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Dead in the Water (1997)

av Stuart Woods

Serier: Stone Barrington (3)

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Stone Barrington only wants a winter getaway from the chill of New York in the beautiful, tropical Caribbean paradise of St. Mark's. But what the lawyer and ex-cop gets instead is the chance to defend Allison Manning. The beautiful young woman stands accused of killing her rich husband on board their luxurious yacht and then burying him at sea.

Stone isn't exactly conversant with the island country's law, but this much is clear to him: Allison is being railroaded by the perverse sense of justice of a prosecutor who will do anything to stay in office. Donning the robe and wig of a British barrister, Stone does everything he can to save Allison--from publicizing the case all over the American press to conducting the kind of smart, tough investigation that money can't buy. Just when he has the jury in the palm of his hands, a shocking reversal of fortune changes everything. And what was once a sure thing begins to look a lot like a death sentence.

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  dgmathis | Mar 15, 2023 |
This series is growing on me. Stone is a good character, with an overactive libido and finds himself defending a woman accused of murdering her husband for money. Good twists, and interesting portrayal of a Carribean island, with archaic, English style governance and politics. ( )
  skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |
Another great novel from Stuart Woods. ( )
  xKayx | Dec 14, 2020 |
Review: Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods.

The book was well written but I thought some of the story was predictable however, the ending was a surprise. Some of Woods books are outstanding and others just fill the void of suspense and mystery. The story is faced pace and set in the Caribbean Islands.

Stone Barrington a retired detective, lawyer, and now private investigator is all set in taking a vacation on his yacht in the Caribbean at a place called St. Marks. Stones girlfriend, Arrington Carter could not make it to the boat launching because she stayed behind to interview a special actor, Vance Calder. She will join Stone on the island in a few days. However, Arrington than got caught up in a snowstorm and never made it to the Island.

In the meantime Stone pulls into St. Marks at the same time as a huge beautiful yacht with an attracted woman, Allison Manning docked beside him. As Stone watched the police went to her boat and escorted her away and later he found out that her husband, a known writer suffered a heart attack while on the ocean and died so she buried him at sea.

Stone had no other plans so he went to the hearing that covers the death of Allison husband. The Minister of Justice decides to prosecute Allison for murder. Stone Barrington jumps into the case as her lawyer and connects with an older lawyer on the island because Stone isn’t a resident of St. Marks. They both work on the case but Allison makes the moves on Stone so they began their romance secretly… The story goes
foreword with the trial but can Stone stop the Minister of Justice finding Allison guilty and sentencing her to a hang within twenty-four hours for murder… ( )
  Juan-banjo | Apr 22, 2020 |
Not a badly written book, average. However, this book was written by a man for men, as the main character, a lawyer winds up in bed with the other main female character quite a bit. She's daft. She's facing a possible hanging in a week, facing accusations of killing her husband out at sea and after that putting into port on St. Marks. There the abbreviated and corrupt form of British rule of law is bent on charging her with this crime, which it appears she didn't commit. All she thinks about is going to bed with the lawyer.

I read about 1/4 to 1/3 of this book and just can't continue. It's a waste of my time.

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  Rascalstar | Jan 21, 2017 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

Stone Barrington only wants a winter getaway from the chill of New York in the beautiful, tropical Caribbean paradise of St. Mark's. But what the lawyer and ex-cop gets instead is the chance to defend Allison Manning. The beautiful young woman stands accused of killing her rich husband on board their luxurious yacht and then burying him at sea.

Stone isn't exactly conversant with the island country's law, but this much is clear to him: Allison is being railroaded by the perverse sense of justice of a prosecutor who will do anything to stay in office. Donning the robe and wig of a British barrister, Stone does everything he can to save Allison--from publicizing the case all over the American press to conducting the kind of smart, tough investigation that money can't buy. Just when he has the jury in the palm of his hands, a shocking reversal of fortune changes everything. And what was once a sure thing begins to look a lot like a death sentence.

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