I read Wood's first book "Chiefs" and was so impressed. Think I might have read a few more later, but it has been awhile.Bought this book for $2.00 at a used book store and thought I'd try again.What I found was a simple mystery book that Mr. Woods took pleasure in inserting all of the food and ...
Stone Saves Centurion. Stone is asked by Arrington to represent her in the sale of stock in Centurion Studios, which is under seige as a takeover target for the land it occupies. He grabs Dino and heads for the Bel-Air guest house, only to be advised by Arrington that she's leaning towards sellin...
Another novel featuring Stone Barrington. There is a ritzy hotel opening in Bel-Air. Stone is part owner of this hotel and is asked to help with the security. Since the U.S. President and the president of Mexico will be attending the opening, there is reason to have max security. In keep...
I have read many of Stuart Woods books...and many of the characters are familiar to me...like old friends in this one because this story revolves around Stone Barrington, the ex cop who is a lawyer now and from time to time gets himself into some shady deals......I have to say while this was an e...
A dot-to-dot kind of summer reading....The plot and setup on this Stone Barrington escapade is very thin. Everything just fits in the box, way too neatly. Want to run into a fugitive -- boom, just stop for gas. Want to get a job -- boom, just ask. Want to find a girlfriend -- boom, just meet one....
A Stuart Woods book is pretty much guaranteed to be fun, especially when it stars the ridiculously rich, raucously randy Stone Barrington, most everybody's favorite ex-cop-turned-lawyer-turned-sleuth. But it's the cast of familiar characters that make a Woods tome even more entertaining, from Din...
I've read most of Stuart Woods' books, primarily in paper or electronic format, and have enjoyed them all. However, most of the Will Lee series has only been available in audiobook format from the online library I use. I still very much enjoyed this series until this particular audiobook edition ...
Stone Barrington #31Stone is in Paris for the opening of The Arrington there. He learns that the Russians are still after him, but he's not very concerned. He meets a woman whose brother and father are police prefects in Paris and France. One night they are away at her secret cottage and she kill...
Teddy Faye is Stone's, Holly's, and Dino's nemesis, but now they have another one, the killer of this whodunit. In Washington, the murder and then a few days later the suicide of the spouse should have been been just that. But President and First Lady Will and Kate Lee ask Holly, Dino, and Sto...
Trolling through the library, without my Goodreads "to-read" list... looking for somthing to excite me beyond my less-than-exciting pile of books to-be-read in the guest bedroom.... I found a section of books by this author. Scrolling through his books, I was hoping for #1 of a series, I ended u...
Holly Barker grew up as a military brat, got hooked on her father’s trade and climbed through the military ranks and OCS to major in charge of a military police division. Her immediate superior, a West Point grad, tried to woo the attractive major and when that didn’t work he attempted to rape he...
Stuart Woods' Chiefs traces the history of Delano, Georgia from 1920 through 1963 through the eyes of three very different men who become chief of police in the small town. Over the forty-three-year time span of the book broods the shadow of a serial killer whose existence is only briefly suspect...
After loving New York Dead for it's willingness to change up the formula for a detective procedural, I had high hopes that this novel would continue in the same vein. I wasn't disappointed. Dirt once more returns to ex-detective turned private-eye/lawyer Stone Barrington as he comes across a new ...
For Will Lee, the Congressional Christmas break was supposed to be a time to rest and recharge. It was supposed to be a time to begin planning for his run for the junior Senate seat for Georgia four years hence. It was supposed to be a time to reconnect with his family in Delano.Well, he manages...
Interesting novel set in Hollywood in late 1930's !The prolific Woods' previous 28 novels span both non-series mysteries and thrillers as well as his rather well known Will Lee (lawyer/politician), Stone Barrington (playboy private eye) and Holly Barker (Orchid Beach police chief) series stories....
Hodgepodge of former characters -- just a light mystery...We're Woods' fans, so were pleasantly surprised to see (Police Chief) Holly Barker and (Private Eye and playboy) Stone Barrington, Woods' newest and biggest stars respectively, hookup in NYC where Holly is chasing Trini Rodriquez, a leftov...
I read this fourth book in the Holly Barker series via the audio CD format, which was performed by Carrington Macduffy. In previous installments in this series, both men and women were employed to portray the gender-specific voices of the characters. Going with a woman-only narration is a lot eas...
On the day that his elegant new office suite opens, Santa Fe attorney Ed Eagle awakens to find that his wife Barbara has left him, and taken all of his money with her. Eagle quickly takes action, getting back most of his stolen money and sending two private detectives after his wife, who has fle...
As we first meet Will Lee, he is in his mid-twenties and has just taken the last of his second-year law school exams. But he has not yet finished law school; there is still a third year to go. In fact, Will Lee has never finished anything in his life, other than school courses, and is emotionally...
Joint review with Woods' L.A. DeadStone Barrington is a cop-turned-lawyer and private investigator who needs to be much more selective in his choice of bedmates. I read these two books out of sequence. They can be read independently, but to get the full flavor of the hole Stone has dug for hims...
Decent enough Barrington, twisty suspense / entertainment!Maybe the most obvious thing to say, especially to those like us that have read every book in Woods' growing bibliography, including all the Stone Barrington series, is that this one is as predictably good as most of them. While sometimes ...
Another great novel in the Stuart Woods world and one that keeps you interested throughout, is never too predictable, brings back a lot of characters from the last Will Lee novel [Grass Roots], but doesn't do so at the expense of story or new twists and really makes great use of all. If there wer...
2nd time reading.Notes: plot: Stone and Holly are sent to St. Marks with Dino and Genevieve to find Teddy Fay - whose is there under several names including Harold Pitts.Sir Winston Sutherland, Colonel Croft and duBois are eliminated by Teddy.Thomas and Sir Leslie Hewitt, friends of Stone, are re...
For a more in depth review, please visit my blog, Chorley Chronicals, HERE!I must say that I normally take to female authors, but I can certainly tell the difference between a male's writing and a female's writing, especially with this series! The subject of each book has been a more "manly" sub...
My second Stone Barrington novel, and this one was better than the first. I think it has been a while since I read a novel from the late 90s (my other vice - dystopia, is not that olda genre, at least the more recent YA series), so I really enjoyed the faxes, looking for payphones, etc. the chara...
My brother turned me onto Stuart Woods a couple summers ago when he passed on to me a box full of books he was done with (some of which I have not yet gotten around to reading), and I have enjoyed the ones I read, so I was happy to pick up four more of his books at a recent library book sale (at ...
I have read much better Stuart Woods books. Wolf Willett, a movie producer, wakes up groggy one morning in his Santa Fe home and heads for Los Angeles in his private plane. He can't remember anything that happened the previous evening. Experiencing plane trouble he lands near the Grand Canyon ...
Last year I took an incredibly helpful course at UCi called Intermediate Novel Writing. The next semester's Advanced Novel Writing course was cancelled, so here I am –– still an intermediate novelist (currently at amateur status but I hope to turn pro soon.) So, this course relied on a number of...
I have only read a couple of Stuart Woods' stand alone books both of which I enjoyed. I do beieve that they were from earlier in his writing career before Stone became his cash-cow. (Don't get me wrong.. I devour most of the Stone novels, but I am looking for a fast, easy read to kill time in a d...
Please note: I read this book in 2006 from a copy I purchased for myself.My Reading Experience: I read this book in an afternoon - about 4 hours. I literally could not stop turning the pages. This was an absolutely riveting chapter in Stone Barrington's life; suspenseful, horrifying and at the sa...