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 Beautiful British Intelligence Agent First Encountered In the Short Forever-who Has Arrived In New York To Begin An Investigation Of Her Own. Stone Suspects That Her Case Is Strangely Connected To The Dead Husband. And He And Dino, His Former Nypd Partner, Are Set To Face The Most Bizarre And Challenging Assignment Of Their Very Colorful Careers.
publishers Weekly
woods's New Mystery Is As Sleek And Engaging As The Upper-class Lifestyle Of Its Appealing Hero, Ex-cop-cum-lawyer-cum-private Investigator Stone Barrington. Woods (blood Orchid) Rewards Stone (and Readers) By Bringing Back The Beautiful British Intelligence Agent, Code-named Carpenter, Who First Appeared In The Short Forever, The Preceding Book In This Series. But Carpenter Brings Stone More Than Hot Sex And Clever Dinner Conversation-she Inadvertently Draws Him Into Her Life-and-death Struggle With One Of The World's Most Efficient And Intelligent Female Assassins, La Biche. While On Assignment For Lawyer Stone, Attempting To Photograph An Adulterous Husband In Flagrante Delicto, A Clumsy Assistant Gets Into Trouble And Falls Into The Hands Of The Nypd And British Intelligence. Stone's Pal And Ex-partner From His Early Days On The Nypd, Detective Dino Bacchetti, Aids In Extricating The Assistant, But The Incriminating Photographs Soon Involve Both Men In The Hunt For La Biche, Who Is Out To Kill Carpenter And Avenge An Old Wrong. Friend And Foe Alike Feed Outright Lies To Stone And Dino As The Chameleonic Lady Assassin Piles Body Upon Body. Woods Writes In A Dry, Witty Style That Keeps All His Characters On A Likable Keel. The Amusing Repartee Between Stone And Dino Is Memorably Funny. In The End, Stone Supplies A Surprising Dose Of Morality, And The Reader Finds That There Is More To The Story Than Flesh, Flash And Derring-do. Author Tour. (apr.) Fyi: Woods Recently Signed A New Contract With Putnam To Supply Two More In This Series As Well As Several Other Unspecified Books Over The Next Two Years. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Mystery
- International Mystery & Crime
- Mystery
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons
Author : Woods, Stuart
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2003-10-07
Number Of Pages : 400
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0451210158
ISBN-13 : 9780451210159
Item weight : 0.4 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 4.3 in x 6.6 in
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