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2022

Format:	Large Print, Book
Author:	Woods, Stuart, author.
Title:	Black dog : a Stone Barrington novel / Stuart Woods.
Edition:	Large print edition.
Publisher, Date:	Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company, [2022] ©2022.
Description:	339 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. large print
Summary:	After returning home from a treacherous adventure, Stone Barrington is all too happy to settle back down in his New York City abode. But when he's introduced to a glamorous socialite with a staggering inheritance, Stone realizes his days are about to be anything but quiet. As it turns out, Stone's intriguing new companion has some surprisingly familiar ties and other far more sinister ones--including a nefarious enemy who gets too close for comfort. When it becomes clear that this miscreant will stop at nothing to get what he wants, and will endanger all whom Stone holds hear, Stone must step in to protect his friends and prevent a dangerous madman from wreaking havoc across the city.
Series:	A Stone Barrington novel ; 62 Woods, Stuart. Stone Barrington novel ; 62. Stone Barrington 62.
Subjects:	Barrington, Stone (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Private investigators -- Fiction. Legal stories. Investigations -- Fiction. Socialites -- Fiction. Inheritance and succession -- Fiction. New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Genre:	Large type books. Thrillers (Fiction) Detective and mystery fiction.
Notes:	Series numeration from goodreads.com. Subtitle from cover. "Thorndike Press large print basic" --title page verso. "Published in 2022 by arrangement with G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC" --title page verso.
ISBN:	9781432899370 (hardcover ; large print) 1432899376 (hardcover ; large print)
OCLC:	1340900056
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Readers all know Stone Barrington, behind-the-scenes guy for a Manhattan law firm and an expert in high-class intrigue and government intelligence. He's back, but with no plot details. Woods sold nearly a million copies across frontlist formats in 2020.

Publishers Weekly Review

Bestseller Woods's slick 62nd novel featuring suave New York attorney Stone Barrington (after A Safe House) opens with the arrival of recently widowed Annetta Charles at Stone's Manhattan townhouse. Annetta wishes to make changes to her will regarding her stepson, Eddie Charles, "the black dog of the family." When Stone says you mean "black sheep," she replies, "He's all dog, all the way through, and a mean one, at that." Annetta wants Stone to set up a trust paying Eddie $100,00 a month for her lifetime, because she believes it's the only way to stop Eddie from killing her. Annetta's been receiving threatening notes she's sure are from Eddie, with whom she wants no further contact. It's Stone's job as trustee to deal with Eddie. Thereafter, Eddie, despite being a smart Yale Law School graduate, keeps doing stupid things like showing up unexpectedly at P.J. Clarke's, where Stone and best pal Dino Bacchetti, the New York City police commissioner, often dine, to annoy Stone. A couple of murders, glimpses into the lifestyles of the ultrawealthy, and comic if at times edgy banter between Stone and Dino keep the pages turning. As usual, Woods gives his fans exactly what they want. Agent: Anne Sibbald, Janklow & Nesbit Assoc. (Aug.)

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