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FICTION
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 Romantics Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland (1979)
MEMOIR
Blue Water, Green Skipper (1977)
*A Holly Barker Book A Stone Barrington Book A Will Lee Book
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Copyright 2007 by Stuart Woods
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Published simultaneously in Canada
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Woods, Stuart.
Fresh disasters/Stuart Woods.
p. cm.
ISBN: 1-4295-0945-7
1. Barrington, Stone (Fictitious character)Fiction. 2. Private investigatorsNew York (State)New YorkFiction. 3. New York (N.Y.)Fiction. I. Title.
PS3573.O642F74 2007 2006037329
813'.54dc22
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors 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
THERESA CRANE
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
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Authors Note
E laines, late.
Stone Barrington sat at his usual table with Dino Bacchetti and Bill Eggers. Dino was his old partner from when he had been on the NYPD, and Eggers was the managing partner of Woodman and Weld, the law firm for which Stone was of counsel, which is to say, he did the work that the firm did not wish to be seen to do, sometimes for clients the firm did not wish to be seen to represent. He did this work from a distance, at his home office in Turtle Bay.
Stone took his first sip of his second bourbon, while Dino and Eggers did likewise for their second Scotch.
Im hungry, Stone said. How long since we ordered dinner?
Eggers glanced at his watch. Twenty minutes.
I should have my green bean salad, hold the peppers, by now, Stone said.
Look around, Dino said. Its a busy night.
It was a busy night, Stone reflected, and then it got even busier. The front door opened, and in walked Herbert Q. Fisher with two hookers. Stone knew they were hookers, because renting was the only means by which Herbie Fisher could acquire company so attractive, not that they were all that attractive.
Oh, shit, Stone said.
Shit what? Dino asked.
Its Herbie Fisher. Stone looked away from the door, so as not to catch Herbies eye. It didnt work.
Herbie stopped at Stones table, picked up his hand and pumped it. Hey, Stone, baby! he yelled, forming his words carefully enough that he appeared drunk. Hows it hanging?
Hello, Herbie, Stone said. How are you? He immediately regretted the question.
Well, Im a lot better than okay, Herbie said. I passed the bar today.
Stone squinted at him. Youre going to be a bartender? Visions came to mind of customers clutching their throats and gagging.
No, nothe bar . You and I are now brothers in the law.
Youre drunk, Herbie. Go away.
Herbie began searching for something in his inside coat pocket. No, Im not kidding. Ive got it right here. He came up with a page from a newspaper and unfolded it to reveal a list of many names in small print. A circle was drawn around one of them. See? Right here! Herbie pointed helpfully.
Stone looked at the name. This is a list of night students who got their GEDs, right?
No! Look up at the top of the page.
Stone followed Herbies finger. Candidates Successfully Completing the Bar Examination of the State of New York, read the title.
Its a joke newspaper, Stone said.
No, its not! Herbie said indignantly.
Youve never been to law school, Stone pointed out.
I most certainly have, Herbie said, for the past nineteen months, at the Oliver Wendell Holmes Internet College of Law. I graduated summa cum laude.
Herbie, go away, Stone said.
Oh, let me introduce you to my ladies, Herbie said, sweeping an arm toward the two hookers. This is Suzette and Sammie. Ladies, this is the distinguished attorney-at-law Mr. Stone Barrington. He and I have worked together in the past and, hopefully, will be working together in the future.
Herbie, Stone said, youre hallucinating. The notion that you graduated from any established law school and passed the bar is insane, and the idea of working with you in any capacity is repellent. If you dont go away, Ill have a waiter throw you out.
Nice to see you, too, Stone, Herbie said with a wave. He took the arms of his two companions and steered them toward a table in Siberia, where a waiter was frantically beckoning.
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