Dead in the Water audiobook

Exciting read! cleverly crafted writing with a good plot-twist combine in a great series...highly recommend...(paperback!)

Kind of an odd situation for a lawyer to get himself into in a foreign country, while waiting for his girlfriend to show up for vacation. The twist wasn't completely unexpected, however still a well written story that kept my interest through the whole book.

Stuart Woods is the King of the plot twist! No spoilers but OMG!

Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods is the 3rd book in the Stone Barrington series. Stone Barrington has planned a sailing vacation from St. marks in the Caribbean but when a young wealthy women sails in and is arrested for murdering her husband with no evidence, he is compelled to help her. It is difficult to believe the political and legal situation that Stone finds himself in and he seems to have no problems with sleeping with his client while waiting for his girlfriend to arrive. A fast paced mystery with plenty of twists and turns and a surprising ending. I enjoyed it immensely.

Wow quick and exciting! New to this series but I’m going to go in deep quickly!

4 Stars. These things happen to Stone Barrington. Is it luck or bad luck? I truly enjoy the stories and keep returning for more. In the previous novel, "Dirt," he met the lovely Arrington Carter. They are now living together. But she is suddenly up to her ears in an exclusive interview with one of America's leading film stars, Vance Carter, for the "New Yorker" and can't make the sailing adventure he planned. He is already awaiting her in the fictitious island of St. Marks, which is not far from beautiful Antigua. While bemoaning her absence, he glances at another yacht, much bigger, entering the port of English Harbour (which, in reality, is in Antigua). The only person on board? Allison Manning, another lovely young woman. Within minutes we hear her story; she and her mystery writer husband had left the Canary Islands to sail across the Atlantic to the Caribbean when Paul apparently suffered a heart attack and died. She had to commend him to the deeps. The result is a murder charge in St. Marks, and temptations galore for Stone! Is he her attorney or her new friend? Get ready for twists. Did you know St. Marks still has capital punishment? (January 2020)

Please Note: Read and reviewed in 2006. Updating formatting.My Synopsis: After Stone Barrington is stood up by his girl during a trip to St. Mark's, he becomes 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. Stone, desperate to find some way to pressure the St. Mark's government into backing off, starts a major media blitz in the US and floods the island with reporters. Various twists and turns ensue, and the final couple of twists in the story will absolutely blow your mind. My Thoughts: Woods had apparently been reading some L.E. Modesitt, Jr. 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. It's the tiny little day-to-day details in a book that truly bring it to life. I am not certain why more people do not enjoy this - I guess too many people want instant gratification and constant bang-bang action. I blame the television, and video and computer games for this. It has destroyed our capacity to enjoy details and the slow building of a story. 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. I am hooked!

This was a very good Stone Barrington book. It took place primarily outside the US and made you think about someone getting in trouble and being judged by non-Americans. Stone steps up and defends a woman accused of killing her husband on a yacht. Definitely different than most of his books about Stone.

Atty. Stone Barrington is vacationing in St. Mark, in the Caribbean. He's waiting for his girlfriend, Arrington, to arrive. She never does and instead send him a 'Dear Stone' kiss off letter. Always up for a new adventure and sex, he learns that Allison Manning has arrived in port on her yacht with her husband missing. Local authority Sir Winston Sutherland charges her with murder - motive - a $12 million life insurance policy. Barrington jumps on the case, and Allison, questioning Sutherland's motives.

Twists and turns galore, right up to the last chapter. Will Stone's client really be hanged for murder, even though there is a glaring lack of evidence? Anything can happen on a small island with their own rules of the court. I was engrossed the entire time.

Stone Barrington #3.I went through a phase were I really enjoyed the Stuart woods books. they were like riding a roller coaster. Predictable in where it is going but the fun was in the ride itself.

I really was on the edge of my seat. I really was taken aback by the lengths they went with this story. I was gutted at the climax. How could they have done THAT?I read book 4 before book 3. It was a slip on my part. It spoiled one aspect of the story, but the greatness of the stoey was not hurt by that spoiler. It was all my fault.

Loved it! Couldn’t put it down. Finished it in 4 days.