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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: — A Warning Shot on Park Avenue
Chapter 3: — Drawing Lines in the Dark
Chapter 4: — Tails, Traps, and a Bomb Under the Bentley
Chapter 5: — The Button, the Blast, and the Near Miss
Chapter 6: — The Bean Counter and the Ghost
Chapter 7: — Mistaken Identity and a Donut Daylight Hit
Chapter 8: — A New Boss, Old Habits, and a Trip to Maine
Chapter 9: — Gunfire on Islesboro
Chapter 10: — Enter the Sarge
Chapter 11: — Bugs, Gifts, and a Date with the Bar Association
Chapter 12: — Blackout at the Bar Dinner
Chapter 13: — What Sticks After the Smoke Clears
Description
Near Miss drops us into Stone Barrington’s life at full speed. A chance rescue of a charming financial adviser, Matilda Martin, draws Stone into the crosshairs of her angry ex, Trench Molder. Trench hires muscle. That backfires spectacularly when Stone’s driver, Fred, stops the attack with one perfect shot. The streets calm—until Trench escalates with a car bomb under Stone’s Bentley. Thanks to Stone’s security friends, the bomb moves, Trench presses the remote, and he and his new thug go up in flames. Trouble should end there, but it doesn’t. Trench’s uncle is the new leader of New York’s Russian mob. He wants payback. And when Stone helps a former mob CFO—now Peter Greco—hand the FBI a thumb drive full of crimes, the hornet’s nest erupts. A cool-headed young lawyer, Carly Riggs, joins Stone’s orbit, proving she’s as sharp as her bar-exam score. An old ally with many faces, Billy Barnett, slips into town. A Maine marksman, Ed Rawls, watches the edges. But the mob brings in a monster of their own: the Sarge. What follows are kidnappings, a daylight assassination, a council power struggle, and a blackout ambush at a glittering bar association dinner. Near Miss feels like riding shotgun with a wry, unflappable friend who somehow keeps everyone breathing—often by a hair.
Who Should Listen
- Fans of fast, witty crime fiction with clean set pieces and smart reversals
- Listeners who enjoy ensemble thrillers where every side character matters
- Stone Barrington readers who want a tight, modern caper with mob intrigue