by Stuart Woods
2 out of 5 stars
Audiobook
Poor Stone Barrington -- every time he gets lucky, the woman ends up dead. With the exception of Holly Barker, all of Woods' female characters seem two dimensional and...well, kind of stupid (when they're not dying). What's up with that? Normally, I like to listen to these books, but narrator Tony Roberts reminds me of the filmstrip guy from grade school. His interpretation of Dino is horribly grating, and his attempt at accents is really distracting. But I digress. Barrington is kind of a James Bond type, and some of Woods' writing is a little old fashioned feeling, but if you like that kind of storycrafting, his stuff is a fairly decent distraction with lots of local references thrown in, which is kind of fun. He writes a pretty solid plot, and even though Stone is quite the ladies man, there's not a lot of graphic sex or naughty bits. That's also kind of refreshing sometimes. His books can feel a little formulaic, but it's a formula that's worked for him, so who are we to say. This one of many in the Stone Barrington series. Collect them all!
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