false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183495978m/1426554.jpg 1426554 7 Stuart Woods is a master of the glitzy, high-concept, suspense thriller, and Stone Barrington, hero of five previous mysteries, is the kind of private cop who glides gracefully between lavishly detailed dinners, private jets, fancy parties, sexy assignations in luxury hotels, and the occasional murder investigation. Occasionally he gets his hands dirty, but more often it's his sheets. <I>L.A. Dead</I> finds him in Venice, where he's about to marry the beautiful (but seriously crazy) daughter of a high-ranking Mafioso, whose other daughter happens to be married to Stone's best friend--an NYPD cop, naturally. The civil ceremony's over, but the church wedding is only hours away when Stone is called to L.A., where his former lover has just discovered her husband's dead body. The lover is Arrington (an oddity, given Stone's surname; did Woods just run out of imagination here?), the dead husband is a famous movie star, and everyone believes she killed him. Everyone except Stone, who's still in love with Arrington. He has a helluva time interviewing (and bedding) all the women in her circle, including the dead husband's private secretary, Arrington's best friend, her lawyer's mistress, and a number of Hollywood wives. Jackie Collins does the ladies better, but Stone manages to save the damsel in distress, get rid of his nutty near-wife without offending her father, and wrap up all the details except the most important one. No doubt he's saving that for the next book. In the meantime, Woods's many fans will snap this up and spend the interim wondering: if Stone marries the woman of his dreams, will that make her Arrington Barrington? <I>--Jane Adams</I> 1469064 2000 L.A. Dead (Stone Barrington, #6) total:717|5:133|4:245|3:279|2:53|1:7| 717 2595 926 20 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 14:01:39 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 14:04:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 16 07:38:55 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 21:55:00 -0700 2007
In L. A. Dead, Stone finds himself caught between two alluring women-one who has been left at the altar and another who is suspected of murder. Stone is in the midst of plans to marry Dolce, the...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 15:22:46 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 15:25:05 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Aug 25 13:12:24 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 13:29:18 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Jul 22 08:47:14 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 08:48:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 10:23:31 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 13:56:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 16 13:44:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 13:45:11 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat May 30 12:59:50 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 13:01:17 -0700 2009 This one Stone is still in the NYPD.
Really liked it.]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Sep 26 12:23:42 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 12:23:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 03 18:55:06 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 18:55:24 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jun 02 13:14:11 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 13:16:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 07 12:18:07 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 12:19:58 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Jul 14 19:52:01 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 19:52:54 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Tue Jan 15 12:36:55 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 12:37:50 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri May 23 14:21:13 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 14:21:46 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Sun Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 08:13:12 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 12:47:57 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Oct 27 10:21:24 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 10:22:02 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Dec 05 05:58:43 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 05:59:44 -0800 2007 ]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 23 07:33:40 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 07:33:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Mar 31 13:53:11 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 14:02:10 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1426554