Stuart Woods

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  • Bibliography:
    91 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1981
  • Latest Book:
    June 2023
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About the Author

In 1960, Stuart Woods moved to New York to look for a writing job. With his degree in Sociology, he found a job in an advertising agency since magazines and newspapers weren't hiring. He moved to London to work for another ad agency when he decided to finally write the novel he had always wanted to write. But he got distracted by a new endeavor: sailing. He wrote a couple non-fiction books about sailing and traveling which were published in Britain.

Eight years after he began writing it, Chiefs was published in March 1981. It received much critical acclaim and was made into a CBS mini-series starring Charlton Heston. Since then he has published over 50 novels many of which are New York Times bestsellers. His longest running series features Stone Barrington.

Woods died in his sleep in July 2022.

Full Series List in Order

Ed Eagle

1 - Santa Fe Rules (Jun-1992)
2 - Short Straw (Oct-2006)
3 - Santa Fe Dead (May-2008)
4 - Santa Fe Edge (Oct-2010)

Holly Barker

1 - Orchid Beach (Dec-1998)
2 - Orchid Blues (Nov-2001)
3 - Blood Orchid (Oct-2002)
4 - Iron Orchid (Oct-2005)
5 - Hothouse Orchid (Oct-2009)

Rick Barron

1 - The Prince of Beverly Hills (Oct-2004)
2 - Beverly Hills Dead (Jan-2008)

Senator Will Lee

1 - Chiefs (Jan-1981)
2 - Run Before the Wind (Mar-1983)
3 - Deep Lie (Feb-1986)
4 - Grass Roots (Jul-1989)
5 - The Run (Jun-2000)
6 - Capital Crimes (Oct-2003)
7 - Mounting Fears (Jan-2009)

Stone Barrington

1 - New York Dead (Sep-1991)
2 - Dirt (Sep-1996)
3 - Dead in the Water (Aug-1997)
4 - Swimming to Catalina (May-1998)
5 - Worst Fears Realized (Aug-1999)
6 - L.A. Dead (Nov-2000)
7 - Cold Paradise (Apr-2001)
8 - The Short Forever (Apr-2002)
9 - Dirty Work (Apr-2003)
10 - Reckless Abandon (Apr-2004)
11 - Two-Dollar Bill (Apr-2005)
12 - Dark Harbor (Apr-2006)
13 - Fresh Disasters (Apr-2007)
14 - Shoot Him If He Runs (Oct-2007)
15 - Hot Mahogany (Oct-2008)
16 - Loitering with Intent (May-2009)
17 - Kisser (Jan-2010)
18 - Lucid Intervals (Apr-2010)
19 - Strategic Moves (Jan-2011)
20 - Bel-Air Dead (May-2011)
21 - Son of Stone (Sep-2011)
22 - D.C. Dead (Dec-2011)
23 - Unnatural Acts (Apr-2012)
24 - Severe Clear (Sep-2012)
25 - Collateral Damage (Jan-2013)
26 - Unintended Consequences (Apr-2013)
27 - Doing Hard Time (Oct-2013)
28 - Standup Guy (Jan-2014)
29 - Carnal Curiosity (Apr-2014)
30 - Cut and Thrust (Jul-2014)
31 - Paris Match (Oct-2014)
32 - Insatiable Appetites (Jan-2015)
33 - Hot Pursuit (Apr-2015)
34 - Naked Greed (Jul-2015)
35 - Foreign Affairs (Oct-2015)
36 - Scandalous Behavior (Jan-2016)
37 - Family Jewels (Apr-2016)
38 - Dishonorable Intentions (Jun-2016)
39 - Sex, Lies, and Serious Money (Oct-2016)
40 - Below the Belt (Jan-2017)
41 - Fast and Loose (Apr-2017)
42 - Indecent Exposure (Jun-2017)
43 - Quick & Dirty (Oct-2017)
44 - Unbound (Jan-2018)
45 - Shoot First (Apr-2018)
46 - Turbulence (Jun-2018)
47 - Desperate Measures (Oct-2018)
48 - A Delicate Touch (Dec-2018)
49 - Wild Card (Mar-2019)
50 - Contraband (Aug-2019)
51 - Stealth (Oct-2019)
52 - Treason (Jan-2020)
53 - Hit List (Mar-2020)
54 - Choppy Water (Aug-2020)
55 - Shakeup (Nov-2020)
56 - Hush-Hush (Dec-2020)
57 - Double Jeopardy (Mar-2021)
58 - Class Act (Aug-2021)
59 - Foul Play (Oct-2021)
60 - Criminal Mischief (Dec-2021)
61 - A Safe House (Mar-2022)
62 - Black Dog (Aug-2022)
63 - Distant Thunder (Oct-2022)
64 - Near Miss (Jun-2023)

Book List in Order: 91 titles

  • Chiefs

    Senator Will Lee - 1

    In the winter of 1920, the first body is found in Delano, Georgia-the naked, brutalized corpse of a young boy. It Is a crime too horrific to be ignored; the first of many that will span four decades, embroiling three separate police chiefs in a remar...

  • Run Before the Wind

    Senator Will Lee - 2

    Will Lee ran from a life of Southern wealth and privilege to spend a peaceful summer on the coast of Ireland. But there is no peace in this beautiful, troubled land. Restless and dissatisfied, Will dreams of shipbuilding and sailing on crystal-blue ...

  • Deep Lie

    Senator Will Lee - 3

    Sifting through reams of seemingly unrelated intelligence, CIA analyst Katherine Rule discovers a chilling pattern: an ultrasecret Baltic submarine base...a crafty Russian spy-master in command...a carefully planned invasion about to be launched from...

  • Under the Lake

    STILL WATERS Situated on a peaceful lake in the prettiest part of the north Georgia mountains, Sutherland seems like a nice town, warm and quiet. The kind of place where families know their neighbors and children can grow up safe. RUN DEEP ...

  • Grass Roots

    Senator Will Lee - 4

    Will Lee has returned to his roots to kick off his campaign for the Senate. A prominent lawyer, he has come back to his hometown of Delano, Georgia, to plan his strategies... and to argue an explosively controversial case that could seriously damage ...

  • White Cargo

    MODERN PIRATES They should have killed Catledge. But they were too cruel. They let him live while they raped his wife and daughter. Let him live while they sent his yacht and his family to the bottom of the Caribbean. Let him live knowing...

  • Palindrome

    WHEN BOTH YOUR PAST AND FUTURE SPELL FEAR. Award-winning author Stuart Woods has crafted a masterful novel no reader will soon forget. For years, Liz Barwick has been battered by her brutal husband, a famous pro football player. This time it takes...

  • New York Dead

    Stone Barrington - 1

    IT WAS JUST LUCK Everyone is always telling Stone Barrington that he's too smart to be a cop, but it's pure luck that places him on the streets in the dead of night, just in time to witness the horrifying incident that turns his life inside out. ...

  • Santa Fe Rules

    Ed Eagle - 1

    BETTER OFF DEAD Successful Hollywood movie producer Wolf Willett is stunned when he happens to read his own New York Times obituary - victim of a sordid triple homicide amid a steamy menage a trois with his young bride and best friend. Who's the c...



  • L.A. Times

    DEADLY AMBITION After turning a film student's directorial debut into a hit movie, New York mobster and movie fanatic Vinnie Callabrese takes off for the bright lights of Hollywood, where he begins a new life as Michael Vincent, Producer. A natura...

  • Dead Eyes

    BLIND OBSESSION First there were roses and the notes in her mailbox signed simply, "Admirer." Then, the accident. One minute Chris Callaway was one of Hollywood's brightest rising stars, starting a new picture that could send her career skyrocketi...

  • Heat

    THE PRICE OF FREEDOM Ex-DEA agent Jesse Warden has seen enough of the inside of a solitary confinement cell to last him a lifetime. Or two lifetimes, which is the sentence he's serving after being convicted of a plan he was planning to commit, but...

  • Imperfect Strangers

    STEP ONE: PERFECT THE PERFECT MURDER Sandy Kinsolving's once-glittering life hangs by a desperate thread; his future depends on his wife's inheritance and whether or not she's about to throw him out on his ear. What he wouldn't give for a solution...

  • Choke

    MURDER IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion - first as a pro tennis player at Wimbledon, then as a womanizing coach at posh tennis clubs around the country. Now at Key West's Old Island Racquet Club, Chuck g...

  • Dirt

    Stone Barrington - 2

    Feared and disliked for both her poison pen and ice-queen persona, gossip columnist Amanda Dart finds the tables have turned. When an anonymous gossipmonger begins faxing the scathing details of Amanda's sexual indiscretions to national opinion maker...

  • Dead in the Water

    Stone Barrington - 3

    A DROP IN THE OCEAN Stone Barrington only wants a winter getaway from the chill of New York in the beautiful, tropical Caribbean paradise of St. Mark's. But what the lawyer and ex-cop gets instead is the chance to defend Allison Manning. The beaut...

  • Swimming to Catalina

    Stone Barrington - 4

    Stone Barrington thought he'd heard the last of former girlfriend Arrington after she'd left him to marry Vance Calder, Hollywood's hottest star. The last thing Stone expected was a desperate call from Calder. Arrington has vanished, and her new fian...

  • Orchid Beach

    Holly Barker - 1

    A WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND AND MOST LETHAL WEAPON Forced into early retirement at thirty-seven, smart, attractive, and fiercely independent Major Holly Barker trades in her bars as a military cop for the badge of deputy chief of police in Orchid Beach,...

  • Worst Fears Realized

    Stone Barrington - 5

    STONE BARRINGTON IS BACK! Not a man to dwell on the past, Stone Barrington has no choice but to rattle old skeletons when the people closest to him start dying, and he has little to go on but the suspicion that the killer may be someone he once k...



  • The Run

    Senator Will Lee - 5

    A respected senator from Georgia, Will Lee has aspirations of more. But a cruel stroke of fate thrusts him onto the national stage well before he expects, and long before he's ready for a national campaign. The road to the White House, however, wi...

  • L.A. Dead

    Stone Barrington - 6

    NO STONE UNTURNED... Trouble finds Stone smack in the middle of a romantic Mediterranean holiday. His trip to Venice - with the fiery Mafia princess Dolce - is cut short by a frantic phone call from half a world away. A celebrity murder has Los An...

  • Cold Paradise

    Stone Barrington - 7

    Palm Beach is the most glamorous scene of the crime yet for cop-turned-investigator Stone Barrington, who becomes reacquainted with a case he thought was buried years ago - and must settle romantic entanglements that haunt him still.... FAIR-WEATH...

  • Orchid Blues

    Holly Barker - 2

    When Holly's wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the inexplicable killing of an innocent bystander, Holly discovers evidence that leads her into the midst of a clan whose mem...

  • The Short Forever

    Stone Barrington - 8

    BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Hired by an odd client previously unknown to him, Stone arrives in London, on a mission he thinks he understands, but doesn't. Soon he finds himself not only out of his territory, but out of his depth as well. Baffl...

  • Blood Orchid

    Holly Barker - 3

    Blood Orchid: the name of Ed Shine's favorite flower - and his latest real-estate venture. New to town, the dapper developer makes the acquaintance of Holly, her father, Ham, and her wily Doberman, Daisy, just as Holly is trying to get her life back ...

  • Dirty Work

    Stone Barrington - 9

    Back in the States after the London adventures of The Short Forever, cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington takes a bite out of Manhattan's upper crust. Stonewalled .. . Hired to prove infidelity in an heiress's marriage, Stone Barrington goes unde...

  • Capital Crimes

    Senator Will Lee - 6

    When a prominent conservative politician is killed inside his lakeside cabin, authorities have no suspect in sight. And two more deaths--seemingly isolated incidents, achieved by very different means--might be linked to the same murderer. With the he...

  • Reckless Abandon

    Stone Barrington - 10

    Cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington tracks a mobster hiding deep within the witness protection program in this new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series--with a little help from a beautiful Florida police chief... . STONEWALLED Stone...

  • The Prince of Beverly Hills

    Rick Barron - 1

    His first night back in uniform, Rick Barron witnesses a car accident in which Clete Barrow, a drunk Hollywood A-lister, is involved. Though the other driver dies, Rick performs "Hollywood damage control," whisking Clete away from the scene. Centurio...



  • Two-Dollar Bill

    Stone Barrington - 11

    The fun-and action-begins with what Stone believes will be a quiet dinner with his ex-partner, Dino, but they are interrupted by Billy Bob, a filthy rich, smooth-talkin' Texan, who strolls in and parks himself at their table. He's in town "to make mo...

  • Iron Orchid

    Holly Barker - 4

    When his plane exploded off the coast of Maine, authorities thought thcy had seen the last of Teddy Fay, the former CIA tech wizard who killed his political targets for sport. But then they find irrefutable evidence that he is alive and up to his old...

  • Dark Harbor

    Stone Barrington - 12

    A Stone Rattled Stone Barrington hasn't heard from his cousin Dick Stone in years. Then an otherwise pleasant meal at Elaine's is interrupted by the CIA with news of Dick's death--apparently by his own hand. It seems that Dick Stone, a quiet famil...

  • Short Straw

    Ed Eagle - 2

    Short Straw reintroduces Santa Fe lawyer Ed Eagle, who first appeared in Stuart Woods's 1992 thriller, Santa Fe Rules. In his first adventure, Ed fell in love with the seductive Barbara Kennerly, and married her-against his better judgment. Turns...

  • Fresh Disasters

    Stone Barrington - 13

    Sink like a Stone It starts as just another late night at Elaine's, but It ends with Stone on the horns of a dilemma. Forced to represent a sleazy but clueless con man, Stone finds that what could have been a throwaway case instead leads right to ...

  • Shoot Him If He Runs

    Stone Barrington - 14

    Teddy Fay, the rogue agent last seen escaping from an imploding building in Iron Orchid, has been considered dead for some time. But President Will Lee thinks Teddy may still be alive. In a top secret Oval Office meeting, Stone Barrington learns that...

  • Beverly Hills Dead

    Rick Barron - 2

    New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods returns with the sequel to The Prince of Beverly Hills-a page-turning novel of murder, political intrigue, and betrayal set in 1940s Hollywood, the era of the "Red Scare," when almost anyone could be a s...

  • Santa Fe Dead

    Ed Eagle - 3

    When last we encountered Ed Eagle, he had been the target of a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his wife, Barbara, the ultimate black widow. But when Barbara escapes from police custody, Ed knows that not only will his life be in danger but also ...

  • Hot Mahogany

    Stone Barrington - 15

    Polished Stone Stone Barrington meets Barton Cabot, older brother of his sometime ally, CIA boss Lance Cabot. Barton's intelligence career is even more top secret than his brother's, but following a random act of violence, he's suffering from amnesi...

  • Mounting Fears

    Senator Will Lee - 7

    President Will Lee is having a rough week. His vice president just died during surgery. Confirmation hearings for the new vice president are under way, but the squeaky-clean governor whom Will has nominated may have a few previously unnoticed skeleto...



  • Loitering with Intent

    Stone Barrington - 16

    Dumped by his glamorous Russian girlfriend during dinner at Elaine's, and running low on cash, Stone Barrington is having a bad week. So his luck seems to be improving when he's hired to locate the missing son of a very wealthy man--lucky because the...

  • Hothouse Orchid

    Holly Barker - 5

    After Special Agent Holly Barker lets an international terrorist slip through her fingers for a second time, the CIA thinks she might want a long vacation. So Holly returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida, where she was police chief for many...

  • Kisser

    Stone Barrington - 17

    Stone Barrington is back in New York, and after a rather harrowing sojourn in Key West, he's looking to stay closer to home and work on some simple divorce and custody cases for Woodman & Weld. But when he crosses paths with a fetching Broadway actre...

  • Lucid Intervals

    Stone Barrington - 18

    It seems like just another quiet night at Elaine's. Stone Barrington and his former cop partner, Dino, are enjoying some pasta when in walks former client and all around sad sack Herbie Fisher...with a briefcase containing $14 million in cash. He...

  • Santa Fe Edge

    Ed Eagle - 4

    From the seamy prisons of Mexico to the glamorous movie sets of L.A. and the lush and exclusive resorts of Santa Fe, Ed Eagle and his team of private detectives must hunt or be hunted. . . . Ed Eagle -- the six-foot-seven, take-no-prisoners Santa Fe...

  • Strategic Moves

    Stone Barrington - 19

    Stone Barrington is left hanging in a financial windfall in the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington is enjoying his usual dinner at Elaine's when his boss at Woodman & Weld, the law firm where Stone is ...

  • Bel-Air Dead

    Stone Barrington - 20

    In the newest addition to the New York Times-bestselling series, Stone Barrington comes face-to-face with a beautiful woman from his past. . . . Stone Barrington receives a rather unexpected phone call from Arrington Calder, the ex-girlfriend with...

  • Son of Stone

    Stone Barrington - 21

    Stone Barrington is back in the latest addition to the New York Times bestselling series -- and faced with the biggest challenge of his life. . . . After an eventful trip to Bel-Air and a reunion with his sophisticated (and very wealthy) former lo...

  • D.C. Dead

    Stone Barrington - 22

    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 pre...

  • Unnatural Acts

    Stone Barrington - 23

    When a hedge fund billionaire hires Stone Barrington to talk some sense into his wayward son, it seems like an easy enough job; no one knows the hidden sins and temptations of the ultra-wealthy better than Stone. But as Stone and his erstwhile proteg...



  • Blue Water, Green Skipper

    Stuart Woods had never owned more than a dinghy before setting out on one of the world’s most demanding sea voyages, navigating single-handedly across the Atlantic. How, at the age of thirty-seven, did this self-proclaimed novice go from small pond...

  • Severe Clear

    Stone Barrington - 24

    Stone Barrington is called to Bel-Air to oversee an exclusive event that will gather the top echelons of the beau monde: Hollywood starlets, socialites, politicos, billionaires from overseas. It’s a task in which Stone has a personal stake, and one...

  • Collateral Damage

    Stone Barrington - 25

    Stone Barrington returns in the thrilling new novel from the New York Times-bestselling author. After a productive trip to Bel-Air, Stone Barrington is back in Manhattan -- and back in his element, ready to return to the world of deluxe fine dinin...

  • Unintended Consequences

    Stone Barrington - 26

    Stone Barrington finds intrigue abroad in the sensational new thriller by the New York Times bestselling author. Stone Barrington is no stranger to schemes and deceptions of all stripes -- as an attorney for the premier white-shoe law firm Woodma...

  • Doing Hard Time

    Stone Barrington - 27

    The riveting new Stone Barrington novel from New York Times -- bestselling author Stuart Woods. When Stone Barrington embarks on a trip to Bel-Air to check in on some business and personal concerns, he expects a relaxing break from the fast pace ...

  • Standup Guy

    Stone Barrington - 28

    Stone Barrington is back in the newest edge-of-your-seat adventure in the New York Times-bestselling series. Stone Barrington's newest client does not seem the type to bring mayhem in his wake. A polite, well-deported gentleman, he comes to Stone...

  • Carnal Curiosity

    Stone Barrington - 29

    Stone Barrington is back in the extraordinary new adventure from "New York Times"-bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington seems to have a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. When Manhattan's elite are beset by a series...

  • Cut and Thrust

    Stone Barrington - 30

    Stone Barrington enters the cutthroat fray of politics in the exceptional new thriller from New York Times--bestselling author Stuart Woods. When Stone Barrington travels to Los Angeles for the biggest political convention of the year, he finds t...

  • Paris Match

    Stone Barrington - 31

    Stone Barrington is back and better than ever in the astonishing new thriller from New York Times bestseller Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington has returned to Paris to attend to some business concerns, and finds himself embroiled in high-stakes tro...

  • Insatiable Appetites

    Stone Barrington - 32

    It’s a time of unexpected change for Stone Barrington. A recent venture has achieved a great victory, but is immediately faced with a new challenge: an underhanded foe who’s determined to wreak havoc at any cost. Meanwhile, when Stone finds himse...

  • Hot Pursuit

    Stone Barrington - 33

    It’s not often that Stone Barrington finds a woman as accustomed to the jet-set lifestyle as he, so he’s pleasantly surprised when he meets a gorgeous pilot who’s soon moving to New York, and available for closer acquaintance. Their travels tog...

  • Naked Greed

    Stone Barrington - 34

    Stone Barrington isn’t one to turn away in the face of danger, so when he witnesses a tricky situation underway, he jumps in to lend a hand. He never expected, though, that this favor would lead to a mutually beneficial business deal with a promin...

  • Foreign Affairs

    Stone Barrington - 35

    Stone Barrington returns in the new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. When he’s apprised at the last minute of a mandatory meeting abroad, Stone Barrington rushes off to Europe for a whirlwind tour of bus...

  • Scandalous Behavior

    Stone Barrington - 36

    Stone Barrington is back, in fine form, in the newest thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. After a series of nonstop adventures, Stone Barrington is eager for some peace and quiet in a rustic British setting. But no sooner does...

  • Family Jewels

    Stone Barrington - 37

    Stone Barrington is back and better than ever in the newest thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Stone Barrington’s newest client seems to be a magnet for trouble. A poised lady of considerable wealth, she’s looking for hel...

  • Dishonorable Intentions

    Stone Barrington - 38

    Stone Barrington gains an adversary that he can’t seem to shake in the electrifying new adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Stone Barrington’s latest lady friend is full of surprises, both good and ill. A sensual woman wit...

  • Sex, Lies, and Serious Money

    Stone Barrington - 39

    Stone Barrington takes on a client who gives him a run for his money in the newest heart-stopping thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Fresh off the runway at Teterboro, Stone Barrington arrives home to find an unexpected new c...

  • Below the Belt

    Stone Barrington - 40

    Stone Barrington lands in hot water in the new adventure from the celebrated author of more than fifty New York Times-bestselling novels. Newly ensconced in his Santa Fe abode with a lovely female companion, Stone Barrington receives a call from ...

  • Fast and Loose

    Stone Barrington - 41

    In the latest thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington’s newest foe has a short fuse...and it’s just been lit. Stone Barrington is enjoying a boating excursion off the Maine coast when a chance encounte...

  • Indecent Exposure

    Stone Barrington - 42

    In the latest action-packed adventure from #1 New York Times -- bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington learns that privacy is hard to come by when you’re one of the rich and mighty. As an eligible bachelor, man-about-town, and mover i...

  • Quick & Dirty

    Stone Barrington - 43

    Stone Barrington gets entangled in the intricate and rarefied art business in the latest thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods. When a slam-bang of a crime brings a beautiful new client into Stone Barrington’s office, lit...

  • Unbound

    Stone Barrington - 44

    Stone Barrington is pulled along for the ride when a friend pursues a perilous course of vengeance in the newest novel from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. In the wake of a personal tragedy, former CIA operative Teddy Fay -- now...

  • Shoot First

    Stone Barrington - 45

    In the latest nonstop adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington must defend a woman whose business--and life--are under threat. Stone Barrington is enjoying a round of golf in Key West when the game is viol...

  • Turbulence

    Stone Barrington - 46

    Stone Barrington finds himself pitted against both man and nature. Stone Barrington and several friends are vacationing in Florida when an extreme weather event puts a damper on their trip. Even worse, the hurricane-force winds blow a powerful, no...

  • Desperate Measures

    Stone Barrington - 47

    Stone Barrington faces down danger on New York's mean streets in the latest thriller from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods. Upon returning to the states from a European jaunt, Stone Barrington makes the acquaintance of a stunning woman who seem...

  • A Delicate Touch

    Stone Barrington - 48

    Stone Barrington uncovers a societal minefield in the exhilarating new adventure from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. When an old acquaintance reaches out to Stone Barrington requesting assistance, the job seems easy enough. She...

  • Wild Card

    Stone Barrington - 49

    Stone Barrington clashes with a determined adversary in the latest non-stop thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington and his latest paramour are enjoying a peaceful country retreat when their idyll is broke...

  • Contraband

    Stone Barrington - 50

    Stone Barrington is caught in the web of a national smuggling operation in the latest action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Stone Barrington is getting some much-needed rest and relaxation in the Florida sun when tr...

  • Stealth

    Stone Barrington - 51

    Stone Barrington must trap a ruthless defector in this heart-stopping thriller from fan favorite Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington is trying to enjoy some downtime at his English retreat when he's unceremoniously sent off to the remote reaches of...

  • Treason

    Stone Barrington - 52

    Stone Barrington takes on a scheming rebel in this latest action-packed thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. Upon returning to New York City after a whirlwind British excursion, Stone Barrington is notified of a delicat...

  • Hit List

    Stone Barrington - 53

    Stone Barrington faces down a vengeful miscreant in this latest heart-stopping thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author When Stone Barrington finds his name on a hit list, he plans to lie low until the culprit is caught. But when thi...

  • Choppy Water

    Stone Barrington - 54

    In this exhilarating new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington must go up against an enemy with deadly intentions--and ideologies. Stone Barrington and his friends are vacationing in Maine when their lei...

  • Shakeup

    Stone Barrington - 55

    Stone Barrington must track down an enemy intent on disturbing law and order in the latest action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Upon returning from a dangerous coastal adventure, Stone Barrington is looking forward...

  • Hush-Hush

    Stone Barrington - 56

    Stone Barrington faces down a rival with cutting-edge tactics in this heart-racing thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Stone Barrington is settling in for some downtime in New York City when an anonymous enemy makes himself kno...

  • Double Jeopardy

    Stone Barrington - 57

    Stone Barrington faces down danger on all sides in the latest thriller from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington is settling in for a stretch in New York when he receives news that demands immediate action. An old family matter ha...

  • Class Act

    Stone Barrington - 58

    Stone Barrington takes down old and new enemies in the latest thriller from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods. After a rocky jaunt in Maine, Stone Barrington is settling back in New York City when an old client reaches out for help with a delica...

  • Foul Play

    Stone Barrington - 59

    In the latest action-packed thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington faces down a persistent rival. Stone Barrington is nearing his New York City abode when he stumbles into trouble. As it turns out, a new ...

  • Criminal Mischief

    Stone Barrington - 60

    In this exhilarating new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington goes up against an enemy on the run. After a dangerous adventure has him traveling up and down the coast, Stone Barrington is looking forwa...

  • A Safe House

    Stone Barrington - 61

    In this latest adrenaline-charged thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington takes on a vengeful rival. Stone Barrington is looking forward to some quiet time in New York City, until he is asked to transport ...

  • Black Dog

    Stone Barrington - 62

    Stone Barrington must battle a nasty opponent in the latest action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. After returning home from a treacherous adventure, Stone Barrington is all too happy to settle back down in his New Y...

  • Distant Thunder

    Stone Barrington - 63

    Stone Barrington finds himself in hot water in this exhilirating adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. During an intense storm in Dark Harbor, Maine, a perplexing murder lands a dead man on Stone Barrington's doorstep. As se...

  • Near Miss

    Stone Barrington - 64

    Stone Barrington faces down a deadly foe in the latest thrilling adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Following a string of adventures, Stone Barrington is enjoying some downtime in New York City when a chance encounter introduces hi...

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1982 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- First Novel


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