this investigation, with the help of a 1st day detective, 17 year old Daryl Haynes. They both are constantly evaluating evidense and putting individuals on limpet, trying to solve this bazaar murder mystery. I really enjoy this novel, one of those books you couldn't put down, I kind of wished it wouldn't end, but they all do.

[djupstrom · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Murder and tennis...what's not to like?

[livelylady · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A tennis pro becomes enmeshed in a murder. This book moved fastf!

[Waheedah A Bahaiddin · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good suspense and intriguing. Not your average who done it!!

[Carol Kost Oettle · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It was ok, but not the best of stuart woods.