Stone Barrington, attorney and man about town, is at it again. Colleagues, clients and other cuckoos throw money and gifts (including a plane for goodness sakes) at him for minimal work. It's a good gig if you can get it. A financial scandal, a murder, an arms dealer, the possible location of bin Laden and, of course, dinner at Elaine's every night is a typical week or so in the life of Stone. (Now that the real Elaine has passed on, will Woods work that into his next Stone adventure?) Nothing new in this novel. We've seen it all before.
Let's face it: Stone should be long dead either from beatings, bullets, heart attack due to high calorie, high cholesterol meals, alcoholism or STDs. Stone is a guest who has outstayed his welcome. I keep reading this series (even though after every new title, I swear it's my last) because I'm hoping to see the spark from the early books. But Woods and others (Evanovich and Patterson come to mind) know when they have a good thing going, and they won't stop until we stop reading.
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