Excerpt from Cold Paradise by Stuart Woods, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

"It's in the heart of town, in a little cul de sac off Worth Avenue, right across the street from the Everglades Club. Anyone can tell you."

"I expect I can find it."

"Twelve-thirty, then, in the garden?"

"Fine. How will I recognize you?"

"I'll recognize you," she said. "See you tomorrow." She hung up.

Stone replaced the phone in the arm of the chair. Winston Harding. Sounded faintly familiar, but he couldn't place the man. Hard to tell much about Mrs. Harding from her voice, even her age. He pictured her as in her fifties, but she could be younger, he supposed. Or older.

He settled back into his chair and returned his attention to the Times. Soon, he dozed off.

Copyright Stuart Woods 2001. All rights reserved. Reproduced by the permission of the publisher, Putnam Publishing.