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Bill Smith's country cabin in upstate New York is far from the city's savage streets--a retreat where a weary P.I. can play Mozart on his upright piano and let nature heal him. But when Eve Colgate, a local farmer and painter, asks him to find stolen items--six paintings which could reveal Eve's highly guarded thirty-year-old secret--he caves. When Smith's partner, Lydia Chin, comes in on the action, she brings along her cool courage and sharp mind. It's a simple case--until the runaway daughter of a hotshot politician and the murder of a local hood change the playing field. Now the stench of corruption fills this rural paradise, as Bill and Lydia scour through dangerous secrets and greedy corridors for the stone-cold truth...
- Sales Rank: #535764 in eBooks
- Published on: 2001-01-15
- Released on: 2001-01-15
- Format: Kindle eBook
Amazon.com Review
It's Bill Smith's turn to take center stage in this sixth entry in S.J. Rozan's memorable Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series of mysteries, and the tough and taciturn private eye really comes into his own. Smith has cloistered himself in his remote cabin in upstate New York, where he escapes from his private devils by fishing, hunting, and practicing Mozart and Bach on his piano, when he is sucked into two local crime cases.
The first involves Tony Antonelli, the brother of a young man whom Smith once helped out of trouble. Tony finds the body of a murdered local hoodlum in the cellar of his roadhouse. His brother Jimmy suspiciously goes missing and becomes the leading suspect. The second case involves a reclusive older woman (who turns out to be a world-famous painter). She asks Bill to track down some of her early works, which had been stolen from her studio. There's also a very nasty sheriff who hates Smith, a moderately tolerant state trooper who grudgingly helps, a corrupt executive of a babyfood company and his sad, dangerous teenage daughter, plus a crew of smalltime crooks who give the lie to the myth of rural safety. Lydia doesn't get called in from the Big Apple until quite late, and when she arrives she attracts stares in the local 7-Eleven "as though she were a black-petalled orchid that had sprung up in the daisy patch. Back in the car, Lydia grinned, said, 'Not many Asians up here, huh?' 'Especially in black leather,'" Bill answers."
The plot might have one or two tangles too many for its own good, but as usual Rozan proves herself to be one of the best descriptive writers in the genre, bringing to indelible life everything from a modern painter's latest work, to a depressed countryside where the last stone quarry is about to close down and grind away a few more dreams.
Other books in this award-winning series: A Bitter Feast, Concourse, Mandarin Plaid, and No Colder Place. --Dick Adler
From Library Journal
Stone Quarry is an extremely well-done production of quite a well-written mystery. Rozan's descriptions of the people and countryside of Schoharie County, NY, are just outstanding. William Dufris's performance brings audiobook narration to a new level entirely, having taken the time to develop Rozan's characters thoroughlyDtheir voices, accents, and speech patterns. The result is more a dramatic recital than what one expects from audio storytelling. Bill Smith and Lydia Chin combine to explore a series of disappearances, murders, and the theft of a priceless series of paintings in rural upstate New York. The author captures the effects of the continuing economic decline in the rural areas of the state on citizens too poor or uneducated to escape, as well as the strange mix of hope, mud, and the penetrating chill that marks its early spring. Listeners should expect adult language and situations. Full of action, intrigue, and quite an amount of charm, this novel is highly recommended.DCliff Glaviano, Bowling Green State Univ. Libs., OH
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From Booklist
The superlatives keep coming for the detective duo of Lydia Chin and Bill Smith, now clearly established as one of the best PI parings in contemporary mystery fiction. This sixth adventure provides yet more proof of that assessment, as Rozan demonstrates again the superior plotting, deft characterizations, and beautiful use of setting that distinguish her series. The action this time moves from Manhattan to upper New York state, where Smith (taking his turn as narrator) owns a secluded country cabin; events are put in motion when Bill is hired by an eccentric local dairy farmer, Eve Colgate, to recover some stolen paintings. There's a catch, of course: Eve is, in fact, the famous reclusive artist, Eva Nouvel, and the paintings are early canvases never before seen. The situation becomes complicated when the theft seems to be related to the disappearance of Jimmy Antonelli, kid brother to Smith's long-time acquaintance, local bar owner Tony. When the murder of a local thug is linked to Jimmy, Smith has his hands full--and calls Lydia for help--trying to recover the paintings, protect Eve's true identity, and find Jimmy before the trigger-happy sheriff does. Rozan handles the complicated plot elegantly, keeping the reader guessing up to the end. And for those interested in Bill and Lydia's personal relationship, there are some tiny steps forward. Crime fiction fans of all kinds--from the coziest to the most hard-boiled--sing the praises of this series; recommend it highly to any mystery readers who aren't yet hooked. Those that are will be standing in line. Stuart Miller
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
A fine book by one of the best writers in mystery today
By A. Shechter
My introduction to the work of S.J. Rozan took the form of a short story. After reading one or two of her novels, I was telling friends on the internet that this writer was a major talent, someone I believed would be a strong voice in mystery.
With the publication of STONE QUARRY, the sixth book in Rozan's Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series, St. Martins Press has proved me right - but then, I knew that about the time that CONCOURSE, won the Shamus Award back in 1995. Rozan has not only developed a continually fascinating series, with fully developed characters, well-described settings (mostly in and around New York City), but she has successfully created a series with two distinct voices. In books one, three and five, Lydia Chin takes the narrative. She is a young, optimistic Chinese-American private eye who tries to balance the needs of her family and her own need to declare her independence and intelligence. The older, far more cynical private eye Bill Smith takes the lead in the other books. STONE QUARRY is, technically a "Bill Smith" book, while Lydia still participates. While Smith seems to fit the mold of he standard white guy p.i., he is anything but typical and is as interesting as his more "exotic" partner.
In this dark mystery, Bill is in upstate New York where he's had a house for years - a place he retreats to. He's in town primarily to assist Eve Colgate, a somewhat reclusive resident who wants him to check out a theft, without reporting that theft to the police. He is as well known as anyone in the area, but still seen as an outsider; even when he helps someone, he's somewhat resented. There is corruption, there's the arrogance of wealth and small-town attitudes for Bill to deal with. He calls Lydia, who is clearly out of her element in this rural setting, but still insistent on helping her friend and some-time partner.
STONE QUARRY continues an excellent series. It tells you more about Smith and Chin, two of the most intelligently drawn private eyes in modern day. Rozan, who won the Anthony for best novel for A COLDER PLACE, writes as effectively about this dark place as she does the bright lights of Chinatown and the upper west side and Brooklyn. The conflicts between Lydia's fairly upbeat attitudes and Bill's world-weariness only serve to highlight the way the two characters care for each other and keep each other balanced, keep each other from going off the deep end in either direction. This is truly one of the best mystery series available today - never a disappointment, cleanly, sharply written with warmth and wit and compassion, but the author never forgets to tell the story.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
A new departure
By A Customer
Shamus winner S. J. Rozan tries something new: setting a book in upstate New York instead of New York City. The city was such a strong presence in the earlier books that I was afraid this one would be weaker, but it's a great read: atmospheric, dark and moving. Good plot, good characters, too. BTW, it's a Bill Smith book, so Lydia Chin fans, wait your turn.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent, as usual
By Roger Lee
The setting is different in this book (rural upstate New York vs NYC) but in every other way this book is very similar to Rozan's other novels, which is a good thing. As usual, this is a very well-written book; Rozan obviously puts a good deal of thought and effort into her writing; she tries hard to describe things and people in a way that is fresh and that puts vivid images of the scene into the minds of the readers. The plot is complex and satisfying, which is one of the things that Rozan always does well that most of the current mystery writers do not. This series is made up of real, quality mysteries, in the tradition of Chandler, Hammett and Ross MacDonald; these are not thrillers masquerading as mysteries. There is a good bit of action here, though, and the ending is a real barnburner. My only quibble, and it is a small one, is that Rozan needs to either have Smith and Chin get together or have them decide to be strictly friends. The quasi-relationship that they have been in for several books now is starting to wear a little thin.
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