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The Will Lee Series 'Chiefs' By Stuart Woods

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Will Lee is the main character in the Will Lee series of seven books by American novelist Stuart Woods. Chiefs, published in 1981 is the first novel in the series that features the Will Lee character. The series of novels by Woods are generally regarded as detective thriller mysteries. Will Lee is a Georgia senator and ex-police chief from capital crimes united who ends up as the president of the United States. The book series begins with the city council of Delano chooses Will Lee a farmer as its police chief. While completely inexperienced as a police officer, Lee is honest and single-minded towards the task in front of him. The first novel, Chiefs begins at a great tempo with Woods keeping the tempo for the entire book. Immediately after Chiefs gets his new appointment as police chief, a body of an unidentified teenager is found in the precinct. While, there is no evidence to suggest that this is a homicide, the body has all the trademarks suggesting a ritual beating. It is now up to the failed cotton farmer turned Delano police chief to crack the case. What follows is a narrative of Will’s obsession in solving a crime that spans the decades from the 1920s to the 60s and three police chiefs that take the mantle from him. A great narrative, it shows the great narrative prowess of Woods which won him the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. …show more content…

Now a prominent lawyer, Will Lee has come back to his hometown of Delano to plan his run for a senate seat. However, his views on a controversial case could potentially throw a spanner in the works and kill his young political career before it has even taken began. A mysterious racist group known as The Elect controls the city and will do anything to ensure he never wins the senate race. Nonetheless, Lee has never been one to back down from a fight and he is determined to take them on even if he risks losing his career or even his

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