Desperate Measures (Hardcover) by Stuart Woods

from jfe16

A series of brutal murders has New York City on edge, forcing Stone Barrington to protect his newly-hired pilot from becoming the next target of the killers. But there's more trouble on the horizon for Stone as he finds himself in unexpected difficulties. This narrative, the forty-seventh in the ...

from jamespurcell

Multiple challenges for Stone as he hires someone, a lovely woman, of course, to be his personal pilot. Meanwhile, someone is raping and killing small blond women from the lower Eastside in Manhattan. Another lady in distress literally falls into his lap and he is off on a quest to help her sheds...

from buffalogr

The Barrington writing formula goes one more time. Girlfriend gets killed, Stone solves the murder, Dino acts way below his pay grade as NYC PC. Oh, and Stone gets laid a time or two. All the expected characters are there. For #47, the formulaic writing is still entertaining.

from jepeters333

Upon returning to the states from a European jaunt, Stone Barrington makes the acquaintance of a stunning woman who seems like she could be an ideal candidate to meet some of his professional--and personal--needs. Before long, though, Stone is put to the task of protecting his new hire when New Y...

from Carol420

The description sounds more exciting than the book actually was. Where do these people come from? They throw out terms like "one-hundred million dollars" like everyone has ever even seen one million dollars let alone several hundred of them...they constantly go out to the most expensive restauran...