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 committing suicide really did it. Wood skillfully blends D.C. politics and society with a rogue former C.I.A. agent to keep the reader engaged as Stone and his friend, a New York homicide detective, try to track down what really happened. A strong four out of five stars