Dead in the Water

By Stuart Woods

Book Overview

In Dead in the Water, Stone has barely arrived in St. Marks, a lovely Caribbean island nation, on a sailing vacation when something very strange happens: A beautiful young woman sails into the harbor, entirely alone on a large yacht. Before long she is under the intense scrutiny of local authorities in the very considerable person of Sir Winston Sutherland, the minister of Justice. The problem is, though she arrived alone, she had departed the other side of the Atlantic in the company of her husband, a well-known writer, who is no longer in evidence. Evidence is what fascinates Stone Barrington, and before many pages have been turned, he is all that stands between the apparently innocent Allison Manning and the patently evil intent of Sir Winston, whose motives are unclear. What is clear is that the St. Marks' system of justice bears little resemblance to the American courts to which Stone is accustomed and that his smallest error could prove fatal to his client.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061093491
• ISBN13: 9780061093494
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: HarperTorch
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

more twists than a pretzel factor!

ok, that title's a little cliched, but it pretty much sums up this book.. stone barrington returns for another great whodunnit penned by stewart woods..and this is my favorite of his books so far... there's more than a few jaw dropping moments in this one...and the ending will have you wanting to read the very next book (which I plan on doing very soon) very good read for fans of stone barrington, stuart woods, or good crime novels in general

first read by this author...I will have to read them all..

I am not an avid reader, but I read a few pages and could not put it down. Does not take a long time to get started and it moves along at a very fast pace. VERY GOOD

4 hours later...

This is my first novel by Stuart Woods and I have to say that I enjoyed it very much. I sat down Saturday night at 10:00 to read a few chapters only until my husband came in from the garage with the intention of then watching a movie that I had taped. Needless to say 3 cups of coffee and 4 hours later I finished the book and we never did start the movie.The novel moves quickly and there is no unnecessary detail to skim over.It has lots of plots twists and I had fun trying to figure them out(even though I was only partially right)My next book is "Swimming to Catalina" which is where this novels ends. I look foward to it and I hope it is as enjoyable as this one has been.

fast pace GREAT BOOK!

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