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Lucid Intervals: A Stone Barrington Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Stuart Woods
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
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Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 8276
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1ST
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0399156445
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399156441
ASIN: 0399156445
Publication Date: April 20, 2010
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Product Description
A brand-new page-turning Stone Barrington novel from the perennially entertaining New York Times-bestselling author.
It seems like just another quiet night at Elaine's. Stone Barrington and his former cop partner, Dino, are enjoying some pasta when in walks former client and all around sad sack Herbie Fisher...with a briefcase containing $14 million in cash.
Herbie claims to have won the money on a lucky lotto ticket, but he also says he needs a lawyer-and after a single gunshot breaks the window above his head and sends diners scrambling, Stone and Dino suspect Herbie might need a bodyguard and a private investigator, too.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 41
 Lucid Intervals April 22, 2010
LCG (Diamond Bar, CA United States)
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
The first two reviews are complaints regarding the lack of a Kindle version and are not really a review of the book. I have read all of Stuart Woods' books and found Lucid Intervals to be an easy and enjoyable read. It is short and to the point although somewhat repetitive which is the case of most prolific writers when they are trying to bring new readers up to date. I gave it five stars in view of the two previous reviews. If you are looking for a deeply complex and suspenseful thriller, this is not it. Lucid intervals is fun, simple and interesting. Thank you Mr Woods for keeping me supplied with an easy read for my afternoon sojourns.
Must-read for Stone Barrington Fans June 4, 2010
Bookreporter.com (New York, New York)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Stuart Woods recreates the elite lifestyle of lawyer Stone Barrington in LUCID INTERVALS. Stone's tastes put him in a difficult financial position when he looks at seemingly endless red ink in his checkbook. His enterprising secretary, Joan Robertson, has his best interests --- and his bank account --- in mind when she ushers in Herbie Fisher, nephew of a good friend but a monstrous pain. Herbie, an Internet-degreed attorney, has won a $30 million lottery. He is certain that someone is out to kill him, and so he wants to hire Stone to represent him. Sure enough, gunshots shatter glass in Stone's favorite restaurant, Elaine's, when Herbie approaches him. Stone turns him down, but Joan accepts the $1 million retainer behind Stone's back in order to pay his bills.
Stone's next client, British intelligence officer Felicity Devonshire, is an old acquaintance of the intimate type. She's investigating the whereabouts of a former British agent believed to have left the intelligence service with information for sale to the highest bidder, and enlists Stone to verify his appearance in the United States. Under the Official Secrets Act, she asks for his help, promising a hefty retainer in British pounds. The elegant Felicity, chauffeured to Stone's office in a slightly elder Rolls Royce, accepts an offer to stay at his house. His libido is satisfied by the insatiable appetites of his British guest; tastefully written, the sexual scenes are as much innuendo as reality.
Throughout, Woods uses the setting of Elaine's as a rendezvous for his characters. Stone's former cop partner, Dino Bacchetti, proves useful when an official investigation is necessary. Dino's access to police records is invaluable when it comes to searching for Stanley Whitestone, the elusive British agent. Herbie wanders in and out of Elaine's when seeking advice from his reluctant attorney; his adoration of Stone borders on hero worship.
Woods, himself a pilot, writes his passion for flying into LUCID INTERVALS when Stone meets a third client, Jim Hackett, a naturalized U.S. citizen and owner of a successful security conglomerate. Jim wants to hire Stone and offers him flight instruction in piloting a small corporate jet. Felicity believes that Hackett is Whitestone's assumed identity, but Stone disagrees until further sleuthing can satisfy both their reservations. Meanwhile, Herbie prances through the plotline and becomes involved in a murder investigation when he is accused of killing his prostitute girlfriend. Stone abruptly leaves the Whitestone case to bail his wealthy client out of jail.
A third subplot involves a young woman intent on killing Stone and anyone close to him. She is Dolce Bianci, Stone's brief commitment to marriage. Dolce's rich father has restrained his psychotic daughter, but she has escaped with the intention of stalking her former husband.
LUCID INTERVALS contains sufficient humorous episodes when Herbie is present to take an edge off the cloak and dagger effects of Stone's relationship with Felicity. This latest installment is a must-read for Stone Barrington fans, and I wonder if Dolce will be given a meatier role in future books. I certainly hope so.
Stuart Woods--always a winner May 13, 2010
Gail Meehan (New England)
Stuart Woods never fails to give you a good read. Have read eveything he has and never been disppointed.
Another fine mess... May 15, 2010
E. M. Czachor
Once again Woods sucks you into Stone's life as if you were there. One moment I cringe and the next I giggle. Keep them coming.
Stuart Woods Rules May 25, 2010
Jane Gilmer (Columbia, SC USA)
I have read the majority of Stuart Woods books and I love them. They take me away from the serious things of life.
He well worth reading.
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