"Stone Barrington is looking forward to some quiet time in New York City, until he is asked to transport precious, top-secret cargo across the Atlantic. Taking on the challenge, Stone flies off unaware of what-or who-he is bringing with him. But his plans to lie low are quickly spoiled when a dangerous dispatcher tracks down Stone and his tantalizing mystery guest, intent on payback-and silencing anyone who poses a threat. From the English countryside...

"Stone Barrington returns in the extraordinary new thriller from perennial bestsellling author, Stuart Woods"-- "Stone Barrington returns in the new 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...

"Stone Barrington is back in the newest breakneck thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington and the gang are back in the line of fire, but with his usual unflappable aplomb, Stone always comes out on top"--Provided by the publisher.

After a productive trip to Bel-Air, Stone Barrington is back in Manhattan, but an unexpected visit from his friend and periodic lover Holly Barker draws Stone into a dangerous game of murder and vengeance.

Looks can be deceiving. When Stone Barrington's latest client walks away after Stone's legal advice, Stone discovers a host of higher-ups and lowlife scum who take a special interest in what Stone's client is up to. The deeper Stone digs, the more it looks like this seemingly upstanding client is linked to an old crime with sharp teeth.

"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...

"Stone Barrington isn't one to turn from the face of danger, so when he witnesses a tricky situation underway, he jumps in to lend a hand. He never expected that this favor would lead to a mutually beneficial business deal with a prominent gentleman who requires the ever-discreet services of Woodman & Weld. But in the ruthless corporate world no good deed goes unpunished, and Stone finds himself the target of a ragtag group of criminal toughs who...

After a shocking loss, Stone Barrington is at loose ends, unsure if he wants to continue his work as a partner at Woodman & Weld; it's a relief when he is summoned to Washington, D.C. by the president to participate in a special mission with his former partner in crime and in bed, Holly Barker.

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.

Trying to find a brilliant killer in a sea of old faces is

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