Reckless Abandon (A Stone Barrington Novel)

by Stuart Woods

2004

Status

Available

Publication

G.P. Putnam's Sons (2004), Edition: Reprint, 368 pages

Description

Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:Stone Barrington tracks a mobster within the witness protection program�??with a little help from Florida police chief Holly Barker�??in this �??full-throttle�?�* thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Stone Barrington is, once again, right at home in New York City. But this time he�??s joined by the tenacious Holly Barker�??the lady police chief of Orchid Island, Florida. She�??s come to Manhattan hot on the trail of a fugitive from her jurisdiction. And Stone is, well, glad to see her, right up until the moment when her presence creates a great danger to both of them�??and to their surprise, she becomes the pursued i

User reviews

LibraryThing member wearylibrarian

I greatly enjoy this writer's Holly Barker (Orchid Beach) series. In this book Holly does a cross-over and visits New York (Stone Barrington territory). Holly winds up in New York in search of the ever elusive Trini. One again someone, (FBI? CIA? Mob?) is playing games and Trini remains one step

ahead of Holly and her warrant.

While I could do without the sex scenes (the book can stand alone very well without them), I did enjoy reading the book. It is not quite up to par with the Orchid Beach series and I feel like I am missing a few minute details by not reading the Stone Barrington series. However, I do not have any burning desire to read that series once I finish with this one.

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LibraryThing member jrtanworth

My first Stuart Woods and probably my last. The characters and situations are just not credible. Lots of snappy patter, but little else worth reading.

LibraryThing member utbw42

Fun, quick read....no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

LibraryThing member jepeters333

Cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington tracks a mobster hiding deep within the witness protection program in this new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series-with a little help from beautiful Florida police chief Holly Barker.

LibraryThing member buffalogr

Whether this is a Holly Barker book or a Stone Harrington book depends upon which series you're reading. It feels like the latter, to me. It was a pretty good Stone Barrington book...brainless but fun. And, other than the occasional errors of fact about the town I live in, it was typical. Holly

appears a rube when she comes to NYC trailing her fugative but recovers nicely.

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LibraryThing member MikeBruscellSr

Typical formulaic Stuart Woods work, but that doesn't diminish the enjoyment. It is pure escapism, fast-paced and the dialogue is always terse and usually moving the plot right along. There are enough plot twists to keep a reader interested.

An added benefit is it can be read in a couple of days.

I've been reading Woods since I got hooked on "Chiefs" in 1981, forty-one years and still enjoying the stories.

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LibraryThing member whybehave2002

I started this as on some reading lists it was included in the Holly Barker series and yet on others, it was not. I wanted to run screaming. I hate Stone Barrington's character. I had tried that series and couldn't stand him as he was pompous and the entire time he was thinking about who, when, and

where he could have sex. Sigh. Initially, I thought Holly is in this one. Alas, she did not bring him up to her level but was dragged down to his. I hate a book that requires me to page forward through the sex scenes to find where the actual story is. I finally, gaging, decided this book held nothing to add to the character of Holly and dropped it like a hot potato.

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