Stone Barrington gets a taste of New York City's devious upper crust in this "sleek and engaging"* mystery in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Hired to prove infidelity in an heiress's marriage, Stone Barrington goes undercover. But the work turns dirty-and catastrophic-when the errant husband is found dead and the other woman disappears without a trace. Now, Stone must clear his own good name and find a killer hiding among the glitterati of New York's high society.
Stuart Woods is the author of more than sixty novels, including the #1 New York Times bestselling Stone Barrington series. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico.
Show moreStone Barrington gets a taste of New York City's devious upper crust in this "sleek and engaging"* mystery in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Hired to prove infidelity in an heiress's marriage, Stone Barrington goes undercover. But the work turns dirty-and catastrophic-when the errant husband is found dead and the other woman disappears without a trace. Now, Stone must clear his own good name and find a killer hiding among the glitterati of New York's high society.
Stuart Woods is the author of more than sixty novels, including the #1 New York Times bestselling Stone Barrington series. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico.
Show moreStuart Woods is the author of more than eighty-five novels, including the #1 New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and Connecticut.
Praise for Dirty Work
“Woods writes in a dry, witty style that keeps all his characters
on a likable keel.”—*Publishers Weekly
“A crisp, fleet timekiller: the fashionplate lawyer’s best outing
since Dead in the Water.”—Kirkus Reviews
More Praise for Stuart Woods
“Stuart Woods is a no-nonsense, slam-bang storyteller.”—Chicago
Tribune
“A world-class mystery writer...I try to put Woods’s books down and
I can’t.”—Houston Chronicle
“Mr. Woods, like his characters, has an appealing way of making
things nice and clear.”—The New York Times
“Woods certainly knows how to keep the pages turning.”—Booklist
“Since 1981, readers have not been able to get their fill of Stuart
Woods’ New York Times bestselling novels of
suspense.”—Orlando Sentinel
“Woods’s Stone Barrington is a guilty pleasure...he’s also an
addiction that’s harder to kick than heroin.”—Contra Costa
Times (California)
Woods's new mystery is as sleek and engaging as the upper-class lifestyle of its appealing hero, ex-cop-cum-lawyer-cum-private investigator Stone Barrington. Woods (Blood Orchid) rewards Stone (and readers) by bringing back the beautiful British intelligence agent, code-named Carpenter, who first appeared in The Short Forever, the preceding book in this series. But Carpenter brings Stone more than hot sex and clever dinner conversation-she inadvertently draws him into her life-and-death struggle with one of the world's most efficient and intelligent female assassins, La Biche. While on assignment for lawyer Stone, attempting to photograph an adulterous husband in flagrante delicto, a clumsy assistant gets into trouble and falls into the hands of the NYPD and British Intelligence. Stone's pal and ex-partner from his early days on the NYPD, detective Dino Bacchetti, aids in extricating the assistant, but the incriminating photographs soon involve both men in the hunt for La Biche, who is out to kill Carpenter and avenge an old wrong. Friend and foe alike feed outright lies to Stone and Dino as the chameleonic lady assassin piles body upon body. Woods writes in a dry, witty style that keeps all his characters on a likable keel. The amusing repartee between Stone and Dino is memorably funny. In the end, Stone supplies a surprising dose of morality, and the reader finds that there is more to the story than flesh, flash and derring-do. Author tour. (Apr.) FYI: Woods recently signed a new contract with Putnam to supply two more in this series as well as several other unspecified books over the next two years. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Praise for Dirty Work
"Woods writes in a dry, witty style that keeps all his characters
on a likable keel."-*Publishers Weekly
"A crisp, fleet timekiller: the fashionplate lawyer's best
outing since Dead in the Water."-Kirkus Reviews
More Praise for Stuart Woods
"Stuart Woods is a no-nonsense, slam-bang storyteller."-Chicago
Tribune
"A world-class mystery writer...I try to put Woods's books down and
I can't."-Houston Chronicle
"Mr. Woods, like his characters, has an appealing way of
making things nice and clear."-The New York Times
"Woods certainly knows how to keep the pages turning."-Booklist
"Since 1981, readers have not been able to get their fill of Stuart
Woods' New York Times bestselling novels of
suspense."-Orlando Sentinel
"Woods's Stone Barrington is a guilty pleasure...he's also an
addiction that's harder to kick than heroin."-Contra Costa
Times (California)
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