50 Popular Books and Best Sellers by Stuart Woods

50 Popular Books and Best Sellers by Stuart Woods

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Title: Imperfect Strangers

Sandy Kinsolving is on a flight from London to New York, not knowing what awaits him. His father-in-law, also his boss, has had a massive stroke, and Sandy has no way of knowing if the old man's promises of a partnership in the family business have made it into his will. He does know that if his wife, Joan, has anything to say about it, he'll be out on the street. At this vulnerable moment in his life he strikes up a conversation with the friendly stranger sitting next to him. They have a drink and watch the movie, which turns out to be Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. After the film has ended, and after a few too many drinks, the two men discover that they both have wives who are making their lives difficult, and they decide to see if they can iron some wrinkles out of the film's plot. By the time Sandy Kinsolving's plane has landed in New York, his life has changed irrevocably, although he does not yet know it. Awaiting him are wealth, security, and the freedom to pursue his lifelong ambitions. But lurking in the shadows of his life are a brutal murder he cannot bring himself to prevent and a madman who stalks his every waking moment. <p>On a flight home from London to New York, Sandy Kingsolving strikes up a conversation with a stranger who will change his life forever. Proposing to perfect Hitchcock's plan from Strangers on a Train and thereby solve Sandy's marital problems, the stranger offers him a glistening new future as well as an unstoppable nightmare. National ads/media. </p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061987311
Pages: 400
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Title: The Run (Will Lee Series #5)

<p>A respected senator from Georgia, Will Lee has loftier aspirations. But a cruel stroke of fate thrusts him onto the national stage unexpectedly, and long before he's ready for a national campaign.</p> <p>The road to the White House will be more treacherous—and deadly—than Will can imagine. A courageous and principled man thrust into the spotlight, he suddenly finds himself the target of clandestine enemies who will use all their money and influence to stop him . . . <b>dead</b>.</p> <p>Now Will Lee isn't just running for president, he's running for his life.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061711572
Pages: 432
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Title: Loitering With Intent (Stone Barrington Series #16)

<p>Key West is a great place to unwind, unless you're Stone Barrington, and you're looking for someone who doesn't want to be found.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451228567
Pages: 400
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Title: Son of Stone (Stone Barrington Series #21)

<p><b>A new addition to the <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling Stone Barrington series.</b></p> <p>After an eventful trip to Bel-Air and a reunion with his sophisticated (and very wealthy) former love, Arrington Calder, Stone Barrington is back in New York, and he's looking to stay closer to home and cash in on his partnership at Woodman &amp; Weld.</p> <p>But Arrington has other plans for Stone...including introducing him to the child he fathered many years ago.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451236357
Pages: 400
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Title: Hostile Witness: A Josie Bates Thriller

When sixteen-year-old Hannah Sheraton is arrested for the murder of her step-grandfather, the chief justice of the California Supreme court, her distraught mother turns to her old college roommate, Josie Bates, for help. Josie, once a hot-shot criminal defense attorney, left the fast track behind for a small practice in Hermosa Beach, California. But Hannah Sheraton intrigues her and, when the girl is charged as an adult, Josie cannot turn her back. But the deeper she digs the more Josie realizes that politics, the law and family relationships have created a combustible and dangerous situation. When the horrible truth of the murder is uncovered could save Hannah Sheraton or destroy them both.
Author(s): Forster, Rebecca
ISBN 13: 9780615595917
Pages: 420
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Title: Under the Lake

Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451233462
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Title: Blood Orchid (Holly Barker Series #3)

<p>Chief of Police Holly Barker returns in her third suspenseful adventure-along with her father Ham and Daisy the Doberman. This time, they get introduced to the cutthroat world of Florida real estate...and uncover a scam as dangerous as it is lucrative.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451208811
Pages: 416
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Title: Unnatural Acts (Stone Barrington Series #23)

<p class="null1">In Stuart Woods’s bestselling series, Stone Barrington discovers that some jobs don’t pay…</p> <p>When a hedge fund billionaire hires Stone Barrington to talk some sense into his wayward son, it seems like an easy enough job; no one knows the hidden sins and temptations of the ultra-wealthy better than Stone. But as Stone and his erstwhile protégé, Herbie Fisher, probe deeper into the case—and an old one comes back to haunt him—he realizes that even he may have underestimated just how far some people will go to cover up their crimes—and commit new ones…</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451238771
Pages: 400
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Title: Grass Roots: A Will Lee Novel

From the author of White Cargo comes this riveting contemporary crime thriller centered on a sensational murder trial, a Senate campaign, and a virulent white supremacist group.

Woods introduces Will Lee, the brilliant and loyal chief aide to Washington's most influential senator. When the senator succumbs to a stroke, he asks Lee to run for office, and Lee is faced with scandal, rivals, and a white supremacist organization that would rather see him dead than in office.

Author(s): Woods, Stuart
ISBN 13: 9780451234308
Pages: 576
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Title: Foreign Affairs: A Stone Barrington Novel

Stone Barrington returns in the new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author. When he’s apprised at the last minute of a mandatory meeting abroad, Stone Barrington rushes off to Europe for a whirlwind tour of business and, of course, pleasure. But from the start the trip seems to be cursed, plagued by suspicious “accidents” and unfortunate events, and some of Stone’s plans go up in flames—literally. Not a believer in coincidence, Stone sets out to learn the true source of his curious misfortune and finds that what appeared to be bad luck may, in fact, have been a warning. From the chic streets of Paris to Italy's spectacular Amalfi Coast, Stone is pursued from all sides . . . but when the tables turn, the hunted may become the hunter . . .
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451477224
Pages: 352
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Title: Insatiable Appetites: A Stone Barrington Novel

Stone Barrington returns in this action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. It’s a time of unexpected change for Stone Barrington. A recent venture has achieved a great victory, but is immediately faced with a new challenge: an underhanded foe who’s determined to wreak havoc at any cost. Meanwhile, when Stone finds himself responsible for distributing the estate of a respected friend and mentor, the process unearths secrets that range from merely surprising to outright alarming. And when a lethal beauty from Stone’s past resurfaces, there’s no telling what chaos will follow in her wake… Ever a master of keeping cool under pressure, Stone might have his work cut out for him this time…because when grand ambitions collide with criminal inclinations, the results may be more deadly than he could have anticipated.
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451473097
Pages: 400
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Title: Mounting Fears (Will Lee Series #7)

<p>President Will lee's vice-president just died during surgery, and Lee's new pick may be hiding something from his past. Meanwhile, rogue CIA agent Teddy Fay is plotting revenge on CIA Director Kate Rule Lee, the First Lady. On top of all this, some nuclear weapons are 'loose' in Pakistan, and the prevention of WWIII depends on Lee's efforts to resolve the situation.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451227751
Pages: 384
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Title: L. A. Dead (Stone Barrington Series #6)

<p>Cop-turned-lawyer-and-investigator Stone Barrington ventures out to the west coast-and out on a limb-in this "stylish whodunit" (<b>Detroit News</b>) filled with romance and murder from the bestselling author of <b>The Run and Worst Fears Realized</b>.</p> <p>Stone's trip to Venice-with a fiery Mafia princess-is cut short by a frantic phone call from half a world away. A celebrity murder has Los Angeles in an uproar and has a former flame pining for Stone's help-in more ways than one...</p> <p>With his former NYPD partner, Dino Bacchetti, at his side, Stone plumbs the depths of Hollywood society, and dredges up enough dirt to end the careers of some and send others to prison. The novel climaxes in a court trial that will either condemn or set free an old love, with the hounds of the tabloid press baying at the courthouse doors. </p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451204110
Pages: 464
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Title: Naked Greed

Rescuing a prominent brewery owner from an attack by two rogue policemen, Stone Barrington is catapulted into the turbulent, high-stakes world of beer-making and distribution.
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451477217
Pages: 384
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Title: Fresh Disasters (Stone Barrington Series #13)

<p>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author A chance encounter with a small-time crook sends Stone Barrington straight into the heart of New York's mafia underworld...</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451221650
Pages: 352
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Title: Hot Pursuit: A Stone Barrington Novel

Stone Barrington takes to the skies in a new adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods.
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451473103
Pages: 416
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Title: Dirt (Stone Barrington Series #2)

<p>Feared and loathed for her poison pen and ice queen persona, Amanda Dart has made her share of enemies. Then the tables are turned. An anonymous gossipmonger is faxing Amanda's personal and private peccadilloes to anyone who can read. Desperate to save her reputation, she enlists the help of New York lawyer and private investigator Stone Barrington to learn the identity of the faxer. And everyone in the world of tabloid journalism becomes a suspect.</p> <p>But the faxes don't stop. In fact, they get worse. And Stone winds up with more leads than one man can handle, until Amanda takes matters dangerously into her own hands and turns the world of gossip on its head. As the circle of suspects shrinks, Stone discovers that even the most respected members of the social scene will stop at nothing—even homicide—to clear their sullied names.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061711923
Pages: 416
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Title: Severe Clear (Stone Barrington Series #24)

<p class="null1">Someone wants to crash Stone Barrington’s party in Stuart Woods’s bestselling series.</p> <p>Stone Barrington is in Bel-Air, overseeing the grand opening of the ultra-luxe hotel, The Arrington, built on the grounds of the mansion belonging to his late wife, Arrington Carter.</p> <p>The star-studded gala will be attended by socialites, royalty, and billionaires from overseas…and according to phone conversations intercepted by the NSA, it may also have attracted the attention of international terrorists. To ensure the safety of his guests—and the city of Los Angeles—Stone may have to call in a few favors from his friends at the CIA….</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451414373
Pages: 384
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Title: New York Dead (Stone Barrington Series #1)

<p>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.</p> <p>Suddenly he's 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>"(A) Hollywood slick and fast-moving" (Los Angeles Daily News) mystery from the bestselling author of Palindrome. After witnessing a horrifying incident, NYPD cop Stone Barrington finds himself hopelessly entwined in the increasingly shocking life--and death--of the country's hottest and most beautiful TV anchorwoman. </p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061711862
Pages: 400
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Title: Shoot Him if He Runs (Stone Barrington Series #14)

<p><b>Stone Barrington embarks on an exotic adventure...</b></p> <p>Stone Barrington and Holly Barker pursue a master spy and murderer in a tropical paradise that's getting hotter by the minute…</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451223609
Pages: 400
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Title: Dirty Work (Stone Barrington Series #9)

<p>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 <b>The Short Forever</b>-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.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451210159
Pages: 400
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Title: Two-Dollar Bill (Stone Barrington Series #11)

<p><b>Two-Dollar Bill</b> delivers all the storytelling twists and whip-smart banter readers have come to love in Stuart Woods's thrillers, as suave Manhattan cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington is back on his home turf caught between a filthy rich conman-who's just become his client-and a beautiful prosecutor.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451213198
Pages: 368
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Title: Reckless Abandon (Stone Barrington Series #10)

<p>Cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington tracks a mobster hiding deep within the witness protection program in this new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series-with a little help from beautiful Florida police chief Holly Barker.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451213174
Pages: 368
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Title: Iron Orchid (Holly Barker Series #4)

<p>When his plane exploded off the coast of Maine, authorities thought they had seen the last of Teddy Fay—the ex-CIA tech wizard who kills his political targets for sport. But now they’ve found irrefutable evidence that he is alive and up to his old tricks. Now working for the CIA, ex-chief-of-police Holly Barker joins the elite task force tracking Fay in New York City. As he begins to pick off America’s enemies one by one, Holly unexpectedly finds herself face-to-face with the killer, kick-starting a high-speed chase through the canyons of midtown Manhattan, the Metropolitan Opera house, Central Park, and the United Nations Plaza, all to prevent another assassination before Fay disappears again—maybe this time for good.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451215765
Pages: 400
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Title: Dark Harbor (Stone Barrington Series #12)

<p>Stuart Woods's newest bestseller, <b>Dark Harbor</b>, brings us the perfect mix of sexy intrigue and swift suspense that have earned him legions of fans over the years. In this latest thriller, Stone enters the picturesque town Dark Harbor off the coast of Maine, where the shocking deaths of three people have cast a long shadow over this island haven-a locale as mysterious as it is exclusive.</p> <p>Stone Barrington hasn't heard from his cousin, Dick Stone, in years-though he has fond memories of a teenage summer spent at his house in Maine. Then, Lance Cabot of the CIA interrupts an otherwise pleasant meal at Elaine's with news of Dick's death-apparently by his own hands. It seems that Dick Stone, a quiet family man who doubled as a CIA agent, methodically executed his wife, daughter, and then himself-or did he? What would cause a loving father and husband to murder his family as they slept? Before his death, Dick had appointed Stone executor of his will, giving him full control of the disposition of a sizable family estate. Was Dick preparing for his suicide, or forewarning Stone of his murder?</p> <p>With the help of his ex-partner, Dino, and his friend Holly Barker, Stone must settle the estate and piece together the elusive facts of his cousin's life and death as a CIA operative. At every step Stone knows he is being watched by Dick's family-and one of them just may be a killer.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451218704
Pages: 400
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Title: Hot Mahogany (Stone Barrington Series #15)

<p><b>A rock-solid new stone barrington novel</b></p> <p>Stone Barrington is hired to protect a former intelligence agent with a penchant for antique furniture-and a bad case of amnesia. And what he's forgotten, some will kill for...</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451226716
Pages: 400
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Title: Orchid Blues (Holly Barker Series #2)

<p>Now the bestselling author brings back his small-town chief of police—and her extraordinary Doberman, Daisy—for another exhilarating adventure. . . .</p> <p>When Holly’s wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the inexplicable killing of an innocent bystander, Holly discovers evidence that leads her into the midst of a clan whose members are as mysterious as they are zealous. Holly’s father, Ham, a retired army master sergeant, is her ticket into their strange world. What he finds there boggles the mind and sucks them all—Holly, Ham, and Daisy—into a whirlpool of crazed criminality from which even the FBI can’t save them.…</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451206718
Pages: 416
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Title: Chiefs (Will Lee Series #1)

<p>Stuart Woods' Edgar(r) Award-winning novel spans fifty years of racial tension, politics, and murder in the small Southern town of Delano, Georgia, where a depraved killer claims his innocent victims even as three very different generations of policemen seek to stop him. For the people of Delano, Georgia, 1920 was a landmark year. That winter they elected their first police chief, built the first jail. . .and discovered the first body — the naked, brutalized corpse o a young boy. So began a forty-year manhunt that would embroil three generations of small-town police chiefs in the dark, twisted secrets of their sleepy, God-fearing community — and expose a seamy underbelly of hatred, corruption, and perversion too terrible to imagine. . .and too virulent to ignore.</p> <p>Beginning in 1920, <i>Chiefs</i> spans 40 years, chronicling the experiences of three Georgia police chiefs who watch the world, their town and their jobs, change. At the heart of this incredible read is a 40-year-old mystery each chief must try to crack. Reissue. </p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451215802
Pages: 592
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Title: Santa Fe Rules (Ed Eagle Series #1)

<p>Successful movie producer Wolf Willett is stunned when he sees his own death reported in a major newspaper. It says he was a victim in a triple homicide during a sordid tryst with his wife and a friend. But who is the unidentified corpse? Why can't Wolf remember anything about the night in question? And who wants him dead?</p> <p>Wolf had the means and motive—and his inexplicable memory loss seems far too suspicious to suit Sante Fe's crusading D.A., who promptly has Wolf arrested. And when another murder complicates the scenario, he turns to hot-shot criminal attorney Ed Eagle to help clear his name—and stop a killer who's determined to finish the job.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061711633
Pages: 400
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Title: Cut and Thrust

Stone Barrington enters the cutthroat fray of politics in the exceptional new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods.
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451473066
Pages: 400
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Title: The Short Forever (Stone Barrington Series #8)

<p>The unflappable Stone Barrington comes face to face with two men whose lives are wrapped in shadows and lies—and who both still feel the sting of betrayal they can never forget.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="null1">Between a Rock and a Hard Place</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Hired by an odd client previously unknown to him, Stone arrives in London, on a mission he thinks he understands, but doesn’t. Soon he finds himself not only out of his territory, but out of his depth as well. Baffled as he is by the behavior of both his quarry and his client, Stone’s life is further complicated by two, possibly three, murders and the affectionate attentions of two former lovers. When the intelligence services of three countries become involved, he can only hang on for a wild ride and hope for a not-too-bumpy landing.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451208088
Pages: 432
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Title: Kisser (Stone Barrington Series #17)

<p>"Stone Barrington is back in New York, and looking forward to some downtime working cases for Woodman &amp; Weld that the prestigious law firm does not wish to be seen to be associated with. But when he crosses paths with a fetching Broadway actress - and sometime lip model - Stone gets a little more deeply involved with business than he'd expected." Then the fleecing of a wealthy art dealer's daughter leads him into the worlds of financial fraud, Big Art, and Manhattan's Upper East Side, where opulent co-op apartments are hung with multimillion-dollar paintings, and where family scandals never remain hidden for long. No stranger to high society or the foibles of the rich, Stone soon realizes he must uncover the truth in a world where wealth and beauty may come at an unusually high price.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451229632
Pages: 400
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Title: D. C. Dead (Stone Barrington Series #22)

<p class="null1">A new city brings new life to Stone Barrington as Stuart Woods’s bestselling series continues…</p> <p>After a shocking loss, Stone Barrington is at loose ends, unsure if he wants to stay in New York and continue his work as a partner at Woodman and Weld. It comes as a welcome relief when he’s summoned to Washington, D.C., by President Will Lee. The President has a special operation that calls for Stone’s unique skill set, and it’s a mission that will reunite him with his former partner in bed and in crime, Holly Barker.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451237859
Pages: 400
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Title: Worst Fears Realized (Stone Barrington Series #5)

<p>Not a man to dwell on the past, Stone Barrington has no choice but to rattle old skeletons when the people closest to him start dying, and he has little to go on but the suspicion that the killer might be someone he once knew. The trip down memory lane isn't all bad though, for it reunites Stone with his ex-partner, Dino Bacchetti, now head of detectives in the nineteenth precinct.</p> <p>Trying to find a brilliant killer in a sea of old faces is difficult enough without Stone's former love, Arrington, now Mrs. Vance Calder, resurfacing too—especially when she sets off her own fireworks coming nose to nose with his latest flame, a Mafia princess as beautiful as she is dangerous.</p> <p>Caught on a thrill ride of a case that tests him as none has ever done before, Stone races to find a twisted madman with a taste for blood vengeance, with only a prayer to find him before Stone's worst fears are realized.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061711909
Pages: 432
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Title: Choke

<p>Murder is not a spectator sport.</p> <p>Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion—first as a pro tennis player at Wimbledon, then as a womanizing coach at posh tennis clubs around the country. Now at Key West's Old Racquet Club, Chuck gets involved with the wrong married woman—the enticing Clare Carras, married to an enigmatic older man—and soon he is in way over his head.</p> <p>Enter Tommy Sculley, a retired New York homicide detective who has just joined the Key West force, and his young green partner, Daryl Haynes, who turns out to be smarter than he looks. Up to their necks in an investigation of a bizarre apparent homicide, the two detectives barely keep afloat in murky waters. Events take them from the Florida Keys to Los Angeles and back, as a plot emerges that involves not only the dangerous Clare, but a furious West Coast mob boss determined to get back what is his at any cost.</p> <p>Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion--first as a pro tennis player at Wimbledon, then as a womanizing coach at posh tennis clubs around the country. Now at Key West's Old Island Racquet Club, Chuck gets involved with the wrong married woman--the enticing Clare Carras, married to an enigmatic older man--and soon he is in way over his head. Simultaneous release with Wood's latest hardcover, Dirt. </p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061987335
Pages: 432
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Title: Short Straw (Ed Eagle Series #2)

<p>OUR FAVORITE LEGAL EAGLE RETURNS.</p> <p><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLING AUTHOR STUART WOODS CONTINUES WHAT HE STARTED IN <i>SANTA FE RULES</i>:</p> <p>Stuart Woods delivers a compulsively readable novel of crosses and double-crosses, featuring a shrewd criminal lawyer and his shamelessly sexy wife-a true black widow.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451220844
Pages: 400
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Title: Doing Hard Time (A Stone Barrington Novel)

Nothing comes easy for Stone Barrington in this riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods. When Stone Barrington embarks on a trip to Bel-Air to check in on some business and personal concerns, he expects a relaxing break from the fast pace and mean streets of New York. But trouble never takes a vacation, and it has a way of finding Stone. A case that had seemingly been resolved has returned in full force—with lethal results. And this deadly situation makes for strange bedfellows when Stone finds himself teamed with the least likely ally…a gentleman of unique abilities, who can fly below the radar and above the law. From the high-stakes poker tables of Las Vegas to California’s lush beachside resorts, the trail of disguise, subterfuge, and murder leads to a shocking conclusion.
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451466860
Pages: 392
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Title: Paris Match: A Stone Barrington Novel

Stone Barrington is back and better than ever in the astonishing new thriller from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods. When some business arrangements demand his personal attention, Stone Barrington jaunts off to Europe and immediately finds himself embroiled in trouble on both sides of the pond. In Paris, an old enemy is still in hot pursuit, and this time he may have a valuable local resource on his side: a powerful man with his own ax to grind against Stone. And back in the States, the churning rumor mill threatens to derail a project of vital importance not just to Stone, but to the entire nation. Though Stone is no stranger to peril, never before has he faced threats from so many directions at once. From the bright lights of Paris to the staid paneled boardrooms of Capitol Hill, at risk is not just Stone’s reputation, but his very life…
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451473073
Pages: 400
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Title: Lucid Intervals (Stone Barrington Series #18)

<p>It seems like just another quiet night at Elaine's. Stone Barrington and his former cop partner, Dino, are enjoying some pasta when in walks former client-and all around sad sack-Herbie Fisher...with a briefcase containing $14 million in cash.</p> <p>Herbie claims to have won the money on a lucky lotto ticket, but he also says he needs a lawyer-and after a single gunshot breaks the window above his head and send diners scrambling, Stone and Dino suspect Herbie might need a bodyguard and a private investigator, too.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451229649
Pages: 384
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Title: White Cargo

Modern PiratesThey should have killed Catledge.<br> But they were too cruel. They let him live while they raped<br> his wife and daughter.Let him live while they sent his yacht and his family<br> to the bottom of the Caribbean.Let him live knowing he could never find the killers in the<br> drug boomtowns and pirate ports of Columbia.Then, late one night back in the States, the phone rang.<br> And one word gave Catledge something to live for.One word crackling through the night before the<br> connection was lost.One word that launched a one-man war against<br> a ruthless outlaw. <p>Nothing is more precious than White Cargo. In drug-soaked Columbia, a father searches for his daughter among men who would lay down their lives for the pleasures of white women and white powder. The bestselling author of Deep Lie delves deep into the jungle for a top-notch tale of drugs, danger, and rescue. </p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451236555
Pages: 400
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Title: Dead in the Water (Stone Barrington Series #3)

<p>Stone Barrington only wants a winter getaway from the chill of New York in the beautiful, tropical Caribbean paradise of St. Mark's. But what the lawyer and ex-cop gets instead is the chance to defend Allison Manning. The beautiful young woman stands accused of killing her rich husband on board their luxurious yacht and then burying him at sea.</p> <p>Stone isn't exactly conversant with the island country's law, but this much is clear to him: Allison is being railroaded by the perverse sense of justice of a prosecutor who will do anything to stay in office. Donning the robe and wig of a British barrister, Stone does everything he can to save Allison—from publicizing the case all over the American press to conducting the kind of smart, tough investigation that money can't buy. Just when he has the jury in the palm of his hands, a shocking reversal of fortune changes everything. And what was once a sure thing begins to look a lot like a death sentence.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061711916
Pages: 464
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Title: Swimming to Catalina (Stone Barrington Series #4)

<p>Stone Barrington thought he'd heard the last of former girlfriend Arrington after she left him to marry Vance Calder, Hollywood's hottest star. The last thing Stone expected was a desperate call from Calder. Arrington has vanished, and her new fiancé wants Stone to come to LA and find her.</p> <p>In a town where the sharks drive Bentleys and no one can be trusted, Stone soon discovers he's drowning in a sea of empty clues that takes him from Bel Air to Malibu to Rodeo Drive. Running out of time and leads, he needs to keep his head above water and find Arrington fast, or end up swimming with the fishes himself.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061711930
Pages: 448
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Title: Beverly Hills Dead (Rick Barron Series #2)

<p><b>1940s Hollywood comes alive in this sequel to <i>The Prince of Beverly Hills</i></b>.</p> <p>Rick Barron—former Beverly Hills cop, now head of production of Centurion pictures—returns in a page turning novel of murder, political intrigue, and betrayal. Set in 1940s Hollywood, it is the era of the “Red Scare”—when almost anyone could be suspect.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451224781
Pages: 400
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Title: Heat

<p>Ex-DEA agent Jesse Warden has seen enough of the inside of a solitary confinement cell to last him a lifetime. Or two lifetimes, which is the sentence he's serving after being convicted of a crime he was planning to commit, but never did. So when an old buddy shows up with a deal that could spring him from his hell behind bars, he's ready to listen.</p> <p>To gain his freedom, Jesse must infiltrate a dangerous and reclusive religious cult that has been stockpiling weapons and eliminating those sent to investigate. From the moment he arrives in the Idaho mountain town where the cult is centered, Jesse finds every aspect of life dictated by the group's eerie, imposing leader. Pitted against not only the cult but the feds who sent him, Jesse feels control of his own life slipping away, and must make a final, desperate attempt to regain it—or die trying.</p> <p>From the author of Dead Eyes. Ex-DEA agent Jesse Warden has seen enough of the inside of a solitary confinement cell to last him a lifetime, after being convicted of a crime he didn't commit. To gain his freedom, he must infiltrate a dangerous and reclusive religious cult that has been stockpiling weapons and killing those sent to investigate. </p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780062017505
Pages: 448
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Title: The Prince of Beverly Hills (Rick Barron Series #1)

<p>Rick Barron, a sharp, capable detective on the Beverly Hills force, finds himself demoted after a run-in with a superior officer, but he soon lands a job other cops only dream about: the security detail for Centurion Pictures, one of the hottest studios in the midst of Hollywood's golden age of the late 1930s. As the protector of the studio's interests, Barron looks after the elite of filmdom's stars - among them Clete Barrow, a British leading man with a penchant for parties, and Glenna Gleason, a peach of a talent on the verge of stardom." Rick's easy charm has society columnists dubbing him "the Prince of Beverly Hills," the white knight of movie stars, until he stumbles across a murder cover-up and a blackmail scam that threaten the studio's business and may have origins with some unsavory characters. When two suspicious deaths begin to look like a double murder, and an attempt is made on someone who has become an intimate friend, Barron knows he is up against wise guys whose stakes are nothing less than do-or-die. A dicey war of nerves is on.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451214621
Pages: 416
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Title: Carnal Curiosity

Investigating a series of clever crimes targeting Manhattan's elite, Stone and Dino are drawn into the world of high-end security and fraud only to discover that the mastermind behind the incidents may have intimate ties to Stone.
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451466884
Pages: 400
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Title: Bel-Air Dead

<p>Stone is no stranger to Bel-Air-and to the beautiful and wealthy widow who needs his help to become even wealthier. At stake is the sale of her investment in-and the resulting dissolution of-Hollywood's world-famous Centurion Studios. But when Stone arrives in Bel-Air to finalize the sale, he discovers that one of L.A.'s most rapacious power brokers has Centurion in his sights...</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451235343
Pages: 400
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Title: Collateral Damage

Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451414380
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Title: Deep Lie (Will Lee Series #3)

<p class="null1">Thought you knew Stuart Woods?</p> <p class="null1">Think again.</p> <p>Undersea espionage meets heart- stopping suspense in this "amazingly original thriller"(<i>Richard Condon , bestseling author of</i> The Manchurian Candidate) from <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Stuart Woods. CIA analyst Kate Rule goes head-to-head with a brilliant KGB operative who's the architect of a secret plot to invade Sweden. The thrilling story leads Rule through one death trap after another, and builds to a climactic scene in which a Russian nuclear submarine threatens the Swedish government.</p> <p>Stuart Woods, the Edgar Award-winning author of Chiefs, "combines the hottest elements in thrillers these days--Soviet submarines, spies and sex--to create one of the most readable espionage novels since The Hunt for Red October" (Atlanta Journal/Constitution). </p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451227744
Pages: 464
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Title: Hothouse Orchid

Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451229519
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Title: Unintended Consequences

Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451414397
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Title: L.A. Times

After turning a film student's directorial debut into a hit movie, New York mobster and movie fanatic Vinnie Callabrese takes off for the bright lights of Hollywood, where he begins a new life as Michael Vincent, Producer. A natural born wheeler-dealer, he lands not only a major studio deal but also a gorgeous actress girlfriend.

It isn't long before Michael Vincent is one of the most successful producers in town, given his knack for bringing in films under budget—not too difficult when you're willing to lie, seduce, intimidate, and even kill to get what you want. But some of the people from his past have long memories and a far reach, and now it's Michael's turn to watch his back. Because even in the land of make-believe, certain enemies—and their bullets—are very real.

Author(s): Woods, Stuart
ISBN 13: 9780062017543
Pages: 432
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Title: Strategic Moves: A Stone Barrington Novel

<p><b>The new page-turning Stone Barrington novel from the perennially entertaining <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author.</b></p> <p>Stone Barrington is enjoying his usual dinner at Elaine's when his boss at Woodman &amp; Weld, the law firm where Stone is "of counsel," walks in, sits down, and hands Stone a check for one million dollars. It seems Stone's undercover dealings with MI6 have brought in a big new client for the firm, and they're willing to pay Stone a huge bonus and make him a partner.</p> <p>But almost as soon as he's taken the deal, Stone gets wind of an impending scandal that might torpedo his big promotion: It may be that the lucrative new client whom he's introduced to the firm might be a Bernie Madoff in disguise...</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451234452
Pages: 384
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Title: Cold Paradise (Stone Barrington Series #7)

<p>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...</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451205629
Pages: 432
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Title: Run Before the Wind (Will Lee Series #2)

<p>Will Lee ran from a life of Southern wealth and privilege to spend a peaceful summer on the coast of Ireland. But there is no peace in this beautiful, troubled land...<br> &nbsp;<br> Restless and dissatisfied, Will dreams of shipbuilding and sailing on crystal-blue waters. Then an explosion of senseless violence drags the young American drifter into a lethal game of terror and revenge. Now Will Lee must run for his life from a bloody past that is not his own.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451215949
Pages: 496
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Title: Palindrome

<blockquote> <p>Palindrome</p> <p>When both your past and future spell fear.</p> </blockquote> <p>Award-winning author Stuart Woods has crafted a masterful novel no reader will soon forget. For years, Liz Barwick has been battered by her brutal husband, a famous pro football player. This time it takes an emergency room to keep her from death. Now the beautiful and talented photographer retreats to an island paradise off Georgia’s coast to find solitude—and herself.</p> <p>As she becomes increasingly involved with the strange and handsome twin scions of the powerful Drummond family, she feels her traumatic memories begin to fade. But when a killer launches a series of gruesome murders, Liz discovers that there is no place to hide—not even in her lover's arms.</p> <p>Liz Barwick has been battered for years by her famous pro football player husband. Finally, Liz flees to an island paradise off Georgia's coast and meets identical twins Hamish and Keir Drummond. Just as Liz's traumatic memories begin to fade, a series of gruesome murders occur and Liz discovers that there is no safety anywhere. </p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061987328
Pages: 432
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Title: Orchid Beach (Holly Barker Series #1)

<blockquote> <p><b>New York Times</b> bestselling author Stuart Woods delivers a riveting thriller that introduces an exciting addition to the pantheon of fictional sleuths.</p> </blockquote> <p>Forced into early retirement at thirty-seven, smart, attractive, and fiercely independent Major Holly Barker trades in her bars as a military cop for the badge of deputy chief of police in Orchid Beach, Florida. But below the sunny surface of this sleepy, well-to-do island town lies an evil that escalates into the cold-blooded murder of one of Holly's new colleagues.</p> <p>An outsider, Holly has little to go on for answers and no one to help her—except Daisy, a Doberman of exceptional intelligence and loyalty that becomes her companion and protector. The closer Holly gets to the truth, the more she knows that it'll take one smart dog with guts to sniff out this killer—before he can catch her first.</p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780061987304
Pages: 448
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Title: Standup Guy

Stone Barrington's newest client does not seem the type to bring mayhem in his wake.
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451466877
Pages: 390
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Title: Scandalous Behavior

Stone Barrington is back, in fine form, in the newest thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451477231
Pages: 352
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Title: Santa Fe Edge (Ed Eagle Series #4)

Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780451232939
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Title: Dead Eyes

<p>First there were roses and the notes in her mailbox signed simply, "Admirer." Then, the accident. One minute Chris Callaway was one of Hollywood's brightest rising stars, starting a new picture that could send her career skyrocketing; the next, she was falling from the unfinished deck of her beautiful new Malibu beach house . . . waking up blind, uncertain whether she would ever see again.</p> <p>An optimist and a fighter, Chris is determined not to let anyone know she can barely see. But neither Danny Devere, her hairdresser and confidant, nor Jon Larsen, the handsome young detective from LAPD's special stalker squad, can stop the notes that escalate into a chilling obsession. And only a clever trap can stop the madman from stalking her—with beautiful Chris Callaway as the deadly bait.</p> <p>Woods pulls out all the stops in his most accomplished thriller to date. Beautiful actress Chris Callaway is poised on the brink of stardom when an accident turns her world upside down--and dark. Struck blind from a fall, her terror escalates to a frenzy when an obsessed admirer becomes a vicious stalker. </p>
Author(s): Stuart Woods
ISBN 13: 9780062017444
Pages: 384
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