Death In Paradise (Jesse Stone Novels) - Hardcover

Parker, Robert B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399147799 ISBN 13: 9780399147791

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001

Synopsis

A quiet New England town is shocked by the apparent murder of a troubled adolescent girl, a crime Chief of Police Jesse Stone cannot let go unsolved or unpunished. 150,000 first printing.

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Review:

With assured confidence and a master's economy of means, Robert B. Parker, who is best known for his Spenser series, delivers one of his finest, most absorbing works yet. This third entry in the Jesse Stone series finds Stone--a former LAPD cop fired for drinking on the job--serving as chief of police in the town of Paradise, Massachusetts, and investigating the murder of a teenaged girl whose decomposed body turns up in the local lake. As he follows slender threads of evidence into an ugly world of exploited teens, several subplots crisscross, keeping things lively.

But Jesse's struggle with alcohol and his loving, troubled relationship with his ex-wife are at least as compelling as the external plot events. Parker doesn't usually give his characters much of an inner life, but here--in deftly compressed prose, much of it dialog--he paints an understated, believable portrait of a tough guy grappling with tough issues. This smooth-reading book goes down easy but packs a surprising wallop. --Nicholas H. Allison

About the Author:

Robert B. Parker was the author of more than fifty books. He died in January 2010.

About this edition

• Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0399147799
• ISBN 13: 9780399147791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320