Swimming to Catalina by Stuart Woods (1998, Hardcover)

Synopsis
Ex-lawyer Stone Barrington answers his phone to hear the voice of Vance Calder, Hollywood's current leading man-of-the-moment, and husband to Stone's former girlfriend, Arrington. Arrington has disappeared, and Vance wants Stone to find her--without involving the police.

Key Details
Author:	Stuart Woods
Language:	English
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0060183691
ISBN-13:	9780060183691

Size
Length:	311 pages
Thickness:	1.2 in
Weight:	17.6 oz

Publisher's Note
New York Timesbestselling author Stuart Woods kept a nation of readers glued to their seats as one of his best-loved characters, ex-cop-turned-Manhattan attorney and investigator Stone Barrington, battled a viciously corrupt Caribbean minister of justice in Dead in the Waterand fought the gossip-mongering hordes of the newspaper business in Dirt,proving that the line between what's legal and what's lethal can be deadly fire.In Swimming to Catalina, Stone is back, still smarting from his sudden breakup with the brilliant, beautiful magazine writer Arrington Carrington, who has left him to marry Hollywood's hottest male star, Vance Calder. Then Calder calls Stone for help: Arrington has vanished without a trace, and Calder, refusing to call the police, wants Stone to find her. Arriving in L.A. with little to go on, Stone soon finds himself in the deepest kind of trouble as he nearly drowns in a sea of lost leads and empty clues that take him from Bel-Air to Malibu to Rodeo Drive. In a town where the sharks drive Bentleys and no one can be trusted, Stone must use all his wits to find Arrington and keep his head above water... without losing it.Drenched in Hollywood glitz and glamour, and filled with the dizzying plot twits and turns that have made his novels New York Times  bestsellers and international sensations, Swimming to Catalina is Stuart Woods'fastest-paced, most riveting and unabashedly clever thriller yet.

New York attorney-turned-sleuth Stone Barrington is called in by Hollywood actor Vance Calder to investigate the disappearance of his wife, Barrington's ex-girlfriend, a probe that leads the lawyer into a hotbed of Hollywood glamour, ruthless movie moguls, elegant mobsters, and murder. 150,000 first printing. $250,000 ad/promo.

On the heels of Woods's spectacular "New York Times" bestseller "Dead in the Water" comes an explosive new Stone Barrington thriller set in the dazzling world of Hollywood. When the wife of hot Hollywood actor Vance Calder vanishes, he calls Stone for help. Soon the intrepid investigator finds himself in deep--and in deep waters--as he pursues every lead to find the lady.