In the last book, Son of Stone, Stone Barrington was married for about a nanosecond. In this new book, he has grieved for about half that and then is ready to move on in classic Stone style. Stone and Dino, faithful sidekick and NY police detective, have been summoned to Washington D.C at the request of the CIA and the President. They are under contract to the CIA, so they hop on Stone's plane and fly down to see what's up. They are asked by Holly Barker (another series by Woods), Will Lee (President and star of yet a different series by Woods) and his wife, Katherine Rule Lee (conveniently head of the CIA) to investigate a year old murder/suicide that involved the White House and one of its staffers. After a cursory search of the crime scene, Dino finds the murder weapon with DNA evidence still in tact after a year. Of course. Stone and Dino begin interviewing the people involved. They find that the staffer wasn't who he seemed. Stone finds several love interests while Dino seems to settle for one. Another character from previous books, Teddy Faye, also makes an appearance. The ending isn't very surprising, but it's a fairly good read.
Woods blends several series together in this one. As a result, it is fairly enjoyable and less superficial than the last half dozen or so Stone adventures. He obviously put more thought into this one. When I first started reading this series, I loved the characters and the plots. The last few years, I've been kicking myself for wasting my time reading them. Hopefully, he's back on track.
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