Strategic Moves By Stuart Woods Thorndike Press Large Print, 2011 ISBN: 978-1410433305 Genre: Mystery, Crime

Reviewed by Israel Drazin - June 3, 2011

One cannot get too much of Stuart Woods' crime novels, his superb, brisk, witty language, his likable heroes and villains, his plots and suspense, his ability to grasp our interest and hold it tight, and Stone Barrington's sexual adventures. Herbie, who won tens of millions in a lottery and who foolishly falls into one problem after another marries and finds more problems, and Stone Barrington needs to protect him from himself and others. There appears to be a Bernie Madoff type ponzy scheme going on, but the forensic accountants can't find it? What's going on? Who's taking the money and how? Will Stone be able to protect his, Herbie's, and his legal firm's millions of dollars? If so, how? Someone wants to kill a woman Stone is involved with. Can he save her? Stone becomes entangled in a CIA somewhat illegal matter and Lance Cabot, a high CIA official, is giving Stone grief about it. Stone is drawn into the affairs of a likable thief and con artist Pablo Estancia. These are just some of the adventures in this very enjoyable novel.

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