Turbulence (Stone Barrington Series #46)

by Stuart Woods

Overview

In this electrifying thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington finds himself pitted against both man and nature.

Stone Barrington and several friends are vacationing in Florida when an extreme weather event puts a damper on their trip. Even worse, the hurricane-force winds blow a powerful, noxious politician straight onto Stone's doorstep. Though they part ways before long, Stone soon learns that he hasn't seen the last of his new acquaintance. It turns out that this official has some shady associates who may have destructive plans afoot, and Stone needs an entrée to the inside to figure out their scheme. With the fate of nations at stake, Stone must summon all of his fearless daring to put an end to the audacious plot...but this time he might be in over his head.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780735219205
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/26/2019
Series:	Stone Barrington Series
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	96,439
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Stuart Woods is the author of more than eighty-five novels, including the #1 New York Times-bestselling Stone Barrington series. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and Connecticut.

Hometown:

Key West, Florida; Mt. Desert, Maine; New York, New York

Date of Birth:

January 9, 1938

Place of Birth:

Manchester, Georgia

Education:

B.A., University of Georgia, 1959

Website:

http://www.stuartwoods.com

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Editorial Reviews

Stuart Woods is a no-nonsense, slam-bang storyteller.”—Chicago Tribune

More Praise for Stuart Woods 

“A world-class mystery writer...I try to put Woods’s books down and I can’t.”—Houston Chronicle

“Mr. Woods, like his characters, has an appealing way of making things nice and clear.”—The New York Times

“Woods certainly knows how to keep the pages turning.”—Booklist

“Since 1981, readers have not been able to get their fill of Stuart Woods’ New York Times bestselling novels of suspense.”—Orlando Sentinel

“Woods’s Stone Barrington is a guilty pleasure...he’s also an addiction that’s harder to kick than heroin.”—Contra Costa Times (California)

From the Publisher

04/23/2018
The approach of Hurricane Irma raises the tension early in bestseller Woods’s 46th novel featuring lawyer Stone Barrington (after Shoot First) as Stone and friends, including Secretary of State Holly Barker, hunker down at his house in Key West, Fla. Joe Box, the junior senator from Florida, who two months earlier tried to assault Holly after a White House dinner, briefly takes shelter with Stone. Once the storm passes and Stone is able to leave the island in his private plane, the plot centers on the efforts of American and British authorities to arrest Selwyn Owaki, a notorious arms dealer with ties to Box. When an attempt involving Stone to nab Owaki at a London restaurant goes awry, Stone becomes a target for some powerful people and must go on the run. The hunt for Owaki turns out to have surprisingly high political stakes, but, since the book’s principal villain is barely seen and has a minimal backstory, some readers may feel cheated, despite the concluding fireworks. Author tour. Agent: Anne Sibbald, Janklow & Nesbit. (June)

Publishers Weekly

2018-05-01
New York attorney/secret agent manqué Stone Barrington's latest takes him from a Category 5 hurricane to a rogue nuclear device, all without a single frisson of suspense.Wouldn't you know it? Stone's closed on his posh new digs in Key West just in time to welcome Hurricane Irma, which shutters the airport hours ahead of his planned departure. Every domicile on the island is damaged, but Stone's not so much; he loses electricity and cellphone reception, but a gasoline generator supplies power; so the worst effect of the storm is to bring Florida Sen. Joseph P. Box, whom Secretary of State Holly Barker, Stone's old friend and lover, has privately accused of unusually forthright sexual harassment, to his home, where Stone manfully shelters him until the storm blows over. Then it's on to man-made disaster. Box arranges bail for jailed arms dealer Selwyn Owaki, whom Stone helped put away last time around (Shoot First, 2018), and when Owaki instantly flees the country, CIA chief Lance Cabot enlists Stone's help in crashing a private dinner Owaki's set up in London with Box in order to prevent a nuclear device in Owaki's possession from falling into even worse hands. Stone's not eager to help, and even less eager when he hears that gunplay may feature in the evening's entertainment. But urged on by his latest inamorata, model Kelly Smith, he agrees to be the agency's inside man for this one night and then watches events spiral out of control. The upshot sends Kelly and Stone to Stone's house in Paris and then to Zurich, back to Stone's house in London, which serves as his home base for another abortive shot at Owaki, back to Stone's house in Key West, and back again to London in pursuit of Owaki. Fans may see a pattern here.Woods' consumerist hero doesn't purchase any new real estate this time out, but he does qualify to fly another new aircraft. Plus, that nuclear device doesn't explode. Nice.

Kirkus Reviews