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Dead in the Water: A Novel
Stuart Woods

HarperTorch, 1998 - 432 pages

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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.


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Jaw-dropping twists!

After Stone Barrington is stood up by his girl during a trip to St. Mark's, he gets involved in a murder trial for a fellow American, a young woman whom the local governmental big-wigs are apparently intent on railroading into a murder charge whether she is guilty or not. Stone, desperate to find some way to pressure the St. Mark's government into backing off, starts a major media blitz in the U.S. and floods the island with reporters. Various twists and turns ensue, and the final couple of twists in the story will absolutely blow your mind.

Woods had apparently been reading some L.E. Modesitt, Jr. around the time he wrote this, as he began paying very close attention to details about food for some reason, which I found quite wonderful. It's the tiny little day-to-day details in a book that truly bring it to life. I am not certain why more people do not enjoy this - I guess too many people want instant gratification and constant bang-bang action. I blame the television, and video and computer games for this. It has destroyed our capacity to enjoy details and the slow building of a story. Huzzah to Stuart Woods for going ahead and doing this anyway! He builds wonderful details into this book while still providing the action, suspense and thrills we have come to love from this series. I am hooked!


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Excellent fast paced mystery with a surprise ending

I'm really enjoying all of the Stuart Woods' novels with Stone Barrington. This one was a continuation of Stone's private life with a huge adventure into a hellish vacation in St. Marks defending a woman of murdering her husband. It's a fun ride. The only thing I'm always surprised at is Stone's avarice for bedding anything in a skirt. Of course they're all "beautiful" women with a voracious desire for sex, but it makes ole' Stone seem like a whore. Nevertheless, this book was a great read.


Dead in the Water

I came across this while visiting my Mom and cruising her shelves I found this author and am now devouring every book I can get that he has written. A real page turner.


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My second Woods book

The Margin
When Stone Barrington isn't practicing law he usually can be found island hoping. This time Woods invites us to go with Barrington to St. Mark's. He's there to take a relaxing vacation with a friend Arrington Carter who is to arrive later. While Stone waits, a 45 ft. yacht arrives and docks in the slip next to his much smaller, leased boat. Local police arrive and escort the only occupant off the yacht to jail. Ordinarily this event would not have piqued his interest, but the lone sailor happened to be a beautiful woman. He follows up with an inquiry and finds out that the woman has been arrested on charges of murdering her very rich husband. He also learns that according to St. Mark's law, if someone is found guilty of a capital crime they are summarily hung in a public court yard. Well, being a gentleman and a lawyer he couldn't let this happen, particularly since the defendent was so attractive. The plot begins to unfold at this point--secret meetings, sleep overs for Stone on her yacht, disguises, bribery and the ever present double crosser. All this will tease the reader through the spiraling drama that unfolds. Dead In The Water, by Stuart Woods is well worth your time.


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