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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780061094781
ISBN number: 0061094781
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: October 01, 1995
Publishing house: Harper
Release Date: August 01, 1995
Sale Popularity Level: 23893
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Everyone is always telling Stone Barrington that he's too smart to be a cop, but it's pure luck that places him on the streets in the dead of night, just in time to witness the horrifying incident that turns his life inside out.
Suddenly he is on the front page of every New York newspaper, and his life is hopelessly entwined in the increasingly shocking life (and perhaps death) of Sasha Nijinsky, the country's hottest and most beautiful television anchorwoman.
No matter where he turns, the case is waiting for him, haunting his nights and turning his days into a living hell. Stone finds himself caught in a perilous web of unspeakable crimes, dangerous friends, and sexual depravity that has throughout it one common thread: Sasha.
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Its great to go back and read about Stone before he left NYPD. Good storyline and interesting plot twists draw the reader into the book. Couldn't put it down, a real page turner.
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Great book. I was hooked the very first time I read his work. Now I am buying the whole Stone Barrington series!!
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Unabridged Audio Book
Reader: Robert Lawrence gets an A+.
This book held my interest from the start. I thought the plot twists were good. I especially liked the mystery of the missing "suicide" victim.. I listened to this book in my car and there were a few "driveway" moments involved in the process. The reader can make or break and audio book and Robert Lawrence was definitely a maker.
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In this Stuart Woods' book, we find Stone Barrington in his very first outing. He is a Lt. Detective on limited duty due to a bullet he took to his knee and has decided after an evening out to walk home in order to get some exercise to it when, in a case of being in either the right place at the right time, or wrong place at the wrong time, he witnesses a woman falling from a building. It turns out to be a rather famous TV personality who was scheduled to take her place as a co-anchor on a prestigious network the subsequent night. When he arrives at her apartment he hears someone leaving it rapidly, but when he gives chase his knee gives out and he loses the person he was chasing. However, what is set up to be a relatively open-and-shut homicide case is quickly muddied by the arrival of a freelance journalist who got footage of her at the scene showing that she was still alive when put in the ambulance, by her diary that shows that she was severely depressed at times, and then by her disappearance - no body, no crime. Barrington's obsession with finding out the truth in this case, as opposed to just finding someone to stick with the crime, quickly puts him at odds with the rest of the department (with whom he never fit in all that well to begin with) and he soon finds himself railroaded out on a medical disability retirement. However, he has a background in law and decides to take the bar exam and set himself up that way. The twists just keep on coming as taxi drivers start getting murdered around the city, and Barrington begins to get notes purportedly from the missing star.
I started to read these books out of order when I picked up "Reckless Abandon" and then "Two Dollar Bill," then I decided to hold off until I put my hands on all of them and start at the beginning; I'm glad I have, because I can now look forward to a long line of these most excellent thrillers. Woods knows how to put together a great mystery and keep it exciting!
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I started reading this series with a lot of excitement. I thought that I had found a new series which to sink my teeth into. I have found Mr. Woods' writing to be boring and a bit self serving. I find it bothersome when an author writes almost like it is himself in the book. With the attitude of being better than most. For the same reason I don't like Linda Fairstein or James Patterson. The premise of the books is pretty good but all through reading I just wanted to shout out loud "you are not the cop in the book!". I hate reading a story where I think the author perceives him/herself as the star. I enjoy reading so I would tell you to try it. My personal dislikes may not bother you. I even tried one of the Orchid series and had a hard time with that one as well.
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