One of the better books in the long, long series. An unusually strong premise.

Below the Belt (2017) is #40 in a series of guilty pleasure reads. We enjoy the life of the rich and powerful vicariously.

An impressive gentleman, Nelson Knott, launches a 3rd political party in the USA.

But he’s hiding some secrets. Backed by dirty scoundrels.

Somehow Stone Barrington finds himself in the middle of it.

Former Russian CIA mole Ed Rawls, a hilarious old curmudgeon, happens to live near Stone. He entrusts Stone to hang on to the locked case that has dirt on Knott.

What will Knott’s thugs do to get the case back?