Search - The Short Forever (Stone Barrington, Bk 8)

If I were a man, I'd want to be like Stone Barrington! Well, except for parts where people are trying to kill him. This guy has the women falling all over him, he stays in 5 star hotels, dines in some of the classiest restaurants in the world and drinks the finest of wines. Oh, then he chases the villains when he's not drinking, eating or bedding a lovely lady.

Stone Barrington, Stuart Woods's suave, urbane series hero, is approached by an enigmatic new client, John Bartholomew, who hires him for what looks like an easy assignment: find his young niece, who's living somewhere in London with a shady character liable to involve her in his illegal activities, and persuade her to return to New York with Barrington. Handing him a ticket on the Concorde and an unlimited expense account, Bartholomew sets Stone on a chase in which identifying who's the predator and who's the prey turns out to be the key to solving a puzzling mystery involving two American spies and a great deal of money.

This is a must for lovers of the Stone Barrington books. It is the first of the series and sets up a lot of characters like Arrington and Bechitti.

Liked all the twists and turns. Easy summer read.

Very good book.

Woods effortless crisp writing and nimbly staged action make this
a breezy read