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Title: The Short Forever (Stone Barrington) by Stuart Woods ISBN: 1-59086-070-5 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 6 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.44 (27 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Another Fast and Chaotic Adventure
Comment: For a quick evening of total diversion give me a Stone Barrington novel. They are faster, more self-indulgent, involve more chaotic characters than Robert Parker, but I nonetheless find myself liking virtually everything Stuart Woods writes.
In this case Stone Barrington is asked to go to London for a client to convince the client's niece to leave a drug smuggler and return to America. Stone is also asked to try to get the boy friend thrown in jail.
Once he gets to Britain he discovers the client does not have a niece, the young man is not a drug smuggler, the client is not rich but rather works for American intelligence, and the focus is not the girl but the young man who is trying to make a lot of money moving some very dangerous weapons into the middle east for a profit.
All this occurs as Stone moves from old girlfriend to new girlfriend back to old girlfriend meanwhile inspectors of Scotland Yard grow tired of bodies mysteriously showing up near him.
It is a fun tale that will keep you going and it ends in a way that ensures more adventures are to come. I look forward to them.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Short Forever Fo Sho
Comment: The Short Forever by Stuart Woods is just one of the many books written by him with the character "Stone Barrington." Stone is an ex-cop turned investigator for a law firm. In this novel, a client, John Bartholemew, is sent to him by an acquaintance of Stone's. He tells Stone to go to London to bring back his neece and to have the man she wants to marry sent to jail for life. Turns out the woman is not his neece and the man is a former man in British military operations that used to work with Stone's client. It also turns up that John Bartholomew is not his real name. Stone, when arriving in london, is reacquainted with an old fling of his, who is now engaged. Stone also gets caught up with busines partners of the man he is supposed to have sent to jail. To Stone, the review of this book is as confuing as what he must go through to solve everything. I personally loved this book and plan on reading other novels in the series.
Rating: 2
Summary: Much Ado about Nothing
Comment: This isn't a mystery novel. That is the first thing one should understand if one chooses to read this book. It would barely qualify as a procedural in my opinion. The problems are many. First, the main character isn't described at all untill 3/4 of the way into the book and then the only feature I was able to discover is that he has blond hair. Second, the main guy runs around a lot and has a lot of apparently great meals but that is all. He solves nothing, it is all solved for him. The only "murder" is solved in a way that would be kind of like playing a guessing game and at the end someone saying "oh it was number 13." without you even trying to guess. Needless to say, I was terribly dissapointed.
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Title: Dirty Work (Stone Barrington Novels (Paperback)) by Stuart Woods ISBN: 0451210158 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Cold Paradise (Stone Barrington Novels (Paperback)) by Stuart Woods ISBN: 0451205626 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: New York Dead by Stuart Woods ISBN: 0061090808 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dirt by Stuart Woods ISBN: 0061094234 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Worst Fears Realized by Stuart Woods ISBN: 0061013420 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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