

Fresh Disasters
Author: Stuart Woods
Series: A Stone Barrington Novel #13
Narrator: Tony Roberts
Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Published: 04/10/2007
Author: Stuart Woods
Series: A Stone Barrington Novel #13
Narrator: Tony Roberts
Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Published: 04/10/2007
The American novelist hailing from Georgia, Stuart Woods, had a long and lustrous career in competition sailing. The interest, maybe obsession, with sailing began after he had spent time in London, then Ireland to write a novel about an old family story which he had heard as a child. He began putting together a crew for sailing competition shortly after he moved to Ireland.
It was in conjunction with a certain race, the MORCRA Azores Race and the OSTAR, Woods met with publishers to trade writing a book about his sailing experiences in return for sponsorship of the races. Golden Harp was launched in 1975, followed by Golden, Golden Apple, Golden Shamrock, Golden Delicious, and Harp.
Wood's novel, Blue Water. Green Skipper was published in 1977. His next book took a different turn and was based on his extensive travels around England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. It was entitled, A Romantic's Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland. He then followed those two non-fiction books with several series of novels featuring recurring casts of characters and also with characters and their love interests, and frequent use of the New York restaurant Elaine's as a meeting place. Woods has published a memoir, a travel book, and forty-four novels in a thirty-seven year career.
Great series! a fun,enjoyable,mystery and solid storyline with the usual scenes of Stone getting laid and trying to solve this very violent and difficult case..well written (paperback!)......more
3 Stars. Do you enjoy trying to figure-out the origins of a novel's title? Sometimes it's obscure, as with some of John Sandford's 'Prey' series. Others are easy. In this case Lieutenant Bacchetti offers this line at Elaine's restaurant, "All right (Stone), what fresh disaster has visited you now?"......more
I shamelessly admit: I am in total spellbound fascination with the "Stone Series". (if that makes sense?) While this was not a five star intallment in the series, it was a fast read with really good dialogue amongst the characters, something I personally adore. I really recommend reading this series i......more
The one thing I can say for this book is that it was a fast read! Nowadays, a lot of emphasis is placed on the pace of a book. For some reason, a lot of people want to know that they can get through whatever they are reading quickly. A fast read should not be confused with being a page-turner. There......more
Another hard scrabble private detective beating the bad guys. This one has sharp dialogue, 3 love conquests by the main character and (amazingly-just kidding) all 3 women just finished in the top ten in the last Miss World Contest-LOL! Give a Mafia boss, psycho stalker and an adulterous lawyer their......more
Praise for Fresh Disasters
“There are plenty of laughs as the pages speed by. Series regulars and newcomers alike will be perfectly satisfied.”—Publishers Weekly
“Stone is as slick as ever.”—Booklist
More Praise for Stuart Woods
“Stuart Woods is a no-nonsense, slam-bang storyteller.”—Chicago Tribune
“A world-class mystery writer...I try to put Woods’s books down and I can’t.”—Houston Chronicle
“Mr. Woods, like his characters, has an appealing way of making things nice and clear.”—The New York Times
“Woods certainly knows how to keep the pages turning.”—Booklist
“Since 1981, readers have not been able to get their fill of Stuart Woods’ New York Times bestselling novels of suspense.”—Orlando Sentinel
“Woods’s Stone Barrington is a guilty pleasure...he’s also an addiction that’s harder to kick than heroin.”—Contra Costa Times (California)