Book Review

Stone Cold (2007)

EW's GRADE
B

Details Release Date: Nov 06, 2007; Writer: David Baldacci; Genres: Fiction, Mystery and Thriller; Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Oliver Stone — the rueful ex-CIA assassin, not the bombastic auteur — and his special-ops pals protect scammer Annabelle Conroy from a vengeful mark, while a Homeland Security consultant and doting dad who moonlights as a killer zeros in on Stone in Stone Cold.

Movie Pitch
The Brady Bunch meets The Borne Ultimatum.

Lowdown
An overstuffed plot stalls David Baldacci's nifty depiction of a thuggish yet clumsy post-9/11 security state. B

Originally posted Nov 01, 2007 Published in issue #963 Nov 09, 2007 Order article reprints

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