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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451205629
ISBN number: 0451205626
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 424
Printing Date: April 01, 2002
Publishing house: Signet
Release Date: April 02, 2002
Sale Popularity Level: 50527
Studio: Signet
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Palm Beach is the most glamorous scene-of-the-crime yet for cop-turned-investigator Stone Barrington, who becomes reacquainted with a case he thought was buried years ago-and must settle romantic entanglements that haunt him still...
'A delightful tale of sex and violence...'Sopranos'-style...slick, sophisticated fun.' (Washington Post)
'Roller-coaster plotting.' (Denver Post)
'Woods delivers his most riveting and glamorous Barrington novel yet.' (Press Journal, Vero Beach, FL)
Amazon.com Review:
Suave, sophisticated Stone Barrington is a hero destined for the big screen. (Since Cary Grant is dead, Stone will have to be played by Bruce Willis, if he can keep his smirk under control.) He's certainly got the trappings: the Armani tuxedo too well-tailored to reveal the gun beneath the drape, the sexy sports cars, the beautiful women who never fail to throw themselves at him, the confident familiarity with a complicated wine list or French menu. And he's got friends in high places, which helps when you're looking for a beautiful woman who made a big impression on the slightly nerdy but nice software billionaire who hires Barrington to find her.
Between bedding the billionaire's chef in Palm Beach, hiding from the homicidal Mafia princess he almost married in Italy, and playing games with a Hollywood beauty whose young son may or may not be his very own child, Stone hardly has time to do the job he's been hired for. But when he does, he discovers that the object of his search is still another ex-lover, a woman he thought had been executed on a Caribbean island three years ago. All these women, and all these adventures, plus Stone's old pal Dino, a New York cop, will be familiar to readers of Woods's other Stone Barrington thrillers. This one has Woods's trademark narrative punch, solid pacing, and glossy, brand-name panache. If Judith Krantz wrote thrillers, this is what she'd turn out. But don't let that stop you. Cold Paradise is the perfect book for a hot day in the hammock or a long plane ride to a ritzy resort destination. The only real surprise is why Stone Barrington hasn't made it to the big (or small) screen yet. --Jane Adams
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The Margin
I've read several of Woods's novels, I like mysteries, but for some reason--not entirely clear to me--his are beginning to sound unrealistic. I know, I know it's fiction.
The story goes like this. Thad Thames, a rich man, meets Liz Harding at a party and is quite taken by her. Problem is he doesn't have her last name, so being rich, he hires Stone to track her down and he does. Stone discovers she is a former client that he'd defended in a murder trial some years earlier. Thad wants to marry her, he's delighted Stone was successful in locating Liz--what a fool. Of course Liz wants to marry Thad. Now someone from Liz's past enters the scene--I won't say who--and joins with her to off Thad and collect his millions. Stone needs help when things turn sour and he enlists the help of an old friend Dino, together they do a pretty good job of unraveling this mystery.
Cold Paradise by Stuart Woods is an okay read. In some places it's actually a page turner making the reader guess the outcome.
Marvin Wiebener, author of The Margin
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I received the book in record time and in very good condition. Will buy from them again.
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Stuart Woods serves up so many "ex-dishes" for Stone Barrington to handle it is difficult to remember "who was who" or why they were important. Somehow, the story, which has a good premise gets lost in all of the previous encounters and Stone becomes a celluloid copy of his former self without the time to build the suspense necessary for a satisfying thriller.
The image of Stone running around Palm Beach in Vance Calder's castoff clothes doesn't fit the suave Stone, whose taste and means gives him acess to the finest of New York's haberdasheries. One kept hoping he'd find a charity outlet for their disposal.
If like me, you enjoy the Barrington character, you'll keep reading to the end. A parody is good for relaxation, but we all await the subsequent installment of Stone's adventures.
Nash Black, author of "Qualifying Laps" and "Taxes, Stumbling Blocks & Pitfalls for Authors 2007."
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Typically enjoyable Stone Barrington saga that draws you in immediately with just the right amount of action and love interest to make you forget whatever irritating problems you may have in your own life - great escapism. I've never read a Stone Barrington book I didn't enjoy.
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I enjoy Stuart Wood's Stone Barrington novels and this was another fun ride. I have to wonder about the on again/off again relationship with Arrington Calder, but then Stone seems to be hung up on that wacko woman. Of course he's such a whore, he'll sleep with anyone and he's even slept with a murderess...you'll enjoy this one and finally catch the criminal from previous books.
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