Marianna S. (Angeloudi) reviewed on 3/22/2009 + 160 more book reviews

I have read all the Stone Barrington/Holly Barker books and I must say that the plots have been getting boring, the characters interchangeable, and the villains more ludicrous. However, this novel, which started out rather ploddingly, with Stone, Holly and Dino heading back to St. Marks to find the elusive and believed dead Teddy Fay, took a turn for the better at around page 130. Just as I was thinking of not finishing this novel (a big yawn), things started getting exciting, characters started coming to life, and there were tricks and surprises! So I was extremely pleasantly surprised to race through the remaining 2/3 of the book to fnd out what would happen! One caveat: Woods is not good at character development, and his "sex scenes" are poorly written, mechanical, laced with profanity (mainly the "f" word) coming from every character, even the fictional president of the United States and his wife. You can tell this book is written by a male- that's all I can say!

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