Smooth Operator

Author: Woods, Stuart

Brand: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reissue

Features:

• PUTNAM

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 352

Release Date: 02-05-2017

Part Number: part_0399185275

Details: Product Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington series comes the first novel in an extraordinary series starring an old fan favorite: Teddy Fay.
When President Kate Lee calls Stone Barrington to Washington on an urgent matter, it’s soon clear that a potentially disastrous situation requires the kind of help more delicate than even he can provide...and he knows just the right man for the job.

Teddy Fay: ex-CIA, master of disguise, and a gentleman not known for abiding by legal niceties in the pursuit of his own brand of justice.
Review
Praise for Smooth Operator

“Fast-moving, full of action, sexy and now with a very bright, devious new hero in Teddy Fay...It is like eating forbidden fruit, sugary cotton candy or forbidden chocolate brownies with nuts. You know it isn’t good for you, but you can’t put it down! Just go ahead and read it.”—
Lincoln Journal-Star

“Fans are sure to welcome this action-packed start to a separate series within the larger Stone Barrington story arc.”—
Publishers Weekly

“Woods has millions of fans accumulated over the last 35 years who will read anything with his name on it, and Hall brings his own considerable following to the party. Entertaining, suspenseful reading for those who like smart-ass protagonists who are shrewder, tougher, and funnier than the bad guys they encounter.”—
Booklist

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

“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)
About the Author
Stuart Woods is the author of more than sixty novels, including the #1 
New York Times bestselling Stone Barrington series. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry.
Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico.


Parnell Hall has been an actor, screenwriter, and singer/songwriter. He is a former president of the Private Eye Writers of America and a member of Sisters in Crime. He has been a finalist for an Edgar, 2 Lefty, and 3 Shamus Awards. Hall lives in New York City.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected copy proof***

Copyright © 2016 Stuart Woods


 
1.
 
Stone Barrington, clad only in a bathing suit and sunglasses, lay on the deck of the Mary Lou sipping a cool glass of Knob Creek. Stone was able to do that because Mary Lou Weston herself was manning the helm. Though perhaps manning was the wrong word. A striking blonde, she looked as if she’d be more at home on a runway than driving a boat.
"You sure you don't need me to do anything?" Stone called.
"On this little boat?" Mary Lou said. "I think I can handle it alone."
Stone smiled. Mary Lou referred to her little boat the way the genteel wealthy called their East Hampton mansions cottages. Granted, it was smaller than the Queen Mary. Still, it was one of the larger yachts on the Hudson River. Stone could practically walk across it to New Jersey.
"I was thinking more along the lines of rubbing lotion on your back."
"My back?"
"I could work around to your front. I'm quite flexible."
"MARY LOU, PREPARE TO BE BOARDED!"
Startled, Stone rolled over and looked for the disturbance.
A Coast Guard cutter was bearing down on them.
"Hey!" Mary Lou said. "Those idiots are going to swamp us!" She flailed her arms, trying to wave off the boat.
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EAN: 9780399185274

Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches

Languages: English