Stone Barrington is at it again. This time he's attending a
board meeting in Key West, Florida for Arthur Steel, CEO of
the Steel Insurance Group. He has invited his BFF Dino
Bacchetti, NYC Police Commissioner and his ex-cop wife,
Vivian to join him. His secretary Joan has found a four
bedroom rental that comes with a golf cart and a convertible
Mercedes with 28 miles on the speedometer. The house is
elegant, beautifully furnished, and is fully stocked with
food and drinks. It has an attached building for the master
suite and caretaker. Such a lovely property and Stone ends
of buying it. So much nicer than staying in a hotel when he
gets to visit the Keys!
Invited to play in a golf tournament, Stone arrives at the
golf club and joins the foursome of Arthur Steel, his son,
Arthur Jr., and a curvy blonde beauty, Meg Harmon. Stone
knows she has recently sold her Silicon Valley software
company for $1.5 billion. She is very attractive and looks
fit. She hits a long, straight ball and as they are
returning to their carts, a shot is fired and a man in the
next foursome is hit. An ambulance is called and he is taken
to the
hospital. When the police arrive to question Meg, she tells
them she
thinks it could have been her ex-partner, Gino Bellini, who
owned 10% of the business with Meg and she gave him $150
million when it was sold. He also was given $1 million for
the six years her worked with Meg. However, Gino did not
think it was enough and has a vendetta against Meg. A
decision is made by Stone and Dino to return to NYC where
Meg would be safe. Was the shooter after Meg, the Steels,
or him?
Stuart Woods has long been one of my favorite authors. He
has written over 75 novels filled with colorful characters
and plenty of action. SHOOT FIRST is a page turner with
non-stop action that begins in Key West, heads to the Big
Apple, over to Isleboro in Maine, and across the pond to
Barrington's idyllic English country retreat. Paid
assassins along with Russian thugs are determined to catch
and kill Meg Harmon and steal the plans of her newest
project, a self-driving car, which is in the final stages of
testing. There are many close calls for Stone and Meg as
they manage
to stay a few steps ahead of their pursuers, but in the end
with Stone and Dino's expertise they manage to catch the
guilty parties. This story is chock full of danger, sex,
travel, sex, real estate deals, villains galore, and did I
mention sex? Five stars for SHOOT FIRST! I eagerly await
the next adventure from Stuart Woods.
Stone Barrington is enjoying a round of golf in Key West
when the game is violently interrupted--and it seems as
if the target of the disturbance may have been one of his
playing companions, the brilliant businesswoman behind a
software startup on the cutting edge of technology. Soon,
it becomes clear that this incident is only the first
thrust in a deadly scheme to push the beautiful young
woman out of the way and put her company's valuable
secrets up for grabs.
From the sun-soaked Florida shores to an idyllic English
country retreat, Stone embarks on a quest to protect his
lovely new companion while searching for the mastermind
behind the plot against her. But he may find that her
enemy is far more resourceful--and dangerous--than he
could have anticipated.
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