LOITERING WITH INTENT

Actor Tony Roberts’s depiction of Stone Barrington is so solid that it's hard to imagine anyone else portraying the hero. Roberts’s work on the latest Barrington novel is no exception. If there’s ever a Stone Barrington movie, Roberts would be perfect for the role of the aging cop turned lawyer and detective. In LOITERING, Barrington gets a cushy assignment from his law firm: Go to Key West to get some legal documents signed. He takes along his cop buddy, Dino Bacchante, who provides comic relief with a New York accent thick enough to cut with a knife. As usual, things get crazy, and the simple assignment turns out to be a killer—literally. Roberts gets to stretch himself with several female parts, which he handles convincingly. M.S. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2009]