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Putnam Adult (2001), Edition: First Edition, 352 pages
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:Stone Barrington gets reacquainted with a long-buried case and an ex-lover in this electrifying thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Luxuriating in Palm Beach's winter warmth, Stone is stunned to recognize someone he thought was dead. Former client Allison Manning is alive and well�??and suddenly very rich. Now she needs Stone's help in squaring a charge of insurance fraud that's been hanging over her head for years�??and in getting rid of a recently acquired stalker. Suspects abound, including an elusive writer, an enigmatic businessman, and Allison's devious former husband. Only Stone can thwart the sly and greedy plan to steal the millions of dollars at stake�??and the crafty killer beh… (more)
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LibraryThing member missmath144
I like listening to Dick Hill read books. That was the best part of this one.
LibraryThing member Gatorhater
A Stone Barrington novel, Bill Eggers, the managing partner of Woodman & Weld, a extremely prestigious law firm that Stone is an associated with, is hired by billionaire Thad Shames to locate a women that he met at a house party in the Hampton's. Thad knows very little about this women other than
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her looks and her name, Liz, upon Stone's search to locate Liz, he comes to realize that she's an ex-lover of his and he is possible the father of her boy. Her past is filled with alaises, she shows up in St Mark on a yacht, stating that her husband died at sea and she threw his body overboard because it started to smell. The government of St Mark's doesn't buy her story and charge her with murder, but right before she's to be executed her husband reappears stopping her death. Their plan was to defaud the insurance company for her husband's death, now her husband, Paul Manning is on death row, waiting too be executed and now the plot thickens. A very enjoyable read, the pages kept flying by, action till the end, a type of "The Sting" ending. Show Less
LibraryThing member punxsygal
Stone Barrington, attorney/private investigator with a large NY law firm, is a former NYPD detective. Thad Shames wants Stone to find the “spectacular” woman he met at a party the previous weekend. Her name was Liz, she was attractive, “retired” from marriage, and was seen boarding a plane
During the story Stone meets a number of women, all current or former lovers. And brushes shoulders with the rich and famous of Palm Beach. The story with its descriptions of grandeur and sexual encounters became ridiculous and tedious. I won’t be looking for more in this series.
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for Palm Beach. It so happens, Thad, who is to launch a major internet IPO, has a home in Palm Beach complete with a two hundred and twenty-two foot yacht. The yacht will become Stone’s home while working on the investigation. While in Palm Beach Stone is surprised to meet a woman he thought was dead…During the story Stone meets a number of women, all current or former lovers. And brushes shoulders with the rich and famous of Palm Beach. The story with its descriptions of grandeur and sexual encounters became ridiculous and tedious. I won’t be looking for more in this series.
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LibraryThing member jepeters333
Luxuriating in Palm Beach's winter month, Stone is stunned to recognize someone he thought was dead. Former client Alison Manning is alive and well - and suddenly very rich. Now she needs Stone's help in squaring a charge of insurance fraud that's been hanging over her head for years - and in
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getting rid of a recently acquired stalker. Suspects abound, including an elusive writer, an enigmatic businessman, and Alison's devious former husband. Only Stone can thwart the sly and greedy plan to steal the millions of dollars at stake - and the crafty killer behind it. Show Less
LibraryThing member buffalogr
Double back to book 7 after completing all 40+, the story is still a fun read. At Palm Beach, Stone works the rich and famous once again as some familiar characters reappear. Notably, and as an aside, Dolce escapes from the booby hatch and is recaptured by some Gumbas sent by her Mafia-don father.
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The real plot; however, revolves around the return of a lover, previously deceased, and her engagement to a dot com zillionaire.Meanwhile, Stone hustles the cook, who miraculously lives through the experience. As I said, fun read! Show Less
LibraryThing member KimSalyers
couldn't get into it
LibraryThing member KimSalyers
couldn't get into it
Subjects
Original language
English
Original publication date
2001
Physical description
9.25 inches
ISBN
0399147365 / 9780399147364