Stone Barrington Books

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Stone Barrington is the lead character in the Stone Barrington series of novels by American author Stuart Woods. Barrington makes his first appearance in the 1991 published title New York Dead. These novels are generally regarded as mystery thrillers.

Order of Stone Barrington Series

# Read Title Published Details
1 New York Dead ( By: Stuart Woods) 1991 Description / Buy
2 Dirt ( By: Stuart Woods) 1996 Description / Buy
3 Dead in the Water ( By: Stuart Woods) 1997 Description / Buy
4 Swimming to Catalina ( By: Stuart Woods) 1998 Description / Buy
5 Worst Fears Realized ( By: Stuart Woods) 1999 Description / Buy
6 L.A. Dead ( By: Stuart Woods) 2000 Description / Buy
7 Cold Paradise ( By: Stuart Woods) 2001 Description / Buy
8 The Short Forever ( By: Stuart Woods) 2002 Description / Buy
9 Dirty Work ( By: Stuart Woods) 2003 Description / Buy
10 Reckless Abandon (By: Stuart Woods) 2004 Description / Buy
11 Two Dollar Bill ( By: Stuart Woods) 2004 Description / Buy
12 Dark Harbor ( By: Stuart Woods) 2006 Description / Buy
13 Fresh Disasters ( By: Stuart Woods) 2007 Description / Buy
14 Shoot Him If He Runs ( By: Stuart Woods) 2007 Description / Buy
15 Hot Mahogany ( By: Stuart Woods) 2008 Description / Buy
16 Loitering with Intent ( By: Stuart Woods) 2009 Description / Buy
17 Kisser ( By: Stuart Woods) 2009 Description / Buy
18 Lucid Intervals ( By: Stuart Woods) 2010 Description / Buy
19 Strategic Moves ( By: Stuart Woods) 2010 Description / Buy
20 Bel-Air Dead ( By: Stuart Woods) 2011 Description / Buy
21 Son of Stone ( By: Stuart Woods) 2011 Description / Buy
22 D.C. Dead ( By: Stuart Woods) 2011 Description / Buy
23 Unnatural Acts ( By: Stuart Woods) 2012 Description / Buy
24 Severe Clear ( By: Stuart Woods) 2012 Description / Buy
25 Collateral Damage ( By: Stuart Woods) 2012 Description / Buy
26 Unintended Consequences ( By: Stuart Woods) 2013 Description / Buy
27 Doing Hard Time ( By: Stuart Woods) 2013 Description / Buy
28 Standup Guy ( By: Stuart Woods) 2014 Description / Buy
29 Carnal Curiosity ( By: Stuart Woods) 2014 Description / Buy
30 Cut and Thrust ( By: Stuart Woods) 2014 Description / Buy
31 Paris Match ( By: Stuart Woods) 2014 Description / Buy
32 Insatiable Appetites ( By: Stuart Woods) 2015 Description / Buy
33 Hot Pursuit ( By: Stuart Woods) 2015 Description / Buy
34 Naked Greed ( By: Stuart Woods) 2015 Description / Buy
35 Foreign Affairs ( By: Stuart Woods) 2015 Description / Buy
36 Scandalous Behavior ( By: Stuart Woods) 2016 Description / Buy
37 Family Jewels ( By: Stuart Woods) 2016 Description / Buy
38 Dishonorable Intentions ( By: Stuart Woods) 2016 Description / Buy
39 Sex, Lies & Serious Money ( By: Stuart Woods) 2016 Description / Buy
40 Below the Belt ( By: Stuart Woods) 2017 Description / Buy
41 Fast and Loose ( By: Stuart Woods) 2017 Description / Buy
42 Indecent Exposure ( By: Stuart Woods) 2017 Description / Buy
43 Quick & Dirty ( By: Stuart Woods) 2017 Description / Buy
44 Unbound ( By: Stuart Woods) 2018 Description / Buy
45 Shoot First ( By: Stuart Woods) 2018 Description / Buy
46 Turbulence ( By: Stuart Woods) 2018 Description / Buy
47 Desperate Measures ( By: Stuart Woods) 2018 Description / Buy
48 A Delicate Touch ( By: Stuart Woods) 2018 Description / Buy
49 Wild Card ( By: Stuart Woods) 2019 Description / Buy
50 Contraband ( By: Stuart Woods) 2019 Description / Buy
51 Stealth ( By: Stuart Woods) 2019 Description / Buy
52 Treason ( By: Stuart Woods) 2020 Description / Buy
53 Hit List ( By: Stuart Woods) 2020 Description / Buy
54 Choppy Water ( By: Stuart Woods) 2020 Description / Buy
55 Shakeup ( By: Stuart Woods) 2020 Description / Buy
56 Hush-Hush (By: Stuart Woods) 2020 Description / Buy
57 Double Jeopardy ( By: Stuart Woods) 2021 Description / Buy
58 Class Act (By: Stuart Woods) 2021 Description / Buy
59 Foul Play (By: Stuart Woods) 2021 Description / Buy
60 Criminal Mischief (By: Stuart Woods) 2021 Description / Buy
61 A Safe House (By: Stuart Woods) 2022 Description / Buy
62 Black Dog (By: Stuart Woods) 2022 Description / Buy
63 Distant Thunder (By: Stuart Woods) 2022 Description / Buy
64 Near Miss (By: Stuart Woods, Brett Battles) 2023 Description / Buy
65 Smolder (By: Stuart Woods, Brett Battles) 2024 Description / Buy
66 Finders Keepers (By: Stuart Woods, Brett Battles) 2025 Description / Buy
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Stone is a former detective with the New York City Police Department. The series begins immediately after Barrington’s termination form the city police department due to his outspoken outbursts against his superiors. Now broke and in debt, he has no hesitation taking up his friend on an offer to work in at his prestigious law firm rather than file for unemployment.

The first novel in the series, New York Dead sees Stone Barrington witness an inexplicable happening on the streets of the city that turns his life on its head. Purely out of luck, he finds himself the centerpiece of every newspaper story, with his life now intertwined with the shocking life of the now missing and thought to be deceased Sasha Nijinsky, one of the country’s most celebrated news anchors.

There is no escaping the case, as it stalks his days and keeps him awake at night. What follows is the story of how Barrington has to deal with the intricate web of sexual depravity, dangerous friends, and unspeakable crimes centering on the life of the deceased news anchor Sasha. Stuart Woods writes a story so compelling, that it is now wonder that Publishers Weekly once pronounced his work as “smooth as silk.”

STONE BARRINGTON BOOKS INTO TV/MOVIES

Chiefs and Grassroots some of Stuart Woods’s most popular books have been made into TV series. In 1993, Grassroots was adapted into a four-part TV miniseries by CBS following the very popular adaptation of the Chiefs novel into a miniseries in 1983, also by CBS. Woods played a role in writing the script for both of the miniseries, being lead writer in Chiefs and co-writer with Derek Marlowe in Grassroots. While no other books have been made into movies or series, Woods has indicated that he would be very interested in adapting any of his books into a movie or TV series. With the Chiefs series now on the Netflix catalogue, the Stone Barrington series is sure to be a hit with fans if it were to be adapted for TV.

BEST STONE BARRINGTON BOOKS

The first novel, New York Dead is one of the most popular among fans of the Stone Barrington series. When Sasha Nijinsky, a telecaster survives a 12-floor fall from her terrace, Stone who is the only witness, finds himself the center of attention, particularly when she goes missing on the way to hospital. The New York Police Depart is easy to point all blame on her lesbian lover, but Barrington believes there is more to the case than meets the eye. He takes it upon himself to unravel the entire mystery of her fall and disappearance.

Another excellent novel in the Stone Barrington series of novels is the third book in the series, Dead in the Water. As Stone is enjoying his well-deserved holiday in the Caribbean Island of St Mark, he is suddenly drawn to a very strange thing: Sailing a large yacht into the harbor is a very beautiful young woman. The strange thing is that while she had left the US in the company of her husband she is now all alone, arousing the suspicion of the minister of Justice Sir Winston Sutherland. While Stone is all for justice, what he values more is evidence, and soon he is all that stands between the patently evil Winston and Allison Manning, the young woman who insists that she is innocent.

The fourth book in the Stone Barrington series, Swimming to Catalina has one of the most compelling twists. Soon after his fiancé dumps him for Vance Calder a Hollywood actor, she disappears with no trace. Calder turns to Stone for help to find his new girlfriend. Stone now has to not only set aside his feelings, but also try to crack a case that seems to have no leads with his fiancé’s new lover in two.

OTHER BOOK SERIES YOU MAY LIKE

Many fans of the Stone Barrington series of novels also love the “J.P. Beaumont” series by J.A. Jance. These series of books are detective mysteries featuring J.P Beaumont, a Seattle homicide detective who displays tenacious Jack Bauer like traits. Fans of the series are also partial to the “Doc Ford Mystery” series by Randy Wayne White. Doc Ford is an ex CIA agent turned marine biologist, who is addicted to the dangers of an intelligence job, and keeps going back for more.

What Is The Next Book in The Stone Barrington Series?

The next book in the The Stone Barrington Series by Stuart Woods is Finders Keepers and will be released on June, 3rd 2025.

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