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This is Robert Parker's 7th book in the Jesse Stone series. Jesse is Paradise, Massachusetts, Chief of Police. It was almost 10 years ago since Jesse last saw Wilson "Crow" Cromartie, and that was when he pulled the most lucrative and deadly heists in the town's history but now Crow shows up at Jesse's office, but it's not to turn himself in. It seems Crow was hired by Florida mob boss Louis Francisco to find his 14 year old daughter, Amber, and bring her back to Miami. Amber and her mom, Fiona, have been living in the old town section of Paradise in squalor and Amber is mixed up with some gang members. But Francisco doesn't just want his daughter back, he wants his wife killed! Crow is nasty piece of work but he claims he has a code ethics.....he doesn't kill women! Yet, he is afraid if he doesn't do the job, someone else will. Hard to believe a hitman wants Jesse Stone's help, but it makes for great suspense only the way Mr. Parker can write it. It's interesting how Jesse handles all this and the tension between he and Crow, and yet they both want to do the right thing.....sort of. This was one of Parker's strangest, yet more interesting novel's to date. You just never know what's going to happen.Read full review
I have all seven of the Jesse Stone novels by Parker. This is the most recent and, in my opinion, the least believable of the seven. It struck me that Parker may be under signficant pressure to crank these out as quickly as possible, and that may account for the "novel by recipe" feel of this one. It has the usual suspects--a loudmouth attorney/parent or two, meals at the favorite restaurant, and Jesse wrestling with his past and his future. No issues there--as a former assistant prosecutor and as a current football official, I like the way Parker skewers defense attorneys and parents. There are two significant twists to this book that do not match up with the previous novels. Perhaps that is a good thing, but as I read I found myself thinking, "Parker is rounding the final curve before the finish line and he is jerking the steering wheel back and forth to slosh gasoline into the fuel intake--he's on empty". In other words, he has run low on good ideas and is reaching for a storyline that is a stretch. I will buy his next Stone novel on momentum if nothing else. I like the characters and the fact that Jesse Stone is human--he battles daily with relationships and alcohol.Read full review
I have read Stranger In Paradise three times. I think it is one of the best Jesse Stone novels by Robert B. Parker. Jesse is a tough-looking, mean-spirited, relentless police chief in Paradise, Maine. He lives out in a little house over the water and across a long narrow bridge. He can tell if anyone is coming; but his dog can tell before he can. Jesse is tough but has a heart of gold and is as tender as a good filet mignon. He will melt your heart like butter! Tom Selleck, who played Magnum, P.I., has played Jesse in several television movies about the novels. Can't you just picture this big tough guy with a cigarette in his hand? But he squashes it because he's trying to quit. And he has a drink in his hand every night. Scotch. But he's trying to quit that, too. And he is still in love with his ex-wife. In Stranger In Paradise one of Jesse's old enemies comes back to Paradise. His name is Crow and he's Indian. Jesse doesn't know if he's there to hurt him or help him on his current case: a run-a-way teenage girl. This is the best Robert B. Parker novel about Jesse Stone to read if you want to get addicted. Read it, please. And I betcha can't read just one.Read full review
Another in the series by Robert Parker, of the police chief, Jesse Stone. Set on the east coast, in a small town setting, you can almost smell the salt air and hear the gulls flying overhead.
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I really enjoyed this novel. I would though like to see something happen between Jesse and his ex-wife because it seems as if they have had the same story line since Parker started writing about Stone. The character Crow was very interesting and it was fun to see Stone work with a criminal. There were a few twists in this tale that made it exciting. Overall it was a great book and if you are a Parker fan you will enjoy it.
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