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CIA boss Lance Cabot hires Stone Barrington to watch over his brother Barton, a former army intelligence officer suffering from amnesia. As Stone discovers, Barton is a spy with a rather unusual hobby: building and restoring antique furniture. Barton is also a man with a past that is linked to the j...

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Main Author: Woods, Stuart
Other Authors: Roberts, Tony, 1939-
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Edition:Library ed.
Series:Woods, Stuart. Stone Barrington novel ; 15.
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Barrington, Stone > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Private investigators > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > Sound recordings.
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Summary:CIA boss Lance Cabot hires Stone Barrington to watch over his brother Barton, a former army intelligence officer suffering from amnesia. As Stone discovers, Barton is a spy with a rather unusual hobby: building and restoring antique furniture. Barton is also a man with a past that is linked to the jungles of Vietnam more than thirty years earlier. Stone soon finds out that Barton, and some shady characters of his acquaintance, may be hiding a lot more than just a few forged antiques.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Compact discs.
"A Stone Barrington Novel"--container.
Physical Description:7 sound discs (ca. 69 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9781415959497 :
1415959498 :
Author Notes:Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia on January 9, 1938. He received a B. A. in sociology from the University of Georgia in 1959. He worked in the advertising business and eventually wrote two non-fiction books entitled Blue Water, Green Skipper and A Romantic's Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland. His first novel, Chiefs, was published in 1981. It won an Edgar Award and was made into a TV miniseries starring Charlton Heston. His other works include the Stone Barrington series, the Holly Barker series, the Will Lee series, the Ed Eagle series, the Rick Barron series and the Teddy Fay series. He won France's Prix de Literature Policiere for Imperfect Strangers. His autobiography, An Extravagant Life, was published in June 2022. Stuart Woods died on July 22, 2022, at his home in Lichfield, Connecticut. He was 84.

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