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List Price: $29.95
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Manufacturer: Penguin Audio
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Penguin Audio
Manufacturer: Penguin Audio
Number Of Items: 7
Publication Date: 2007-09-25
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Studio: Penguin Audio
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In the newest addition to the bestselling series, Stone Barrington and Holly Barker pursue a master spy and murderer in a tropical paradise where very little is as it seems
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Summary: Borish
Comment: Can't believe I used the word "borish" (first time in my life) but that seems to describe this dime store detective novel the best. The author obviously has bone to pick with conservatives and republicans and wants women to speak like horney 16 year old boys. Unfortunatly the great plot gets sidetracked by the author's desires and it kills what could be a great book. I through it away so no one else had to read it.
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Summary: I couldn't get myself to finish it
Comment: I like to read. I read lots of books. Once I start a book, I want to finish it. Not this book. It's a 2 week book from my library and in 2 weeks of trying to read it, I'm not even half way through it.
The concept behind the story is interesting - try to find a guy who changes his identity. The location is a tropical island. The story moved along at the speed of someone trying to run in mud. There were random instances of nude swimming and sunbathing thrown in, I'm not sure what that was about.
I thought this would be an interesting book reading the flap and maybe it's interesting to somebody, but not me!
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Summary: Ho-hum More of the Same
Comment: I've read the entire Stone Barrington series back to back, and this one is very uneventful and quite a disappointment. There's nothing new or exciting about this book -- and the Holly Barker character adds no value or interest to the story line (which is true in most of the cases where Stuart Woods uses her character with Stone). If you love Stone and just want to keep up with the series read this, but otherwise you're not missing anything.
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Summary: Quick read, typical of the more recent books in this series
Comment: Stone Barrington joins forces with Holly Barker to help run down a criminal mastermind who is driving the CIA crazy. In the process of tracking this criminal down, Stone, Dino and Holly find themselves back on St. Marks (which Stone previously visited in Dead in the Water: A Novel). However, behind the beautiful scenery and the tourist attractions, there are also to be found more than a few American expatriates with something to hide, as well as a corrupt system of politicians that are running the place. As they stalk their prey, they find that more than one person on St. Marks has a reason to want to hide - and that maybe the person they are seeking is right in front of them.
It seems rather ludicrous to call this one a Stone Barrington novel, as it features Holly Barker just as much. I think it is probably time for Woods to stop writing individual stories and just go with the melding of all his worlds into one. However, this is a nice book for a quick read - a good book to read on a plane, or while sitting on a lovely sunny beach. It's brain candy, but it doesn't taste too bad.
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Summary: Ho-Hum Non-Thriller
Comment: This is my first Woods book and it'll be my last. The characters here are wooden and the plot so linear and predictible. And the ending is unsatisfying, leaving the reader to ask "Is That All There Is?" Barrington and company don't seem like very nice people and they can't seem to decide if they are on this Caribbean island to find someone or if they just want to drink and make whoopee. Also, there's a political undertone I find unpleasant. On one page the author takes a gratuitous swipe at President Bush as allegedly favoring torture, while on another page Woods' characters seem to blithely countenance assassination as a worthy activity. In Woods' mind: torture bad, assassination good. Nah, this book just doesn't cut it, for more than a few reasons.
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