Strategic Moves / Stuart Woods / 285

In this latest Stone Barrington novel, plot elements with all of Stone's friends, clients, lovers and employers interweave to leave Stone in a dangerous and exhausting balancing act from which he submerges mostly unscathed and a lot richer. Pinning down the elusive Osama bin Laden is even part of the story. Totally unbelievable...yes but you still can't stop turning those pages to find out what happens next. Reading this just to find out what happens when a most wanted fugitive uses a Mercedes to escape from a cargo plane in mid air is worth the few hours it will take you to reach the all nicely tied up ending. It's hard to choose a favorite character from the Stone Barrington books...maybe the trouble magnet Herbie Fisher, the sassy secretary Joan, the best buddy Dino, the all too lawerly Bill Eggers, the devious Lance Cabot, the wise Holly or Stone himself. I'm a little worried about Stone though...he's much too promiscuous and by now he must weigh 300 lbs and have a cholesterol problem from eating at Elaine's every night. Grab this book, pour yourself a jot of Knob Creek on the rocks, think about dining on Osso Buco with polenta and settle in for some fun time spent with Stone and friends.