Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Shoot Him If He Runs by Stuart Woods

Shoot Him If He Runs (Stone Barrington) - Lance Cabot sends Stone, Holly Barker, Dino and Dino's girlfriend to St. Marks on behalf of the US President, Will Lee, to see if Teddy Fay is hiding out there with a retired CIA employee Irene Foster.  While there, the autocratic prime minister is assassinated.

Shoot Him If He Runs by Stuart Woods

Shoot Him If He Runs (Stone Barrington) - Lance Cabot sends Stone, Holly Barker, Dino and Dino's girlfriend to St. Marks on behalf of the US President, Will Lee, to see if Teddy Fay is hiding out there with a retired CIA employee Irene Foster.  While there, the autocratic prime minister is assassinated.

Fresh Disasters by Stuart Woods

Fresh Disasters (Stone Barrington) - Bill Eggers once again manipulates Stone into representing a client that Stone had refused to represent.  This time the client is Herbert Fisher, who keeps popping up in Stone's life at invariably gets Stone into trouble.  This time Fisher wants Stone to sue a mob boss who had him beat up for non payment of a loan.

Fresh Disasters by Stuart Woods

Fresh Disasters (Stone Barrington) - Bill Eggers once again manipulates Stone into representing a client that Stone had refused to represent.  This time the client is Herbert Fisher, who keeps popping up in Stone's life at invariably gets Stone into trouble.  This time Fisher wants Stone to sue a mob boss who had him beat up for non payment of a loan.

Dark Harbor by Stuart Woods

Dark Harbor (Stone Barrington) - A FedEx package arrives for Stone from his cousin Dick Stone. Stone is instructed to open the package only upon Dick's death and that Dick would explain later to Stone what was going on. Stone and Dick haven't talked or seen each other for 8 years.  Before that, their only contact was a summer that Stone had spent in Dark Harbor Maine.  Stone and Dick were terrorized by Dick's older brother Caleb.  That afternoon Lance Cabor informs Stone that, Dick and his family has been murdered in Dark Harbor and wants Stone to investigate with the help of Holly Barker. The FedEx package turned out to be Dick's will.

Dark Harbor by Stuart Woods

Dark Harbor (Stone Barrington) - A FedEx package arrives for Stone from his cousin Dick Stone. Stone is instructed to open the package only upon Dick's death and that Dick would explain later to Stone what was going on. Stone and Dick haven't talked or seen each other for 8 years.  Before that, their only contact was a summer that Stone had spent in Dark Harbor Maine.  Stone and Dick were terrorized by Dick's older brother Caleb.  That afternoon Lance Cabor informs Stone that, Dick and his family has been murdered in Dark Harbor and wants Stone to investigate with the help of Holly Barker. The FedEx package turned out to be Dick's will.

Capital Crimes by Stuart Woods

Capital Crimes (Will Lee Novel) Will Lee is now President of the US.  He has to enlist various agencies, including the CIA of which his wife, Kate Rule, is director, to find and capture an assassin who is killing extreme right wring politicians and pundits.

Two Dollar Bill by Stuart Woods

Two Dollar Bill (Stone Barrington) - Bill Eggers of Woodman & Weld, where Stone is of counsel, ropes Stone into not only representing a Texan, Billy Bob Barnstormer ,who hands out two dollar bills for tips, but putting Billy Bob up at his house.  While Billy Bob is is staying at his house his paramour for the night is murdered.  The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tiffany Baldwin, has Stone brought in for questioning about one of his clients, of who Stone believes he has never heard.

Two Dollar Bill by Stuart Woods

Two Dollar Bill (Stone Barrington) - Bill Eggers of Woodman & Weld, where Stone is of counsel, ropes Stone into not only representing a Texan, Billy Bob Barnstormer ,who hands out two dollar bills for tips, but putting Billy Bob up at his house.  While Billy Bob is is staying at his house his paramour for the night is murdered.  The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Tiffany Baldwin, has Stone brought in for questioning about one of his clients, of who Stone believes he has never heard.

Capital Crimes by Stuart Woods

Capital Crimes (Will Lee Novel) Will Lee is now President of the US.  He has to enlist various agencies, including the CIA of which his wife, Kate Rule, is director, to find and capture an assassin who is killing extreme right wring politicians and pundits.

Reckless Abandon by Stuart Woods

Reckless Abandon (Stone Barrington) - Holly Barker, police chief of Orchid Beach, FL, has come to New York to hunt down Trini Rodriguez who Holly thought she had killed defending an FBI agent.  It turns out, Trini is an FBI informant and now under the Witness Protection Plan.  But Holly wants to try him in Florida for multiple murders including a mass murder at a funeral.  She enlists Stone to help track him down and drags him (some say by his private parts)  across the country looking for Trini.  Lance Cabot has manipulated Stone into representing Herbert Fisher, who has kicked a policeman in the crotch.  The ADA is the the policeman's sister.

Reckless Abandon by Stuart Woods

Reckless Abandon (Stone Barrington) - Holly Barker, police chief of Orchid Beach, FL, has come to New York to hunt down Trini Rodriguez who Holly thought she had killed defending an FBI agent.  It turns out, Trini is an FBI informant and now under the Witness Protection Plan.  But Holly wants to try him in Florida for multiple murders including a mass murder at a funeral.  She enlists Stone to help track him down and drags him (some say by his private parts)  across the country looking for Trini.  Lance Cabot has manipulated Stone into representing Herbert Fisher, who has kicked a policeman in the crotch.  The ADA is the the policeman's sister.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz

Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel - Odd Thomas and Annamaria, who he met in Magic Beach, have been invited to stay at Roseland. Although they are invited guests, no one at the estate really knows why they are there and resent their presence.  At night they are told to stay inside and lock the doors because of the mountain lions.  But the sounds that Odd hears at night are not those of mountain lions.  As he is walking the estate he meets a lady on a horse who indicates to him that he needs to help someone on the estate who is in danger.  He also experiences odd events such as seeing two opposing shadows of the stable and being chased by weird creatures in the middle of the day.

Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz

Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel - Odd Thomas and Annamaria, who he met in Magic Beach, have been invited to stay at Roseland. Although they are invited guests, no one at the estate really knows why they are there and resent their presence.  At night they are told to stay inside and lock the doors because of the mountain lions.  But the sounds that Odd hears at night are not those of mountain lions.  As he is walking the estate he meets a lady on a horse who indicates to him that he needs to help someone on the estate who is in danger.  He also experiences odd events such as seeing two opposing shadows of the stable and being chased by weird creatures in the middle of the day.

Back Fire by Catherine Coulter

Backfire (An FBI Thriller) - Judge Ramsey Hunt has postponed a hearing at the trial for Clive and Cindy Cahill.  That night he is shot and the next day the prosecuter is missing.  Savich receives a note that says "FOR WHAT YOU DID YOU DESERVE THIS".

Back Fire by Catherine Coulter

Backfire (An FBI Thriller) - Judge Ramsey Hunt has postponed a hearing at the trial for Clive and Cindy Cahill.  That night he is shot and the next day the prosecuter is missing.  Savich receives a note that says "FOR WHAT YOU DID YOU DESERVE THIS".

Changling by Phillippa Gregory

Changeling (Order of Darkness) - In 1453 Rome, the Catholic Church believes it is living in the end times.  Luca Vera, 17, is sent out as one of the many investigators of evil.  His first assignment is to investigate the happenings of the nunnery in Lucretili.  Isolde has been installed as the Lady Abbess of the convent to prevent her from claiming her inheritance.  She has been accused of being the cause of the evil occurences.

Changling by Phillippa Gregory

Changeling (Order of Darkness) - In 1453 Rome, the Catholic Church believes it is living in the end times.  Luca Vera, 17, is sent out as one of the many investigators of evil.  His first assignment is to investigate the happenings of the nunnery in Lucretili.  Isolde has been installed as the Lady Abbess of the convent to prevent her from claiming her inheritance.  She has been accused of being the cause of the evil occurences.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Dirty Work by Stuart Woods

Dirty Work (Stone Barrington) - Stone is hired to get proof that a client's husband is having an affair.  The photographer he hires is arrested for murder. Stone learns that not only that the photographer not kill the man, but the man killed is of interest to the English secret services and that the woman who killed him is a well know assassin who they have been tracking for years.

Dirty Work by Stuart Woods

Dirty Work (Stone Barrington) - Stone is hired to get proof that a client's husband is having an affair.  The photographer he hires is arrested for murder. Stone learns that not only that the photographer not kill the man, but the man killed is of interest to the English secret services and that the woman who killed him is a well know assassin who they have been tracking for years.

The Short Forever by Stuart Woods

The Short Forever (Stone Barrington) - Stone is hired by John Bartholomew to go to London to his niece out of the clutches of her boyfriend, Lance Cabot, who is suspected of dealing drugs.  In London, learns that not only that Bartholomew is not who he says he is, but that the girl is not his niece.  Stone also meets up with an old girlfriend who is about to get married.

The Short Forever by Stuart Woods

The Short Forever (Stone Barrington) - Stone is hired by John Bartholomew to go to London to his niece out of the clutches of her boyfriend, Lance Cabot, who is suspected of dealing drugs.  In London, learns that not only that Bartholomew is not who he says he is, but that the girl is not his niece.  Stone also meets up with an old girlfriend who is about to get married.

Cold Paradise by Stuart Woods

Cold Paradise (Stone Barrington) - Thad Shames, a multimillionaire, hires Stone to find a woman in Palm Beach known only as Liz.  Later, Stone learns that she is none other than Allison Manning, who was supposedly hung in St. Markss after Stone had defended her and lost on a murder charge.  Allison, after her husband, also supposedly hung for murder charges in St. Marks, remarried and is now the widow Elizabeth Harding.  Now, Liz is apparently the target of her ex-husband, Paul Manning.  Stone also has to deal with his ex-fiance, Dolce, who attacks any woman that Stone dates.

Cold Paradise by Stuart Woods

Cold Paradise (Stone Barrington) - Thad Shames, a multimillionaire, hires Stone to find a woman in Palm Beach known only as Liz.  Later, Stone learns that she is none other than Allison Manning, who was supposedly hung in St. Markss after Stone had defended her and lost on a murder charge.  Allison, after her husband, also supposedly hung for murder charges in St. Marks, remarried and is now the widow Elizabeth Harding.  Now, Liz is apparently the target of her ex-husband, Paul Manning.  Stone also has to deal with his ex-fiance, Dolce, who attacks any woman that Stone dates.

L.A. Dead by Stuart Woods

L.A. Dead (Stone Barrington) - Stone is in Venice preparing to marry Dolce, daughter of Eduardo Bianchi, well known Mafiaso.  However, before the ceremony is performed, Vance Calder is murdered.  Calder's wife, Arrington, Stone's ex-girlfriend, is in the hospital, being treated for shock and amnesia.  Stone aborts his plans and heads to L.A. to assist arrington.

L.A. Dead by Stuart Woods

L.A. Dead (Stone Barrington) - Stone is in Venice preparing to marry Dolce, daughter of Eduardo Bianchi, well known Mafiaso.  However, before the ceremony is performed, Vance Calder is murdered.  Calder's wife, Arrington, Stone's ex-girlfriend, is in the hospital, being treated for shock and amnesia.  Stone aborts his plans and heads to L.A. to assist arrington.

The Run by Stuart Woods

The Run (Will Lee Novels) - Senator Will Lee is well liked and respected in his home and the senate.  He is considering running for president in four years, however, events thrust him into the current race.  As he is running there are those who will do anything to prevent him winning the election.

The Run by Stuart Woods

The Run (Will Lee Novels) - Senator Will Lee is well liked and respected in his home and the senate.  He is considering running for president in four years, however, events thrust him into the current race.  As he is running there are those who will do anything to prevent him winning the election.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Worst Fears Realized by Stuart Woods

Worst Fears Realized (Stone Barrington) - Pining over the loss of Arrington, Stone is convinced by his best friend, Dino, to attend a party.  There he meets Susan Bean, ADA.  They leave the party to go to her house.  While Stone is out picking up Chinese food, Susan is murdered.  The same night, Stone's secretary is murdered.  While Dino and Stone are in Stone's home, they witness the murder of his neighbor.  Later, Dino's wife is attacked.  Stone and Dino very quickly recognize that a convict who they arrested for the murder of his wife is behind the attacks.  However, Tom Deacon sets out to indict Stone for the murders.

Worst Fears Realized by Stuart Woods

Worst Fears Realized (Stone Barrington) - Pining over the loss of Arrington, Stone is convinced by his best friend, Dino, to attend a party.  There he meets Susan Bean, ADA.  They leave the party to go to her house.  While Stone is out picking up Chinese food, Susan is murdered.  The same night, Stone's secretary is murdered.  While Dino and Stone are in Stone's home, they witness the murder of his neighbor.  Later, Dino's wife is attacked.  Stone and Dino very quickly recognize that a convict who they arrested for the murder of his wife is behind the attacks.  However, Tom Deacon sets out to indict Stone for the murders.

Swimming to Catalina by Stuart Woods

Swimming to Catalina (Stone Barrington Novels) - Vance Calder's wife, Arrington, is missing.  He calls Stone Barrington to help him.  When he gets to California, Stone is stonewalled by not only Calder, but everybody around him.  Finally, he is asked to leave town.  Stone, of course, stays and because of this he is in the bad graces of Onofrio Ippolito who very quickly orders Stone killed.

Swimming to Catalina by Stuart Woods

Swimming to Catalina (Stone Barrington Novels) - Vance Calder's wife, Arrington, is missing.  He calls Stone Barrington to help him.  When he gets to California, Stone is stonewalled by not only Calder, but everybody around him.  Finally, he is asked to leave town.  Stone, of course, stays and because of this he is in the bad graces of Onofrio Ippolito who very quickly orders Stone killed.

Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods

Dead in the Water: A Novel (Stone Barrington) - Stone Barrington is in St. Marks, a Carribean island, waiting for Arrington to join him.  On the yacht he has rented he sees a much larger yacht enter the marina crewed by a lone woman.  Later, he learns that her husband had died at sea and there would be a inquest. Nothing better to do, he attends the inquest.  As the inquest proceeds, he sees that Sir Winston Sutherland, the minister of justice, has decided that the woman, Allison Manning, is guilty.  Sutherland proceeds to use his position to railroad Allison.  Stone does everything he can to prove that Allison is innocent but he is constrained by the the old fashion laws of St. Marks.

Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods

Dead in the Water: A Novel (Stone Barrington) - Stone Barrington is in St. Marks, a Carribean island, waiting for Arrington to join him.  On the yacht he has rented he sees a much larger yacht enter the marina crewed by a lone woman.  Later, he learns that her husband had died at sea and there would be a inquest. Nothing better to do, he attends the inquest.  As the inquest proceeds, he sees that Sir Winston Sutherland, the minister of justice, has decided that the woman, Allison Manning, is guilty.  Sutherland proceeds to use his position to railroad Allison.  Stone does everything he can to prove that Allison is innocent but he is constrained by the the old fashion laws of St. Marks.

Dirt by Stuart Woods

Dirt (Stone Barrington Novels) - Amanda Dart, gossip columnist, is caught on film with a married man.  She hires Stone Barrington to find out who is behind the new fax gossip sheet that is also attacking her boss and other gossip columnist.

Dirt by Stuart Woods

Dirt (Stone Barrington Novels) - Amanda Dart, gossip columnist, is caught on film with a married man.  She hires Stone Barrington to find out who is behind the new fax gossip sheet that is also attacking her boss and other gossip columnist.

Heat by Stuart Woods

Heat - Jesse Warden, ex-DEA agent, has been framed for the murder of his partner.  Now in the Atlanta Federal Prison, he spends most of his time in solitary because every time he is released into the general population, the other prisoners start a fight with him because he is an ex-cop.  Kipling Fuller has come to the prison to offer a way out for Jesse.  All he has to do is infiltrate a cult in Idaho. Two previous agents have been murdered trying to do just that.  In Idaho Jesse finds that the town is being run by Jack Gene Coldwater.  Coldwater, like he has done to everybody in town, takes over Jesse's life, finding him work and a place to live and of course, letting Jesse know that he is expected to do whatever Coldwater wants him to do.

Heat by Stuart Woods

Heat - Jesse Warden, ex-DEA agent, has been framed for the murder of his partner.  Now in the Atlanta Federal Prison, he spends most of his time in solitary because every time he is released into the general population, the other prisoners start a fight with him because he is an ex-cop.  Kipling Fuller has come to the prison to offer a way out for Jesse.  All he has to do is infiltrate a cult in Idaho. Two previous agents have been murdered trying to do just that.  In Idaho Jesse finds that the town is being run by Jack Gene Coldwater.  Coldwater, like he has done to everybody in town, takes over Jesse's life, finding him work and a place to live and of course, letting Jesse know that he is expected to do whatever Coldwater wants him to do.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Grass Roots by Stuart Woods

Grass Roots: A Will Lee Novel - Will Lee is committed by Judge Boggs to defending Larry Moody, a white man accused of raping and murdering a well known and liked black woman.  Will is currently Senator Carr's assistant and is looking to run for senate himself in a few years, however, Senator Carr becomes incapacitated and Will is catapulted into running for Carr's seat against Mack Dean.

Along with the senate race, there is also a religious supremacist group that is killing operators of businesses that don't meet their standards who is trying to get a man they can control into the senate.

Grass Roots by Stuart Woods

Grass Roots: A Will Lee Novel - Will Lee is committed by Judge Boggs to defending Larry Moody, a white man accused of raping and murdering a well known and liked black woman.  Will is currently Senator Carr's assistant and is looking to run for senate himself in a few years, however, Senator Carr becomes incapacitated and Will is catapulted into running for Carr's seat against Mack Dean.

Along with the senate race, there is also a religious supremacist group that is killing operators of businesses that don't meet their standards who is trying to get a man they can control into the senate.

Deep Lie by Stuart Woods

Deep Lie (Will Lee Novel) - For decades, Swedes have been sighting submarine periscopes off their Baltic shores, most recently, Oskar Oskarsson lost his grandson and several fingers when their net got caught by a submarine.

Jan Helder, a Soviet Submarine captain, is suddenly promoted and transferred to a very American looking and acting base on the Baltic Sea, across from Sweden.  He is given a new identity as a American citizen.

Kate Rule, head of the Office of Soviet Analysis, has put together several random pieces of data and believes that Viktory Majorov, Chairman of the first Chief Directorate-foreign operations is planning an invasion of Sweden.  However, she cannot get any of her superiors to take her seriously.

Will Lee is an assistant to Senator Carr, Democrat of Georgia, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.  Because of their positions, Will and Kate have kept their personal relationship quiet.  However, Will is going to Sweden to sail a boat to Copenhagen for a friend.


Deep Lie by Stuart Woods

Deep Lie (Will Lee Novel) - For decades, Swedes have been sighting submarine periscopes off their Baltic shores, most recently, Oskar Oskarsson lost his grandson and several fingers when their net got caught by a submarine.

Jan Helder, a Soviet Submarine captain, is suddenly promoted and transferred to a very American looking and acting base on the Baltic Sea, across from Sweden.  He is given a new identity as a American citizen.

Kate Rule, head of the Office of Soviet Analysis, has put together several random pieces of data and believes that Viktory Majorov, Chairman of the first Chief Directorate-foreign operations is planning an invasion of Sweden.  However, she cannot get any of her superiors to take her seriously.

Will Lee is an assistant to Senator Carr, Democrat of Georgia, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.  Because of their positions, Will and Kate have kept their personal relationship quiet.  However, Will is going to Sweden to sail a boat to Copenhagen for a friend.


White Cargo by Stuart Woods

White Cargo - Wendell "Cat" Catledge is sailing around the world with his wife and daughter.  Their alternator broke down and Cat decided to stop in Santa Marta, Columbia to get it fixed.  There they met Denny, who helped him.  As they were leaving, they took Denny on as crew.  Later, as they were sailing to the Panama Canal, they were waylaid by pirates.  When Cat woke up, both his wife and daughter lay naked and dead and the boat was sinking.  Several months later, Cat received a phone call that made him believe his daughter was still alive.

White Cargo by Stuart Woods

White Cargo - Wendell "Cat" Catledge is sailing around the world with his wife and daughter.  Their alternator broke down and Cat decided to stop in Santa Marta, Columbia to get it fixed.  There they met Denny, who helped him.  As they were leaving, they took Denny on as crew.  Later, as they were sailing to the Panama Canal, they were waylaid by pirates.  When Cat woke up, both his wife and daughter lay naked and dead and the boat was sinking.  Several months later, Cat received a phone call that made him believe his daughter was still alive.

The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva

The Fallen Angel: A Novel - Gabriel Allon is restoring a Caravaggio for the Vatican when the body of Claudia Andreatti, a curator for the antiquities in the Vatican. The police are going to report the incident as a suicide, but the Vatican wants Gabriel to investigate the murder. Later, Gabriel learns that the reason is because the Vatican also wants him to complete the work that Claudia had started, bringing one of the Vatican's bank highest officials to justice.

The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva

The Fallen Angel: A Novel - Gabriel Allon is restoring a Caravaggio for the Vatican when the body of Claudia Andreatti, a curator for the antiquities in the Vatican. The police are going to report the incident as a suicide, but the Vatican wants Gabriel to investigate the murder. Later, Gabriel learns that the reason is because the Vatican also wants him to complete the work that Claudia had started, bringing one of the Vatican's bank highest officials to justice.