title: Dead in the Water: A Novel
author:  Stuart Woods 
description: City Attorney Stone Barrington is on the small island of St. Marks off the coast of Antigua for vacation. His live-in girlfriend is unable to join him. Since he is at loose ends, he attends the coroner's inquest into the death of Paul Manning, a famous mystery writer who was sailing across the Atlantic when, according to his wife, he died. She is arrested for murder because the island prosecutor has political ambitions of being the next prime minister, and a good murder case is just what he needs. Manning was heavily insured, and within a day or so, $15 million is paid to his estate and then transferred to a Cayman Island account. Barrington takes on Allison Manning's defense with the help of a local barrister. Best-selling author Woods (Dirt, LJ 9/15/96) knows how to entrance the reader with glitz, a good story, and lots of suspense. No one here is quite what he or she appears to be, and Barrington must use all of his legal abilities to save his client. This will be very popular and is for all libraries.<br /><i>-?Jo Ann Vicarel, Cleveland Heights-Univ. Heights P.L., Ohio</i><br />Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  > Praise for
  
  
  Dead in the Water
  
  > ‘A thrilling action and adventure novel underpinned by a heart-wrenching
  > love story. Quinn has created a new, engaging Aussie hero in Jonno Bligh. A
  > must-read from a natural storyteller.’
  
  > Noel Whittaker AM, finance guru and author of 20 bestselling books
  
  > ‘Clear the decks for this riveting tale of crime on the high seas – so well
  > written I was nearly seasick reading it! Tense, gripping, Dead in the Water
  > grabs you from opening line until the last page and leaves you wanting
  > more.’
  
  > Anna Smith, author of
  
  
  Blood Feud
  
  
  and
  
  
  The Dead Won’t Sleep
  
  > ‘A white-knuckle, edge-of-your-seat ride. Buckle up and hold on … Quinn sets
  > a cracking pace.’
  
  > Ann Rickard, former Australian Travel Writer of the Year and author of six
  > travel books
  
  > ‘An epic Treasure Island for the 21st century, it reminds me of Wilbur
  > Smith’s brilliant Eye of the Tiger. A cracking yarn.’
  
  > Douglas Jackson, author of
  
  
  Claudius
  
  
  and
  
  
  Defend