With Dark Harbor Stuart Woods proved yet again that he is the master of the popular crime novel Now he outdoes himself with the newest addition to the series Stone Barrington embarks on his most dangerous adventure yet when he takes on a job as a lawyer for a sleazy and clueless con man-and ends up getting embroiled in the underworld of the New York mafia It started out as just another late night at Elaines where Stone was eating a porterhouse steak and enjoying the company of his friends But when Herbie Fisher a notoriously not-so-sharp swindler walked in the pleasant atmosphere turned to ice Herbie convinces Bill Eggers the managing partner of Woodman Weld to sign him on as a client-with the goal of taking down the infamous mafia boss Carmine Datilla And even though Stone doesnt want to have anything to do with Herbie-or the mafia for that matter-he is soon coerced into being Herbies lawyer With the help of his ex-partner Dino Stone investigates Datilla the Hun and the rest of the mob family encountering intrigue and danger at every turn Will Stone finally take a stand or will he end up at the bottom of Sheepshead Bay With the swift action razor-sharp characters and crackling dialogue that are Stuart Woodss hallmarks Fresh Disasters is Woods at the very height of his storytelling powers.
