13th book in the series, Fresh Disasters (2007) is entertaining. All of the books with the village idiot, Herbert Fisher, are hilarious.

Stone Barrington has even more problems with women than usual. The excessive sexual content is entirely unnecessary — but I imagine the majority of readers have come to expect it. 😀

A chance encounter with a small-time crook sends Stone Barrington straight into the heart of New York’s mafia underworld …

It started out as just another late night at Elaine’s, but it ended with Stone on the horns of a dilemma. Forced to represent a sleazy but clueless con man, Stone finds that what could have been a throwaway case instead leads right to Carmine Datilla, a powerful mob boss with a notoriously bad temper and long reach.

With the help of his ex-partner, Dino, Stone investigates “Datilla the Hun,” and the rest of the mob family, encountering intrigue and danger at every turn.

Will Stone finally take a stand, or will he end up at the bottom of Sheepshead Bay?