Stone Barrington, Book 9
by Stuart Woods
Stone Barrington is hired to prove an heiress's husband's infidelity and finds murder and a vanished woman instead, dragging him through Manhattan's glittering set. The prose is brisk and talky, driven by quick scenes, banter, and social-showdown set pieces that emphasize plot momentum over inward psychology. The book's useful part is steady, entertaining forward motion and snappy dialogue; its limiting side is thin secondary characters and occasional plot conveniences that ask readers to accept unlikely coincidences. Best read as light, plot-focused entertainment rather than a close character study.
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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. Enter Carpenter-the be...
Difficulty:hard
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