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The Bargain Nexus - Hot Mahogany
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List Price: $25.95
Our Price: $7.80
Your Save: $ 18.15 ( 70% )
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Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399155154
ISBN: 0399155155
Label: Putnam Adult
Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2008-09-23
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Putnam Adult
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Summary: Return to the Woods we love
Comment: For the past two years or so I've been reading Stuart Wood's new issues out of a sense of obligation because I have never missed a single one he has had published. With "Hot Mahogany" the feeling was different. It was a book I could not put down on a flight between LA and Washington, DC -- a cover to cover read! Stone Barrington was back, and so was I, captivated and catapulted into the non-stop action.
This is not only Woods' return to glory but also the return of Stone Barrington to the just-below-the-surface cool and self-effacing ex-cop/lawyer who appreciates a good bourbon and good art, the kind of character that most over 40 guys wish they could be for only a few minutes of their lives.
Stuart Woods is back!
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Summary: Another fantastic read
Comment: I wasn't able to put it down. Stone and his motley crew keep you glued to the story hoping your not near the end and never daring to check.
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Summary: Hot Mahogany
Comment: The latest in the Stone Barrington series was just as good as the ones before it. I always wait, impatiently, for the next in the series. Mr. Woods has brought each of these characters to life and they have become so familiar to us that we actually feel that we know them. I enjoy the way he integrates characters from the other books into his new ones. It is always an easy, enjoyable read. Most of the time, we know from the start how it is going to end, but the enjoyment is in the ride there.
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Summary: Good but not the best of Woods
Comment: The Margin
This isn't Woods's best, but for a regular reader of his novels it's certainly worth the time. New readers will find it compelling. Perhaps I've become too familiar with the characters in the Stone Barrington stories and now know what to anticipate. Regardless of my minor dissappointment with Hot Mahogany I'd recommend it. Hot Mahogany has it all, women, crime, intelligence interplay, something smuggled to the U.S. by soldiers during the Viet Nam War. It all comes together for a satisfying conclusion less some of the usual twists and turns this author is known for.
Marvin Wiebener, author of The Margin, an intelligent mystery with action and exciting characters sure to please readers of fast paced fiction.
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Summary: Great Service
Comment: I received this book on cd quickly and in great shape. Would do business with this company again.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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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