Turbulence, Stuart Woods
Turbulence, Stuart Woods
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Turbulence

Bestseller

Author: Stuart Woods

Narrator: Tony Roberts

Unabridged: 7 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 06/05/2018


Synopsis

In the electrifying new thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington finds himself pitted against both man and nature.

Stone Barrington and several friends are vacationing in Florida when an extreme weather event puts a damper on their trip. Even worse, the hurricane-force winds blow a powerful, noxious politician straight onto Stone's doorstep. Though they part ways before long, Stone soon learns that he hasn't seen the last of his new acquaintance. It turns out that this official has some shady associates who may have destructive plans afoot, and Stone needs an entrée to the inside to figure out their scheme. With the fate of nations at stake, Stone must summon all of his fearless daring to put an end to the audacious plot...but this time he may be in over his head.

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

3.5/5 stars .... much less boring womanizing crap, at least. Some of it was just absurdly far-fetched, but other parts were very believable. I think the idea of having the next Presidential candidate be the current president's right hand woman, is just ridiculous. Seriously. Overall, not bad though......more

Goodreads review by Skip

Fun, but vacuous. It cracks me up to read a review of a Stone Barrington book where someone says they read it in one day -- how could it take more? In this romp, Holly skips off to see Stone at his new house in Florida and describes having to fight off a junior Senator's sexual advance. Meanwhile, th......more

Goodreads review by Carol

I asked myself why I continue to read this series and can honestly say that I have always liked the characters of Stone Barrington and Dino. I admit that I liked them more about 40 books ago...but every once in awhile the old Stone Barrington shines through. The one thing I can say for Stuart Wood's......more


Quotes

“Stuart Woods is a no-nonsense, slam-bang storyteller.”—Chicago Tribune

More Praise for Stuart Woods 

“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)