Worst Fears Realized: Summary and book reviews of Worst Fears Realized by Stuart Woods, plus links to an excerpt from Worst Fears Realized and a biography of Stuart Woods.
Worst Fears Realized
by Stuart Woods
Hardcover: Sep 1999,
332 pages.
Paperback: Apr 2000,
406 pages.
Stuart Woods brings back one of his most popular characters, Stone Barrington, in his fifth novel of the life and times of the former cop turned lawyer turned investigator. Stone is in a position that every ex-policeman dreads--all around him people are dying, and he suspects the killer may be someone he'd put in prison years before.
Dino Bacchetti, Stone's ex-partner, now the head of detectives in the 19th Precinct, is not immune either, and the Two men must pool their resources to protect those close to them.
Stone's former love, Arrington, now married to movie star Vance Calder, is back, too, and face-to-face with a new woman in Stone's life, one with a Mafia bloodline who may be as dangerous as she is beautiful.
Stone and Dino begin to trace their tracks from years before, looking for clues that might lead them to the brilliant killer. From a premier table at the legendary Elaine's to dark back alleys where Armani-clad mobsters with the latest lethal accessories dwell, this nail-biting suspense tale takes Stone on a life-and-death hunt that twists and turns till the very end; a gripping thrill ride that will test him as no case has ever done before. Racing to find a killer, Stone can only pray that his worst fears won't be realized.
Worst Fears Realized is Stuart Woods's most explosively fun novel yet; an enthralling tension filled tale that will continue to thrill his growing legions of readers.
USA Today
Excellent escape reading...There's plenty of excitement as Stone and Dino race around New York chasing a killer.
Library Journal
With sharply drawn characters, a plot that's satisfying to the last dirty deed, and a story that flows with the effortless grace attained only by a master, this seductive novel will have readers twitching with suspense.
Publishers Weekly
[Woods] is in top form here, having returned to his popular hero, Stone Barrington.
Kirkus Reviews
Erratic Woods, whose 18 previous thrillers make up perhaps the spottiest backlist in the business, nose-dives in this plush, absurd slice of Serial Killer Lite.....Male fantasy at its most narcissistic, with just enough mystery to substitute for foreplay.
A small-town cop must get to the bottom of one of the greatest conspiracies of our time. As he attempts to unravel the puzzle, he finds that everyone seems to be one step ahead of him, disposing of witnesses and setting him up for the fall.
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