Hot Mahogany: A Stone Barrington Novel [Hardcover]

Stuart Woods (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 23, 2008

One night at Elaine’s, Stone Barrington—back in Manhattan after chasing down the bad guys in the Caribbean—meets Barton Cabot, older brother of his sometime ally, CIA boss Lance Cabot. Barton’s career in army intelligence is even more top secret than his brother’s, but he’s suffering from amnesia following a random act of violence. Amnesia is a dangerous thing in a man whose memory is chockfull of state secrets, so Lance hires Stone to watch Barton’s back. As Stone discovers, Barton is a spy with a rather unusual hobby: building and restoring antique furniture. The genteel world of antiques and coin dealers at first seems a far cry from Stone’s usual underworld of mobsters, murderers, and spies. But Barton also is a man with a past, and one event in particular— in the jungles of Vietnam more than thirty years earlier— is coming back to haunt his present in ways he’d never expected. Stone soon finds out that Barton, and some shady characters of his acquaintance, may be hiding a lot more than just a few forged antiques.

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About the Author

Stuart Woods is the author of more than thirty novels, including the New York Times–bestselling Stone Barrington series and Holly Barker series. An avid sailor and pilot, he divides his time among New York City, Florida, and Maine. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Adult; 1ST edition (September 23, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399155155
• ISBN-13: 978-0399155154
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #508,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stuart Woods is the author of forty-four novels, including the New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series and Holly Barker series. The last twenty-eight of them have been New York Times best-sellers. He is an avid private pilot, flying his own jet on two book tours a year. His latest novel is Santa Fe Edge,to be published on September 21st. You may see his tour schedule and learn more about the author on his website, www.stuartwoods.com.

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars never follows through, October 30, 2008

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Penelope Paterson "paterson003" (Cayman Islands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Mahogany: A Stone Barrington Novel (Hardcover)

I have all of Stuart Wood's book and have enjoyed them all, this one had the potential to be very good and started off well. The story line of Lance's brother's loss of memory could have taken off and led the story somewhere, however, it was more or less pushed aside and never really had any meat. After the first couple of chapters it just died for me. Each chapter brought in something new, but it was never followed though so just left you thinking "what happened with that". Normally Stuart's books keeping you wanting more after each chapter and it is very hard to put his books down. This one however just leaves you bored.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a disappointment, October 27, 2008

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J. M. Piterniak "JP" (Cohoes, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Mahogany: A Stone Barrington Novel (Hardcover)

I have no clue who committed the crime, or even what the crime exactly was. Something about switched-around furniture and a bunch of tiresome plot twists. I came away with two things:

1. Cop Dino Bacchetti never left Elaine's Restaurant, except to commit a felony. Nice.

2. Stone Barrington is a bed-hopping sleaze, trading off partners more often than the average person changes their socks.

I hope Mr. Woods gets back on track after this mess, and we see some of his other serial characters like Will Lee, in new adventures.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hot Mahogany Left Me Cold, June 2, 2009

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Gloria Gracey - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Mahogany (Stone Barrington) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read all of the Stone Barrington books and I think the middle ones in the series are decent light fiction: entertaining, engaging, sometimes even touching. But lately it seems like Woods has just been phoning it in when it comes to this series. In Hot Mahogany, the writing's poor, the dialogue's stilted, the plot is thin, and the characters are so lightly sketched as to be almost transparent. I recommend that you don't waste your time or money. Skip this one.