num_pages: 432
description: The unflappable Stone Barrington comes face to face with two men whose lives are wrapped in shadows and lies—and who both still feel the sting of betrayal they can never forget. Stone is truly between a rock and a hard place! Hired by an odd client previously unknown to him, Stone arrives in London on a mission he thinks he understands. But doesn’t. Soon he finds himself not only out of his territory, but out of his depth as well. Baffled as he is by the behavior of both his quarry and his client, Stone’s life is further complicated by two, possibly three, murders and the affectionate attentions of two former lovers. When the intelligence services of three countries become involved, he can only hang on for a wild ride and hope for a not-too-bumpy landing.
language: English
title: The Short Forever
titlecomplete: The Short Forever (Stone Barrington, #8)
characters: Peter Arno (The Short Forever), Lord and Lady Wight, Douglas Hayward (Cold Paradise), Charlie Chaplin (Angel Eyes), Sarah Buckminster, Peter von Enzberg, Jane Austen (The Short Forever), Callie Hodges, Thad Shames, Carpenter (The Short Forever), Ted Cricket, Bobby Jones and Moira Bailey, Matilda Stone, Alfred Hitchcock (The Short Forever), Monica Burroughs, Bill Hedger, Bartlett, Herbert Lom (The Short Forever), Lance Cabot (The Short Forever), Mason (The Short Forever), Dino Bacchetti, The Queen (Elizabeth) (Hell's Corner), James Cutler, Mr. Gray (The Short Forever), Sir Anthony Shields, Sir Bernard Pickering, QC, Evelyn Throckmorton, Hank Richardson, Stone Barrington, Bill Eggers, Vance Calder, Ali Hussein and Sheherezad (Sheila) Al-Salaam, Peter Calder, Feydeau (The Short Forever), George Bernard Shaw (The Highland Fling Murders), Morgan and Carroll, The pilot, Erica Burroughs, David Beth Alachmy, Sasha Nijinsky, Sumner Wellington, Samuel Bernard (The Short Forever), John Bartholomew, Cary Grant (Kickback), Arrington Carter Calder, Julian Wainwright, Joan Robertson, Elaine Kaufman (Dirt), Lord Astor, The Duke of Wellington (A Beautiful Blue Death), Abba Eban (The Short Forever), Three men in a large black car
genres: Mystery, Murder Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 7186
places: New York City, New York, London, England
series: Stone Barrington
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons