Class act

Format:

Book (large print)

Title:

Class act

Author:

Woods, Stuart author

ISBN:

9780593417874

Edition:

First large print edition.

Publication:

[New York, New York] : Random House Large Print, [2021]

Physical Description:

335 pages (large print) ; 24 cm

Series title(s):

Stone Barrington novel ;

Number in series:

58.

General Note:

Series numeration from www.goodreads.com.

Summary:

Returning to New York from Maine, Stone Barrington helps out a former client who mistakenly thought an old feud would remain in the past.

Personal Subject:

Barrington, Stone (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Barrington, Stone (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst00827774

Subject(s):

Vendetta -- Fiction.

Secrecy -- Fiction.

Private investigators -- Fiction.

Large type books.

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

New York (State) -- New York.

Genre:

Large type books.

Action and adventure fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Holds:

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Stone Barrington takes down old and new enemies in the latest thriller from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods.

After a rocky jaunt in Maine, Stone Barrington is settling back in New York City when an old client reaches out for help with a delicate matter. A feud they thought was put to rest long ago has reemerged with a vengeance, and reputations--and money--are now on the line.

As Stone sets out to unravel a tangled web of crime and secrets, his mission becomes even more complicated when he makes an irresistible new acquaintance. In both the underbelly and upper echelons of New York, everyone has something to hide--and if Stone has learned anything, it's that history has a way of repeating itself...

Author Notes

Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia on January 9, 1938. He received a B. A. in sociology from the University of Georgia in 1959. He worked in the advertising business and eventually wrote two non-fiction books entitled Blue Water, Green Skipper and A Romantic's Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland. His first novel, Chiefs, was published in 1981. It won an Edgar Award and was made into a TV miniseries starring Charlton Heston. His other works include the Stone Barrington series, the Holly Barker series, the Will Lee series, the Ed Eagle series, the Rick Barron series and the Teddy Fay series. He won France's Prix de Literature Policiere for Imperfect Strangers. His autobiography, An Extravagant Life, was published in June 2022. Stuart Woods died on July 22, 2022, at his home in Lichfield, Connecticut. He was 84.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Bestseller Woods's disquieting 58th novel featuring New York attorney Stone Barrington (after Double Jeopardy) finds Stone representing an ex-con just released from Sing Sing with a lot of enemies who are criminals, including Manny Fiore, "the mob's big-time bookie" in Florida. Stone remains on the sidelines until he crosses paths with nightclub singer Hilda Ross, a hit man's daughter and a mob assassin herself, as becomes clear when she follows orders to gun down Manny after a brief fling with him. Sal Trafficante, Hilda's mob boyfriend, becomes jealous of Stone when Sal realizes Stone is attracted to Hilda. Fearing for his life, Stone takes temporary refuge at his house in England to avoid Sal's wrath. Back in New York, Stone's police commissioner pal, Dino Bacchetti, warns him Hilda is a killer, but the smitten Stone can't resist pursuing her. A lot of people die in the twist-filled ending. The breezy banter between Stone and friends and the scenes of perfect, guilt-free sex sit uncomfortably in a plot that contains some disturbing violence. This is not the place to start for readers new to the series. Agent: Anne Sibbald, Janklow & Nesbit Assoc.

Kirkus Review

Has Stone Barrington finally bedded a woman too lethal? Readers eager to find out will have to make it past the opening movement, in which the New York attorney most welcomed at high-end establishments is unaccountably eclipsed by Mickey O'Brien, a retired NYPD detective whose gambling problem has gotten him into serious trouble with both his creditors and his mother, restaurant heiress Louise O'Brien O'Brien, who swears this is the very last time she'll bail him out. She showers him with money she was going to leave him in her will, and Mickey, breaking every rule in the suspense writer's playbook, pays everybody off. Fans who've noticed Woods' recent habit of pairing with other writers might suspect that these opening chapters had been ghostwritten if Mickey didn't instantly indulge in Stone's favorite habits: binge-buying upscale lifestyle commodities and seducing the women making them (and themselves) available. Tired, happy, and sexually sated, Mickey abruptly recedes, clearing the way for Stone to step back into the escalating tussle over who has the strongest claim to the $1 million the late criminal mastermind Eduardo Buono gave Jack Coulter, back when he was Johnny Fratelli, to watch Buono's back in Sing Sing. At length Stone's path crosses that of nightclub singer Hilda Ross, who moonlights as a contract killer. Other limbs cross, and consigliere Sal Trafficante, who works with Don Antonio Datilla and plays with Hilda, takes baleful note. Will Sal kill Stone? Will Stone kill Sal? Will Hilda kill one or both of them? The only way to resolve these burning questions, it seems, is to bring in Mickey O'Brien one last time. No more shapeless than usual but definitely weirder. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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