Severe Clear

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Authors: Stuart Woods

Tags: #Terrorism, #Suspense, #Prevention, #Mystery & Detective, #Thriller, #Fiction, #Private Investigators, #Stone (Fictitious Character), #General, #Mystery, #Barrington

BOOKS BY STUART WOODS

FICTION

Unnatural Acts

D.C. Dead

Son of Stone

Bel-Air Dead

Strategic Moves

Santa Fe Edge
§

Lucid Intervals

Kisser

Hothouse Orchid*

Loitering with Intent

Mounting Fears

Hot Mahogany

Santa Fe Dead
§

Beverly Hills Dead

Shoot Him If He Runs

Fresh Disasters

Short Straw
§

Dark Harbor

Iron Orchid*

Two-Dollar Bill

The Prince of Beverly Hills

Reckless Abandon

Capital Crimes

Dirty Work

Blood Orchid*

The Short Forever

Orchid Blues*

Cold Paradise

L.A. Dead

The Run

Worst Fears Realized

Orchid Beach*

Swimming to Catalina

Dead in the Water

Dirt

Choke

Imperfect Strangers

Heat

Dead Eyes

L.A. Times

Santa Fe Rules
§

New York Dead

Palindrome

Grass Roots

White Cargo

Deep Lie

Under the Lake

Run Before the Wind

Chiefs

TRAVEL

A Romantic’s Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland

MEMOIR

Blue Water, Green Skipper

 

*A Holly Barker Novel


A Stone Barrington Novel


A Will Lee Novel

§
An Ed Eagle Novel

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Copyright © 2012 by Stuart Woods

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions.

Published simultaneously in Canada

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Woods, Stuart.

Severe clear : a Stone Barrington novel / Stuart Woods.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-101-60053-5

1. Barrington, Stone (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Private investigators—Fiction.

3. Terrorism—Prevention—Fiction. 4. Parties—Fiction. 5. Bel Air (Los Angeles, Calif.)—

Fiction. I. Title.

PS3573.O642S48 2012 2012025456

813'.54—dc23

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

While the author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internet addresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors, or for changes that occur after publication. Further, the publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

This book is for Jeanmarie Cooper.

CONTENTS

Also by Stuart Woods

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

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