- Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Harper; Reissue edition (Mar 19 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061093491
- ISBN-13: 978-0061093494
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.2 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #761,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
City Attorney Stone Barrington is on the small island of St. Marks off the coast of Antigua for vacation. His live-in girlfriend is unable to join him. Since he is at loose ends, he attends the coroner's inquest into the death of Paul Manning, a famous mystery writer who was sailing across the Atlantic when, according to his wife, he died. She is arrested for murder because the island prosecutor has political ambitions of being the next prime minister, and a good murder case is just what he needs. Manning was heavily insured, and within a day or so, $15 million is paid to his estate and then transferred to a Cayman Island account. Barrington takes on Allison Manning's defense with the help of a local barrister. Best-selling author Woods (Dirt, LJ 9/15/96) knows how to entrance the reader with glitz, a good story, and lots of suspense. No one here is quite what he or she appears to be, and Barrington must use all of his legal abilities to save his client. This will be very popular and is for all libraries.
-?Jo Ann Vicarel, Cleveland Heights-Univ. Heights P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
-?Jo Ann Vicarel, Cleveland Heights-Univ. Heights P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Millionaire author Paul Phillips Manning died on board his yacht while on a Caribbean cruise with his sexy young wife, Allison. She claims he had a heart attack, and due to the climate and distance from port, she was forced to dispose of the body at sea. Sir Winston Sutherland, the minister of justice on the tiny island of St. Marks, isn't buying it and charges her with homicide. The trial and the execution could both be completed within a week. Vacationing New York lawyer and investigator Stone Barrington comes to the damsel's aid and soon winds up in her bed. Now in his fourth appearance, the suave and priapic Barrington soon finds himself embroiled in a case in which nothing is as it seems, from Allison's story to Manning's death to the agenda of the Charles Laughton^-like Sir Winston Sutherland. This is a cleverly plotted, witty crime caper with a dash of sex, a likably roguish hero, and a surprising twist at the finish. Great for lightweight summer reading. Wes Lukowsky
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Dead in the Water is Not A Dead Story,
By iqhope "Dawn Boyer" (Virginia Beach, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dead In The Water: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
... The author was effective in keeping my attention because not only was there the suspense of the sexual tension, she threaded the suspense of trying to find the real murderer throughout the novel.
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This review is from: Dead In The Water: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
I was walking and reading this book on tape. It concluded with Stone hailing a cab to scuttle off to LA because his former girlfriend was pregnant and he'd gotten a call from her new husband????? That's it????? Why should I ever read another Stone Barrington story if it doesn't conclude!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Way too unbelievable...,
By Christopher Berry (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dead In The Water: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
Let me start off by saying that I have read numerous books by Nr. Woods, with the latest being Dead in the Water, and that is exactly what this book was...Dead in the Water! I usually speed right through his books with no problem, but with this one...it was kinda hard to finish...I did not even want to read the Epilouge! The ending was way far fetched and very unbelievable. I dont want to give it away, but it stunk!! I wonder what Mr. Woods was thinking when he wrote this one. I wonder if I will be inclined to read another one of his books in the future. I am finding that I am getting bored with his style and the whole thing.
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