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Stone Barrington is in Bel-Air, overseeing the grand opening of the ultra-luxe hotel, The Arrington, built on the grounds of the mansion belonging to his late wife, Arrington Carter. The star-studded gala will be attended by socialites, royalty, and billionaires from overseas . . . and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Holly Barker: Former Chief of Police in Orchid Beach now member of CIA. Recently promoted. friend and sometimes lover of Stone Barrington.
- Hamish Algernon McCallister: Birth name - Ari Shazaz. Mother is Scottish and father is Algerian. Holly's CIA contact stationed in London.
- Lance Cabot: CIA director of operations and Holly's former supervisior.
- Harp O'Connor: Irish heritage - recent lover of J. Herbert Fisher (Herbie) Private Investigator
- Vargas: President of Mexico
- Ken Aretsky: Owner of Patroon, a restaurant that Stone and Dino are considering replacing their old hangout, Elaine s'.
- Stewart Graves: Former Assistant Deputy Director of Intelligence at the CIA recently reassigned to London.
- Michael Freeman: Chairman and CEO of Strategic Services - Stone is their attorney and they provide security for a variety of high profile people and places many of which Stone owns or is associated with.
- Harry Benson: Add a description of this character.
- Emma: Ben's girlfriend
- Steve Rifkin: Secret Service agent, early 40's, athletically built, salt and pepper hair
- Peter von Enzberg: Head of Strategic Services Berlin office.
- Carl Webber: Transportation director at the Arrington Hotel
- Dino Bacchetti: Captain at NYPD and Stone's former partner and best friend.
- Fritz: NSA picked up strange communication possibly having Al-Quida connections.
- Tim Duggan: Food service director for the Arrington Hotel.
- Algernon Moncrieff: Al-Quida operative - handler for "Wynken", "Blynken" & "Nod"
- Dr. Kharl: Lives in Dubai
- Will Lee: President of the United States.
- Michael Gennaro: worked in his fathers restaurant as a bartender. Code name "Nod"
- Frieda
- Immi Gotham: Centurion's greatest star and a wonderful singer
- Marla Rocker: Former lover of Stone Barrington. She's going to direct Peter's play.
- Heather Scott: Holly Barker's assistant
- Jimmy Chang: software programmer for High Cotton Ideas that suddenly disappeared.
- Tom Riley: Works at C.I.A. station at the American Embassy in London
- Andrei Serkinoff: Pianist
- Clair Albritton
- Greg Barton: CIA agent, asssistant to the Director, Katherine Rule Lee, Has been reassigned to Rome, Italy
- Jasmine Shazaz: Jimmy Change's live-in girlfriend
- Leo Goldman: Head of Centurion Studios.
- Habib
- Mohammad Shazaz (Mo): Heads TIT the supposed company that Jimmy Chang left High Cotton Ideas for
- Ben Bacchetti: Dino's son and Stones's son's best friend. They are in a film making, script writing project together at college.
- Hans Hoffman: works as a test driver at the Porsche factory in Leipzig. Code name "Blynken"
- Mr. Stone Barrington: Former NYPD police detective and partner with Dino. Now an attorney in private practice but still associated with his former law partners Woodman Weld
- Mort Kaplan: Executive Director of the Arrington Hotel which is planning it's Grand Opening.
- Hattie Patrick
- John Greenfield
- Scott Hipp: Deputy Director for Cryptology of the National Security Agency a part of the U.S. intelligence community responsible for communication surveillance and code breaking.
- Kelli Keane: Former reporter with the Washington Post now writing a biography of Arrington.
- Vivian DeCarlo: Former NYPD police officer recently transferred out of Dino's precinct. Dino's current lover.
- Arrington Carter Barrington: Widow of movie star Vance Calder and dead wife of Stone Barrington and mother of his son. Hotel is named for her and build on the land that she and Vance Calder owned in LA.
- Mark Hayes
- Harvey: Strategic Service office manager in Los Angeles
- Vance Calder: Movie star with Centurion Studios. Was their largest stock holder while alive. Husband to Arrington.
- Tim Coleman: President Lee's Chief of Staff
- Jim Hackett
- Joan: Stone's secretary and long-time friend.
- Helene: Stone Barrington's long-time housekeeper
- Carol Pressler: In charge of the entire budget of the Arrington Hotel.
- Richard Indrisie: 28 years old tech school graduate. Works for Strategic Services for two years. Promoted to oversee installation of security systems at Arrington Hotel. Code name "Wynkin"
- J. Herbert Fisher: Won the NY Lottery. Was rather of a loser otherwise until meeting Stone Barrington. He was called "Herbie" for many years but since graduating from law school in just two years and becoming a senior partner with the firm of Woodman & Weld he is now called Herbert. Good friend of Stone and Dino.
- Grace: Secretary to the CIA Director, Katherine Rule Lee.
- Dick Stone: Stone Barrington's cousin
- Felicity Devonshire: Stone's old friend and sometimes lover. After a long career in British intelligence, has risen to be head of MI-6, the foreign arm of their intel services. code name: architect
- Katharine Rule Lee: Director of the CIA and wife of President Will Lee.
- Peter Barrington: Stone and Arrington's son. Writes screen plays with his best friend Ben Bachaetti, Dino's son
- Daisy: Holly Barker's doberman
- Stuart Woods
- Elaine
- Viv
- Cain
- Jeff Rifkin
- Mr. Woods
- Booklist
Quotes edit
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“We must never marry.”
Arrington when she first met Stone -
“All is well and I am fine.”
Al-Quida code -
“If I told you my secrets, they wouldn't be secrets”
Harp O'Conner to Herbert
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City: Where Stone Barrington and Dino live and work.
- Los Angeles, California: Location of the new Arrington hotel
- Yale School of Drama: Where Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti attend school.
- Strategic Services: CEO - Michael Freeman. Offices in New York and Los Angeles
- Calder House: Old home of Vance and Arrington, now new executive offices of the Arrington Hotel.
- San Francisco, California: Where Jimmy Chang supposedly relocated.
- TIT - Technology Investment Team: new venture capitalists where Jimmy Chang supposedly was offered employment
Organizations edit
- New York City Police Department: Where Dino is a captain and Stone was previously employed
First Sentence edit
Scott Hipp turned off I-295 south in Fort Meade, Maryland, at the dedicated exit entitled "NSA Employees Only" and drove to the mirrored black building that is the headquarters of the National security agency.
Table of Contents edit
Untitled Chapters 1-60
Glossary edit
- Gymnasium: German for High School
- Severe clear: A pilot's term - means a cloudless day, ceiling and visibility unlimited
Series & Lists edit
This is book 24 of 26 in Stone Barrington. (standard series)
Preceded by Unnatural Acts, and followed by Collateral Damage.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stuart Woods (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: G.P. Putnam & Sons (Penguin Group)
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 2012
ISBN: 9780399159848
Page Count: 305
Publisher: G.P. Putnam & Sons (Penguin Group)
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 2012
ISBN: 9780399159848
Page Count: 305
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
Links to Supplemental Material edit
- authors website: author has webpage with all his books as well as news of interest to readers
- Authors Facebook
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