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D.C. Dead (Stone Barrington #22)
by
Stuart Woods
After a shocking loss, Stone Barrington is at loose ends, unsure if he wants to stay in New York and continue his work as a partner at Woodman & Weld. It comes as a welcome relief when he's summoned to Washington, D.C., by President Will Lee. The president has a special operation that calls for Stone's unique skill set, and it's a mission that will reunite him with his...more
ebook, 304 pages
Published
December 22nd 2011
by Penguin Group USA, Inc
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Well, this had to be the MOST misogynistic Stone Barrington yet (and that is saying something!) I read (or should I say, used to read) Stuart Wood's books for escapism--Stone has plenty of money, a great townhouse, a jet (!), a loyal best friend, and exciting cases to solve. In this one, however, Stone's complete self-involvement (or Woods' lack of a good editor) allows two more beautiful women to die unnecessarily. In this book, it is as if Woods cannot eliminate strong, successful women fast e...more
I always enjoy a good Stone Barrington mystery but was very disappointed in Son of Stone. I was happy to see that this book showed that Wood could still spin a good tale.
Stone and his friend Dino are invited to come to DC by the president and First Lady themselves. They want them to use their investigative skills on a year old crime. A friend and worker in the White House killed his wife and then committed suicide. The president and First Lady don't believe that he killed his wife or himself. St...more
Stone and his friend Dino are invited to come to DC by the president and First Lady themselves. They want them to use their investigative skills on a year old crime. A friend and worker in the White House killed his wife and then committed suicide. The president and First Lady don't believe that he killed his wife or himself. St...more
AARP porn.
The main characters are all eligible for AARP membership, and they all revel in older people's fantasies - salted steaks, drinking at all hours, parenting children introduced fully formed (and going to an Ivy League school), piloting airplanes, and driving fancy cars. Sorta out of an old "Dynasty" episode, complete with shoulder pads.
I guess the biggest suspension of reality centers around the procedural part - like the Secret Service / FBI would be ok with the original explanation of...more
The main characters are all eligible for AARP membership, and they all revel in older people's fantasies - salted steaks, drinking at all hours, parenting children introduced fully formed (and going to an Ivy League school), piloting airplanes, and driving fancy cars. Sorta out of an old "Dynasty" episode, complete with shoulder pads.
I guess the biggest suspension of reality centers around the procedural part - like the Secret Service / FBI would be ok with the original explanation of...more
I've been a faithful Stuart Woods fan since his first Stone Barrington novel but I must say I'm really disappointed with this one. Events seem randomly strung together and he seems to have abandoned continuity altogether.
After the death of Stone's wife, Arrington, he and Dino are summoned to DC by high ranking CIA agent Holly Barker, a one-time small town sheriff (and star of her own Woods series) and sexual conquest of Stone's. They'd previously agreed to, on an as needed basis, assist the Agen...more
After the death of Stone's wife, Arrington, he and Dino are summoned to DC by high ranking CIA agent Holly Barker, a one-time small town sheriff (and star of her own Woods series) and sexual conquest of Stone's. They'd previously agreed to, on an as needed basis, assist the Agen...more
#22 in the Stone Barrington series. Another confluence of several of Woods' series: Will Lee (now President), Kate Rule (now First Lady and CIA Director) and Holly Barker (now CIA - Asst to Director of Operations) call Stone Barrington (now partner with White, Weld) and his buddy, Dino Bacchetti (now Lt. NYPD) to Washington. Between visits to the White House, Stone and Holly, and Dino and Shelley Bach (Asst Director of the FBI) vigorously stress test the mattresses at the Hay-Adams.
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For his latest mystery, author Stuart Woods brings the main characters from three of his series* together for a search for a killer.
CIA Agent Holly Barker contacts Stone Barrington and NYPD Detective Dino Bacchetti on behalf of President Will Lee. A sensitive case needs their discretion and expertise.
Lee will soon be leaving the White House and he and his wife, the CIA Director, want to know for sure if a former member of their cabinet killed his wife and then himself. The investigation leads St...more
CIA Agent Holly Barker contacts Stone Barrington and NYPD Detective Dino Bacchetti on behalf of President Will Lee. A sensitive case needs their discretion and expertise.
Lee will soon be leaving the White House and he and his wife, the CIA Director, want to know for sure if a former member of their cabinet killed his wife and then himself. The investigation leads St...more
The problem that I am experiencing with Stuart Woods is the lack of originality that the author brings to his work, this has been getting steadily worse over the last few years. DC Dead like many of his previous novels rely on an unbelievable world where all his main characters from various series all know each other and the suspension of disbelief is well out the window.
Its an easy to read novel (as are all of Woods' novels) and it won't take you long to read but there is no lasting impression...more
Its an easy to read novel (as are all of Woods' novels) and it won't take you long to read but there is no lasting impression...more
Apr 24, 2012
Leslie Lange
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Recommends it for:
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Recommended to Leslie by:
a gift from someone who said he didn't like it much
Wow! I was shocked by how bad this was--especially the second half. Just...shocked. As one reviewer put it: "Two particular bad plot holes: First, Stone gets a call that essentially identifies the killer. He lies to his friends about who called, and then for the rest of the book apparently forgets the contents of the call, as he is clueless about who done it. Worse, at one point Stone is telling B that A is dead (truthfully). Later B is murdered and Stone thinks A did it! And no one seems to not...more
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Like I said Son of Stone was sort of a prequel to this book. Actually he was just setting up his fans with new characters. Not completely necessary. In this book since so many came back. Holly Baker, Lee, Lance, Teddy Faye to mention few. Stone Barrington is in washington dc with his buddy Dino. This book starts where SOn of Stone ends: after bringing his son Peter to college and after Arrington's death. Stone & Dino are asked to investigate the apparent murder suicide of a white house emplo...more
The reviews on amazon for D.C. Dead were terrible. I'm not saying this book is any more than what I always say the Stone Barrington books are: Private and Privilege for adults, but a lot of the reviews claim that Woods' books have gone down hill. I actually don't remember them being any better than they are now. I started reading them maybe twenty years ago, so maybe I am just forgetting, but to me, they were all was just candy, guilty-pleasure fantasy. When were they more than that? Sure, Chief...more
I fear the day has arrived. Stuart Woods has lost his touch.
Now Woods was never an overambitious author. His novels are fun, tight stories with clearly etched characters delivered in 300 pages or less. Perfect for a nonstop from Atlanta to LA, including a break for dinner in first class.
Woods has been developing a stable of characters to assist in churning out a new novel every six months without going the franchise route that has so diminished James Patterson. With the exception of Ed Eagle, al...more
Now Woods was never an overambitious author. His novels are fun, tight stories with clearly etched characters delivered in 300 pages or less. Perfect for a nonstop from Atlanta to LA, including a break for dinner in first class.
Woods has been developing a stable of characters to assist in churning out a new novel every six months without going the franchise route that has so diminished James Patterson. With the exception of Ed Eagle, al...more
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This is the 22nd in Stuart Woods' Stone Barrington series. I have now read 13 of those. Stone and his good friend Dino Bacchetti, whose primary means of employment are as a NYC attorney and a Detective Lieutenant for the NYPD, respectively, are both part-time consultants for the CIA. It is in this latter capacity that they find themselves tasked with re-investigating what had been declared by the FBI to be a murder-suicide, more than a year old, of a couple employed at The White House. In the co...more
This book is vintage Stone Barrington, a character whom I've always liked. That being said, the book was not without its faults.
I had a problem with the fact that neither the CIA nor the FBI nor, for that matter, Stone or Dino, suggested contacting a cell phone provider to obtain a list of calls. The deceased (one of many, by the way) had received a call on her cell phone, presumably luring her to her death. Everyone involved seemed to be totally stumped by the fact that the phone couldn't be fo...more
I had a problem with the fact that neither the CIA nor the FBI nor, for that matter, Stone or Dino, suggested contacting a cell phone provider to obtain a list of calls. The deceased (one of many, by the way) had received a call on her cell phone, presumably luring her to her death. Everyone involved seemed to be totally stumped by the fact that the phone couldn't be fo...more
Stuart Woods is one of the detective genre's more reliable storytellers, and "D.C. Dead" won't disappoint his fans. In this latest saga, he guides the indomitable Stone Barrington, assisted by his sidekick Dino Bachetti, through a labyrinthine homicide case in the nation's capital, a probe requested by the president and concerning the deaths of a couple of key DC staffers. Woods gets us all from point A to point B in his somewhat stilted prose (emotions don't often come to the fore with Woods' c...more
Ugh.............
There is no way to say it nicely............Stone is finished (for me at least). Stuart Woods has given up and his editors should be fired. Please see some of the other reviews, for the plot holes that are so bad that it makes you wonder.....why bother (even writing this short review). To repeat them is just reduntant.
I knew things were going to be tough after the last book which was also poor. I hoped that by bringing together so many of his other characters, Holly, Teddy etc et...more
There is no way to say it nicely............Stone is finished (for me at least). Stuart Woods has given up and his editors should be fired. Please see some of the other reviews, for the plot holes that are so bad that it makes you wonder.....why bother (even writing this short review). To repeat them is just reduntant.
I knew things were going to be tough after the last book which was also poor. I hoped that by bringing together so many of his other characters, Holly, Teddy etc et...more
D.C. Dead is number twenty-two of the Stone Barrington mysteries by Stuart Woods, and the first of these mysteries that I have read. Lawyer Stone Barrington and NYPD Detective Dino Bacchetti have been told that President Will Lee needs their “investigative talents – and legendary discretion” for a sensitive case, a murder in the White House. The two travel to D.C., meet up with the President, and proceed to bungle their way through the case. Now that Stone and Dino are in town, more ladies end u...more
Just finished the latest Stuart Woods Stone Barrington novel, D.C. Dead. Although Woods is not one of the suspense/thriller authors that I always buy the day their book comes out, such as Lee Child, Steven Hunter, and Daniel Silva, his novels are always an easy, enjoyable read. And D.C. Dead is one of his better works, carrying on the adventures of the lawyer/former cop Stone Barrington. He is engaged by the President to find out whether a white house staffer who allegedly killed his wife before...more
The Stone Barrington novels are back on track [I hope] with DC Dead.
The last few Stone Barrington novels have been interesting because they dealt with family, friends and financial wealing and dealing. They were not horrible but I missed the good old days of Stone and Dino working together to catch the bad guys.
DC Dead is a great book with all the things that originally drew me to the Stone novels. Stone and Dino are whisked off to DC in order to investigate what may be a suicide but could also...more
The last few Stone Barrington novels have been interesting because they dealt with family, friends and financial wealing and dealing. They were not horrible but I missed the good old days of Stone and Dino working together to catch the bad guys.
DC Dead is a great book with all the things that originally drew me to the Stone novels. Stone and Dino are whisked off to DC in order to investigate what may be a suicide but could also...more
Another typical Stuart Woods Stone Barrington novel--lots of flying, lots of Knob Creek, lots of dining at fancy restaurants, and lots of sex. Having just lost his wife, Arrington, on their wedding day in the previous novel, Stone wastes no time hopping into the sack with Holly Barker and another woman in this one.
This one didn't have much in the way of car chases or gunplay, mostly it was Stone and Dino questioning people about a murder that evolved into several murders and discussing what they...more
This one didn't have much in the way of car chases or gunplay, mostly it was Stone and Dino questioning people about a murder that evolved into several murders and discussing what they...more
As always, Woods enthralls the reader page after page. This simple, cannot put down read, is something worth taking a look at. If you're a follower of Stone Barrington, Holly Barker, or Will Lee - D.C. Dead brings their lives together once again in an action-packed thriller. Of course, you could pick up anywhere in the series and enjoy the book, but true enjoyment would come from understanding these characters' past lives.
I can't wait for the next! I'm hooked. While these are best suited for a "...more
I can't wait for the next! I'm hooked. While these are best suited for a "...more
OK, so I've read most of Wood's books and should know what to expect--a ho-hum read. But this one was worse this usual. I would give it one star, but I did finish it. At one point the hero's second (Dino) says "we've been asses." That accurately sums up the characters behavior. Two particular bad plot holes: First, Stone gets a call that essentially identifies the killer. He lies to his friends about who called, and then for the rest of the book apparently forgets the contents of the call, as he...more
Good read. Fast paced. Keeps your attention. Too much sex - must be not that many women who read his books. Wonder what men's opinions are?
After a shocking loss, Stone Barrington is at loose ends, unsure if he wants to stay in New York and continue his work as a partner at Woodman & Weld. It comes as a welcome relief when he's summoned to Washington, D.C., by President Will Lee. The president has a special operation that calls for Stone's unique skill set, and it's a mission that will reunit...more
After a shocking loss, Stone Barrington is at loose ends, unsure if he wants to stay in New York and continue his work as a partner at Woodman & Weld. It comes as a welcome relief when he's summoned to Washington, D.C., by President Will Lee. The president has a special operation that calls for Stone's unique skill set, and it's a mission that will reunit...more
I couldn't believe the plot - it started ok with Stone and Dino investigating a possible homicide/suicide. But later when a phone call gives Stone the clue he needs to get the killer, he completely ignore it! I was listening to the audio book, so I kept saying "no, no you idiots!" Not impressed - I've liked other Stuart Woods books, but this one was not good. I agree with a previous review with the women (actually all the characters) - they (all the characters) don't seem to care who they sleep...more
The Trifecta! - Stone & Dino, Holly and Lance, Will and Kate. Well, actually, it's a quad-fecta, since Teddy Fay returns, along with Lauren Cade.
This book picks up after Arrington's death, when Stone and Dino are having empty-nest syndrome.They head to Washington DC at Holly's request on behalf of Will Lee to investigate a murder that the FBI cleared.
This was a good one, as I only briefly suspected the killer, and then dismissed it.
But P.S. How is it that Stone does not have an STD by now?...more
This book picks up after Arrington's death, when Stone and Dino are having empty-nest syndrome.They head to Washington DC at Holly's request on behalf of Will Lee to investigate a murder that the FBI cleared.
This was a good one, as I only briefly suspected the killer, and then dismissed it.
But P.S. How is it that Stone does not have an STD by now?...more
The Stone Barrington series went from sublime to ridiculous a long time ago, but I keep reading . . .
Woods wasn't satisfied to combine his "Orchid" series with the Stone Barrington set, by having Holly Barker take a job with the CIA. Now he is trying for a sort of hat trick of fiction by having three of his series characters in one volume (Will Lee, Stone, and Holly). Not to mention the bad guy, Teddy Fay--didn't he show up first in one of the Santa Fe books? I may be wrong about that. It's a j...more
Woods wasn't satisfied to combine his "Orchid" series with the Stone Barrington set, by having Holly Barker take a job with the CIA. Now he is trying for a sort of hat trick of fiction by having three of his series characters in one volume (Will Lee, Stone, and Holly). Not to mention the bad guy, Teddy Fay--didn't he show up first in one of the Santa Fe books? I may be wrong about that. It's a j...more
I need to remind myself to stop picking these up. I just can't stand Woods' characterization of adult s.e.x. Seriously? Maybe my single 50-something friends can tell me that they do indeed have sex with multiple partners in a one week period of time, mostly indiscriminately, and it's always raging hot sex with no regrets. Maybe. But I kind of doubt it, and I kind of doubt that these guys and gals are getting it on as much as they are. I can't even care about how poor the mystery is, and that's w...more
I was very happy to win this book in a Goodreads First Reads giveaway! How wonderful to receive a gifted hardcover book in the mail.
Prior to 'D.C. Dead', I read 'Dead In The Water' by Stuart Woods. I really enjoyed 'Dead In The Water' a lot, and highly recommend it.
This book fast-forwards quite a bit, so I was behind in terms of the character development. I was glad Stuart Woods did not stop the story to fill me in too much, but was somewhat surprised when I reached the ending. I guess one of t...more
Prior to 'D.C. Dead', I read 'Dead In The Water' by Stuart Woods. I really enjoyed 'Dead In The Water' a lot, and highly recommend it.
This book fast-forwards quite a bit, so I was behind in terms of the character development. I was glad Stuart Woods did not stop the story to fill me in too much, but was somewhat surprised when I reached the ending. I guess one of t...more
Stone Barrington is summoned to Washington, D.C., by President Will Lee. The president has a special operation that calls for Stone’s unique skill set, and it’s a mission that will reunite him with his former partner in crime and in bed, Holly Barker.
Joining Stone on his trip to DC is his friend Dino, a New York homicide detective. They are needed in Washington to investigate the murder/suicide of a White House staffer accused of killing his wife. The president doesn’t believe the dead man was g...more
Joining Stone on his trip to DC is his friend Dino, a New York homicide detective. They are needed in Washington to investigate the murder/suicide of a White House staffer accused of killing his wife. The president doesn’t believe the dead man was g...more
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I started this audiobook because I received a copy from the publisher. Frankly, I didn’t think it would do much for me, but I was pleasantly surprised. I found myself thoroughly entertained by the mystery. I think I’ve just found a few genre to explore. I’ve already checked out the first book in this series so I can catch up on what I’ve missed from Stone’s previous years.
Though I like Stone, I’m much more intrigued by some of the other characters...more
I started this audiobook because I received a copy from the publisher. Frankly, I didn’t think it would do much for me, but I was pleasantly surprised. I found myself thoroughly entertained by the mystery. I think I’ve just found a few genre to explore. I’ve already checked out the first book in this series so I can catch up on what I’ve missed from Stone’s previous years.
Though I like Stone, I’m much more intrigued by some of the other characters...more
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Stuart Woods is the author of forty-four novels, including the New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series and Holly Barker series. The last twenty-eight of them have been New York Times best-sellers. He is an avid private pilot, flying his own jet on two book tours a year. His latest novel is Santa Fe Edge,to be published on September 21st. You may see his tour schedule and learn more abou...more
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