Swimming to Catalina, Stuart Woods
Swimming to Catalina, Stuart Woods
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Swimming to Catalina

Author: Stuart Woods

Narrator: Tony Roberts

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/19/2016


Synopsis

In Swimming to Catalina, ex-cop-turned-Manhattan-attorney and investigator Stone Barrington is back, still smarting from his sudden breakup with brilliant, beautiful magazine writer Arrington Carrington, who has left him to marry Hollywood's hottest male star, Vance Calder. Then Calder calls Stone for help: Arrington has vanished without a trace, and Calder, refusing to call the police, wants Stone to find her. Arriving in L.A. with little to go on, Stone soon finds himself in the deepest kind of trouble as he nearly drowns in a sea of lost leads and empty clues that take him from Bel Air to Malibu to Rodeo Drive. In a town where the sharks drive Bentleys and no one can be trusted, Stone must use all his wits to find Arrington and keep his head above water ... without losing it.Drenched in Hollywood glitz and glamour, and filled with the dizzying plot twists and turns that have made his novels New York Times bestsellers and international sensations, Swimming to Catalina is Stuart Woods' fastest paced, most riveting, and unabashedly fun thriller.

About Stuart Woods

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Diane on May 15, 2018

3.5 stars! mystery,entertaining,lots of action and even has a little adventure from Stone because of him being reckless after he finds out about Arrington & Vance's relationship..Mr.brokenhearted becomes distracted from his job of investigating the case to do the usual banging every female in his ey......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on October 28, 2012

We're down to just 3 stars. Each book seems to get half a star worse. The sex is increasingly gratuitous. I wish Woods would just let these be mysteries, rather than trying to add in a sex element. It seems so contrived--like I'm reading a nice detective story and then someone slipped in a Playboy a......more

Goodreads review by Jack on February 21, 2025

4 Stars. I couldn't have done it. Could you? Two thugs dump Stone Barrington into the Pacific just off Catalina Island near L.A. He's strapped to a heavy anchor. Three things would have quickly flashed through my mind: "This water better not be deep," "I've got 60 seconds to chuck this anchor," and......more

Goodreads review by Eli - on June 04, 2022

Sooooo many books in this series, I’m looking forward to catching up!......more

Goodreads review by Dosha (Bluestocking7) on December 02, 2020

These books are so very entertaining, even if they are too far fetched and unbelievable at times. I'm enjoying listening to this series as I crochet my holiday afghan. Dino is my favorite character, and he is the lead character's best friend. He is not in this book as much as I would like, but he is......more