Stuart Woods has created no better known or loved character than the
ex-cop, Manhattan attorney, and investigator, Stone Barrington, whose
work treads the thin line between the respectable practice of law and
the dark side of humanity.
In "Dead in the Water, " Stone has barely arrived in St. Marks, a lovely
Caribbean island nation, on a sailing vacation when something very
strange happens: A beautiful young woman sails into the harbor, entirely
alone on a large yacht. Before long she is under the intense scrutiny of
local authorities in the very considerable person of Sir Winston
Sutherland, the minister of Justice. The problem is, though she arrived
alone, she had departed the other side of the Atlantic in the company of
her husband, a well-known writer, who is no longer in evidence.
Evidence is what fascinates Stone Barrington, and before many pages have
been turned, he is all that stands between the apparently innocent
Allison Manning and the patently evil intent of Sir Winston, whose
motives are unclear. What is clear is that the St. Marks' system of
justice bears little resemblance to the American courts to which Stone
is accustomed and that his smallest error could prove fatal to his
client
Inextricably caught in a swirling storm of island madness and murder,
made worse by a hurricane of sensational press coverage, Stone can
hardly find the time to indulge his usual romantic inclinations, but he
learns that, even under the intense illumination of a Caribbean sun,
nothing is what it seems to be, and no one can be trusted.
"Dead in the Water" is a roller-coaster ride teeming with plot twists,
which have made the novels of Stuart Woods "New York Times"
bestsellersand international hits.
DIRT
"Blackmail, murder, suspense, love -- what else could you want in a
book?"
-- "Cosmopolitan"
"This slickly entertaining suspense displays Woods at the top of his
game...Subtly reminiscent of the waggish P.G. Wodehouse, Woods delivers
a marvelously sophisticated, thoroughly modern, old-fashioned read."
-- "Publishers Weekly, " starred review
