Dead in the Water: A Novel | Stuart Woods

Dead in the Water: A Novel | Stuart Woods | Thoroughly Enjoyable

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	Dead in the Water: A Novel Stuart Woods HarperTorch, 1998 - 432 pages average customer review:based on 61 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

fast pace GREAT BOOK!

It was a great and exciteing book and i look forward to reading all of his 18 books

Thoroughly Enjoyable

By accident, I read this book after its counterpart ("Swimming to Catalina") which was supposed to be the second one. Reading them in reverse order actually made this one more enjoyable for me. They are both excellent reads...real page turners...and highly recommended by this reader.

Dead in the Water: Page-turner extraordinaire

Stuart Woods' novel Dead in the Water is a suspenseful tale of murder, romance, and deception. Woods has crafted a story that captures the reader's attention from the opening paragraph until the closing lines. Never is there a dull moment in this thriller. The reader follows the adventures of Stone Barrington, an ex-cop turned lawyer who is intriguing yet refreshingly real. Stone's tropical vacation is interrupted when he meets murder suspect Elizabeth Manning. Through his own good will, he decides to defend this mysterious beauty who stands to lose her life if found guilty. The case has a new twist at every corner, and somehow it never manages to get dull. The story rises to higher levels of suspense as Stone and his client become romantically and passionately involved. The characters develop nicely throughout the novel. As the story line progresses, the reader develops a seemingly intimate relationship with the novel's protagonists and exhibits genuine concern for their well-being. Woods should be commended for this stellar literary accomplishment. By constantly introducing new elements into the complexity of the plot, Woods manages to keep the reader guessing. In fact, the novel's outcome is not clear until the final pages; therefore, no reader can willingly put it down without finishing. The story's conclusion is slightly far-fetched but enjoyable and ironic nonetheless. Woods' endeavor is a page-turner extraordinaire and a treat for anyone lucky enough to pick it up. Dead in the Water receives four out of five stars. Highly recommended.

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GREAT BEACH READING

So it wasn't War and Peace but it was a Stone Barrington sequel and I love his charachters and the characters he finds and socializes with. The ending was not a complete surprise, however Mr.Woods drew it out instead of just figuring it out and ending it there. I will now read Swimming to Catalina.

Not bad

A friend of mine gave this to me, and being the print addict that I am, I read it. Interesting storyline, but Woods doesn't go very deeply into character development, except for when it's time to cook something. A pleasant beach read, but that's about it.

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