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Following a string of adventures, Stone Barrington is enjoying some downtime in New York City when a chance encounter introduces him to a charming new companion. Too bad she also comes with the baggage of a persistent ex-boyfriend intent on retribution.
As Stone skillfully dodges each disturbance, it becomes clear that there's an even more treacherous game being played behind the scenes. When long-standing grudges resurface, Stone is brought back into the orbit of some familiar enemies. He must use all of his tricks—as well as those of a few old friends—to evade trouble before it's too late. But this time, danger just might catch up with him.
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780593540077
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- ISBN: 9780593540077
- File size: 1465 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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July 1, 2022
Another Stone Barrington adventure--and this one right on the heels of Distant Thunder, appearing in October. Woods and his readers never rest.
Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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June 12, 2023
The latest entry in the long-running series featuring New York City attorney Stone Barrington (following 2022’s Distant Thunder), completed by Battles after Woods’s death in 2022, is an unfortunate dud. Barrington, who’s romantically involved with U.S. president Holly Barker, picks up another woman, Matilda Martin, after witnessing her ill-treatment by her date, gangster Trench Molder. Molder, upset by the interference in his personal life, plots revenge on both Barrington and Martin. In response, Barrington enlists the help of NYPD commissioner Dino Bacchetti and other allies. The stakes get raised after Molder’s Russian mobster uncle, who has a preexisting beef with Barrington, gets involved. The authors make very little effort to convince readers events are taking place in the real world: the Secret Service allows Barrington to drive the president through busy city streets, while the Manhattan DA has enough spare resources to assign a prosecutor exclusively to handle parking scofflaws. Some of this would be forgivable were the plot itself exciting, but it’s marred by inconsistent momentum and unnecessary complexity. This is a big disappointment. Agent: Anne Sibbald, Janklow & Nesbit Assoc.
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