Dead in the Water

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In Dead in the Water, Stone has barely arrived in St. Marks, a lovely Caribbean island nation, on a sailing vacation when something very strange happens: A beautiful young woman sails into the harbor, entirely alone on a large yacht. Before long she is under the intense scrutiny of local authorities in the very considerable person of Sir Winston Sutherland, the minister of Justice. The problem is, though she arrived alone, she had departed the other side of the Atlantic in the company of her husband, a well-known writer, who is no longer in evidence.

Evidence is what fascinates Stone Barrington, and before many pages have been turned, he is all that stands between the apparently innocent Allison Manning and the patently evil intent of Sir Winston, whose motives are unclear. What is clear is that the St. Marks' system of justice bears little resemblance to the American courts to which Stone is accustomed and that his smallest error could prove fatal to his client

Inextricably caught in a swirling storm of island madness and murder, made worse by a hurricane of sensational press coverage, Stone can hardly find the time to indulge his usual romantic inclinations, but he learns that, even under the intense illumination of a Caribbean sun, nothing is what it seems to be, and no one can be trusted.

Dead in the Water is a roller-coaster ride teeming with plot twists, which have made the novels of Stuart Woods New York Times bestsellers and international hits.

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A real page turner. I came across this while visiting my Mom and cruising her shelves I found this author and am now devouring every book I can get that he has written.

Ordinarily this event would not have piqued his interest, but the lone sailor happened to be a beautiful woman. The MarginWhen Stone Barrington isn't practicing law he usually can be found island hoping. Mark's. Dead In The Water, by Stuart Woods is well worth your time.

The plot begins to unfold at this point--secret meetings, sleep overs for Stone on her yacht, disguises, bribery and the ever present double crosser. All this will tease the reader through the spiraling drama that unfolds. Well, being a gentleman and a lawyer he couldn't let this happen, particularly since the defendent was so attractive. Mark's law, if someone is found guilty of a capital crime they are summarily hung in a public court yard.

While Stone waits, a 45 ft. He also learns that according to St. This time Woods invites us to go with Barrington to St. He follows up with an inquiry and finds out that the woman has been arrested on charges of murdering her very rich husband.

Local police arrive and escort the only occupant off the yacht to jail. He's there to take a relaxing vacation with a friend Arrington Carter who is to arrive later. yacht arrives and docks in the slip next to his much smaller, leased boat.

It's a fun ride. Of course they're all "beautiful" women with a voracious desire for sex, but it makes ole' Stone seem like a whore. I'm really enjoying all of the Stuart Woods' novels with Stone Barrington. The only thing I'm always surprised at is Stone's avarice for bedding anything in a skirt. Nevertheless, this book was a great read. This one was a continuation of Stone's private life with a huge adventure into a hellish vacation in St. Marks defending a woman of murdering her husband.

around the time he wrote this, as he began paying very close attention to details about food for some reason, which I found quite wonderful. After Stone Barrington is stood up by his girl during a trip to St. Stone, desperate to find some way to pressure the St. I am hooked.

Huzzah to Stuart Woods for going ahead and doing this anyway. He builds wonderful details into this book while still providing the action, suspense and thrills we have come to love from this series. It has destroyed our capacity to enjoy details and the slow building of a story. I blame the television, and video and computer games for this.

and floods the island with reporters. I am not certain why more people do not enjoy this - I guess too many people want instant gratification and constant bang-bang action. Mark's, he gets involved in a murder trial for a fellow American, a young woman whom the local governmental big-wigs are apparently intent on railroading into a murder charge whether she is guilty or not. It's the tiny little day-to-day details in a book that truly bring it to life.

Modesitt, Jr. Mark's government into backing off, starts a major media blitz in the U.S. Various twists and turns ensue, and the final couple of twists in the story will absolutely blow your mind.Woods had apparently been reading some L.E.

In fact, it's hard to believe any of the people in "Water," with all the characters shallow and broadly drawn. Though the state of journalism has declined to a degree that I could believe reporters could be goaded by a PR firm into flocking to an island resort to cover the plight of a rich housewife, the journalists in "Water" are never believable as journalists. Or as people. Stuart Woods' gifts as a writer are primarily in storytelling. I never pick up a Woods novel with high expectations, but "Dead in the Water" leaves readers splashing around in a wading pool. His Stone Barrington series is sort of the literary equivalent of an enjoyable-but-mediocre TV detective series. His writing style isn't particularly exceptional and his characters are woefully one-dimensional, but he can spin a tale that'll keep you turning the pages. With "Dead in the Water," though, he drowns his story in bland dialog and meaningless detail (glad I'm not the only one annoyed that Woods chronicles the making of a Caesar salad, which was slightly more exciting than Stone Barrington's adventures in an earlier chapter making linguine and clam sauce).