What's not to like about a Stone Barrington book! Stuart Woods has created an interesting series.
I got this book from the library.
It has the usual cast of characters: Dino, Stone, Joan, Herbie Fisher ... and much of the action takes place, as usual at Elaine's, the restaurant Stone and Dino frequent. Or at Stone's house -- and in the bedroom.
Herbie has won a fortune in the NY lotto and that provides both humor and pathos. Why Herbie! And he pays Stone $1 million to represent him. Delusional or not, he thinks he is being pursued, and he might be, since he is determined to marry a prostitute (who still has a pimp) and carries a brown bag full of money. He has even less money sense than he does sense, if that is possible, though he has paid off his bookie and the gambling debts he has incurred. He also has incurred their wrath because he is no longer gambling -- after all, when it is real money, not paper loans, it feels more real.
Additionally, Dolce makes an appearance again. She is the murderous ex-wife (or kinda wife, since the paper they signed has been returned to Stone) who, after a mental breakdown of the worst sort, has convinced her mafia father and her handler that she is safe on the town. But she knows how to knife a man without killing him. And she seems bent on killing Stone -- or at least scaring him, and she is one to be feared.
The lucid intervals refers to moments of lucidity in Herbie's crazy life, and the moments of lucidity (which have disappeared) in Dolce's.
And who's to say which intervals are lucid when the world has gone crazy.
Into this mix comes Dame Felicity who offers the sex interest in this book -- nearly all of which occurs off page and by innuendo -- and a job for Stone. She wants him to find a missing rogue agent, Stanley Whitestone, who may or may not be alive. She refuses to tell him much of the reasons why (and she may not know herself) and Stone keeps his confidences to himself also.
The fun is in the humor between the characters and in the denouement, and the fact that you know Stone will come out on top. There are a few surprises along the way, one of which I was not happy with, but it shows the world's craziness, and perhaps it shows real life spy scenarios where safety isn't always possible. The reason is given as a surprise, no hints along the way.
Now what will these characters find themselves into in the next book?
Do you read this series or this author? Do you have a favorite?
Buy: Lucid Intervals: A Stone Barrington Novel (Kindle Edition)
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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Originally posted 2010-05-04 06:57:43.
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