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Penguin Publishing Group · Ebook · May 5, 2009
Stone Barrington is hired to protect a former intelligence agent with amnesia—and secrets worth killing for—in this heart-stopping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
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- Who it’s for
- A private-eye thriller pairs intelligence secrets with the unexpectedly genteel world of antique furniture.
- Themes
- Espionage and state secrets, Amnesia, Protecting an intelligence agent
- Genres
- Spy Fiction, Private Eye Fiction, Suspense
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Stone Barrington is hired to protect a former intelligence agent with amnesia—and secrets worth killing for—in this heart-stopping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Barton Cabot’s intelligence career is even more top secret than that of his brother, CIA boss Lance Cabot. But following a random act of violence, Barton is suffering from amnesia—a dangerous thing in a man whose memory is chock full of state secrets.
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So Lance hires Stone Barrington to watch his brother’s back. Stone soon discovers that his charge is a spy with a rather unusual hobby: building and restoring furniture. The genteel world of antiques and coin dealers seems a far cry from Stone’s usual underworld. But Barton is a man with a past, and one event in particular is coming back to haunt his present in ways he’d never expected...
Secrets and Craft
A private-eye thriller pairs intelligence secrets with the unexpectedly genteel world of antique furniture.
Come here for
- Spy intrigue tangled with antique furniture and coin dealing
- Stone Barrington guarding a former intelligence agent with amnesia
Expect
- Suspense shaped by secrets, memory, and a dangerous past
- A thriller that moves between underworld dangers and genteel pursuits
Where it sits
| Spy Fiction | 57% |
|---|---|
| Private Eye Fiction | 40% |
| Suspense | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- International Crime Fiction
- Suspense
- Authors
- Stuart Woods
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- May 5, 2009
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Espionage and state secrets · Amnesia · Protecting an intelligence agent
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure