STUART WOODS

Stone Barrington is back in an edge-of-your-seat adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.After giving legal advice to his latest client, Stone Barrington thinks hes done with the man. But its soon clear that Stone hasnt seen the end of the case. Several people are keenly interested in this gentlemans activities and how they may relate to a long-ago crime…and some of them will stop at nothing to find the information they desire.On a hunt that leads from Floridas tropical beaches to the posh vacation homes of the Northeast, Stone finds himself walking a tightrope between ambitious authorities and seedy lowlifes who all have the same prize in their sights. In this cutthroat contest of wills, its winner-takes-alland Stone will need every bit of his cunning and resourcefulness to be the last man standing.

Stone Barrington shows hes one of the smoothest operators around, despite running into a few rough patches, in Edgar-winner Woodss entertaining 29th novel featuring the New York City attorney (after Standup Guy). What starts as a business meeting for insurance adjuster Crane Hart ends in Stones bedroom, as so often happens with beautiful women in this bestselling series, but the tryst leads to a confrontation with Harts estranged husband, Don Dugan, whos stalling on the divorce settlement. Stone handles the oversized Dugan with his usual panache, but his troubles with the couple are just beginning. When the guests at a ritzy private party are robbed, Stone recognizes one of the crooks as a Dugan henchman. A subsequent robbery gets even more personal, when someone is able to bypass Stones state-of-the-art security system in his Manhattan townhouse and steals valuable paintings. Stone needs to draw on all his talents to recover his artwork and lay a trap for highly elusive thieves. Agent: Anne Sibbald, Janklow & Nesbit. (Apr.)

Stone Barrington enters the cutthroat fray of politics in the exceptional new thriller from #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Stuart Woods. When Stone Barrington travels to Los Angeles for the biggest political convention of the year, he finds the scene quite shaken up: a dazzling newcomer--and close friend of Stone's--has given the delegates an unexpected choice, crucial alliances are made and broken behind closed doors, and it seems that more than one seat may be up for grabs. And amid the ambitious schemers and hangers-on are a few people who may use the chaotic events as cover for more sinister plans.... In this milieu of glad-handing and backroom deals, only the canniest player can come out on top...and it will take all of Stone's discretion and powers of persuasion to arrange a desirable outcome.

President Will lee's vice-president just died during surgery, and Lee's new pick may be hiding something from his past. Meanwhile, rogue CIA agent Teddy Fay is plotting revenge on CIA Director Kate Rule Lee, the First Lady. On top of all this, some nuclear weapons are "loose" in Pakistan, and the prevention of WWIII depends on Lee's efforts to resolve the situation.

Stone Barrington finds intrigue abroad in the sensational thriller from "New York Times" bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington is no stranger to schemes and deceptions of all stripes--as an attorney for the premier white-shoe law firm Woodman & Weld, he's seen more than his share. But when he travels to Europe under highly unusual circumstances, Stone finds himself at the center of mystery that is most peculiar, even by his standards. Two unexpected invitations may be the first clues in an intricate puzzle that will lead Stone deep into the rarified world of European ultrawealth and privilege, where billionaires rub elbows with spies, insider knowledge is traded at a high premium, and murder is never too high a price to pay for a desired end...

In the newest addition to the bestselling series, Stone Barrington and Holly Barker pursue a master spy and murderer in a tropical paradise where very little is as it seems. Teddy Fay, a rogue agent last seen escaping an imploding building in Iron Orchid, has been considered dead for some time now. But President Will Lee thinks Teddy may still be alive. In a top-secret Oval Office meeting, Stone learns that he and his cohorts, Holly Barker and Dino Baldachetti, are being sent to the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Marks, courtesy of the CIA, to track down Teddy once and for all. St. Marks is a vacationer's paradise, but its luxurious beach clubs and secluded mountain villas are home to corrupt local politicians and more than a few American ex-pats with murky personal histories. Stone and Holly soon discover that in St. Marks, everyone is hiding something, and Teddy Fay may just be hiding in plain sight.

Présentatrice vedette de télévision et parachutiste chevronnée, Sasha Nijinsky a-t-elle pu survivre à sa chute du onzième étage d'un immeuble new-yorkais ? C'est ce que pense, à peu près seul de son espèce, le policier Stone Barrington, qui a fortuitement assisté à la scène et se retrouve chargé d'une enquête que ses supérieurs le pressent curieusement - très curieusement - de conclure au plus vite. Mais, morte ou vivante, la belle et brillante Sasha a totalement disparu. Et, à mesure qu'il pénètre plus avant dans son bizarre cercle de relations - de sa maquilleuse lesbienne et jalouse à son principal rival d'antenne, en passant par un entrepreneur de pompes funèbres nécrophile -, Stone va découvrir, au péril de sa vie, tout un monde d'intrigues, de dépravation sexuelle et de folie meurtrière. Jouant en virtuose avec les nerfs du lecteur à la faveur d'incessants rebondissements, Stuart Woods démontre ici, une fois de plus, sa totale maîtrise de l'art du suspense. Stuart Woods a reçu en 1997 le Grand Prix de littérature policière pour Echange mortel.

A roller-coaster ride of breathtaking speed, sharp, totally unexpected turns and unflagging suspense. (Los Angeles Daily News)

Bestseller Woods piles on the coincidences in his modestly entertaining fifth thriller to feature CIA agent Holly Barker (after Iron Orchid). When Holly returns home to Orchid Beach, Fla., where she was once chief of police, she's reunited with both welcome and unwelcome figures from her past. Renegade ex-CIA agent Teddy Fay, sporting a new identity, has chosen to settle in nearby Vero Beach. Lauren Cade, a former military comrade, is now a sergeant with the Florida State Patrol. Holly is shocked to learn that James Bruno, her former commanding officer who was tried and acquitted of raping Lauren and who once tried to rape Holly herself, is Orchid Beach's new police chief. Holly's not so shocked to learn that a serial killer and rapist is at work in the area. Woods glibly lets the reader stay well ahead of the legal posse tracking the killer while still keeping a card or two up his sleeve. Playful dialogue and romantic sexual escapades lighten the atmosphere. (Sept.)

Stone Barrington's appeal as a handsome big city attorney continues in Stuart Wood's new novel, KISSER. At Elaine's, his favorite New York City restaurant, Barrington meets Carrie Cox, an aspiring actress and singer intent on landing a big Broadway musical part. In the meantime, she works as a lipstick model for an advertising agency. As a virile, good-looking man, Barrington is exploited by Woods, both in comic relief during tight circumstances and in thematic dramatization.

Cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington tracks a mobster hiding deep within the witness protection program in this new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series-with a little help from beautiful F