Death in Paradise

Author - Robert B. Parker ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Hardcover Book was reviewed on 11-Dec-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book Death in Paradise by . It´s the same formula that Parker uses with his Jesse Stone novels all the time and it is just plain fun. There is a murder. This time it is an under aged prostitute. Jesse has not gotten over Jenn and he never will, but he keeps the flame alive while enjoying the wiles of two other lovely ladies. Oh yes. He always gets the bad guy in the end and cares less about how he does it. Wise cracks and "devil may care sarcasm" abound. Gotta read some more Parker. He never fails to satisfy.¤

2) Hardcover Book Death in Paradise by . Not a bad crime novel. There is very little mystery to any of it. You know who the criminals are, what they are going to do and how. The only mystery is what Jesse can do about it. Parker further deveops Jesse as a character. You get a little puzzled by the whole ex wife thing. Why doesn´t he just forget about her? I am left wondering.

But a readable book.¤

3) Hardcover Book Death in Paradise by . Robert B. Parker, 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 gives his characters an inner life, he paints an understated, believable picture of a tough guy wrestling with tough issues. This smooth-reading book goes down easy but packs a punch in the end. --

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4) Hardcover Book Death in Paradise by . I love Robert Parker´s Jesse Stone! And again in "Murder in Paradise" he has written another Winner Plus! So great you want to read it again as soon as you get to the end. And I adore all of the Jesse Stone TV Movies. And they adapted this book for TV too and it is even(believe this or not) Better then the book! You will not be disappointed in any way. Buy it today and enjoy!¤

5) Hardcover Book Death in Paradise by . In Jesse Stone´s third adventure, a young girl is found floating in the lake - shot through the head. Discovering her identity is difficult, especially since her parents, once found, are loath to admit her existence. Traveling into the gritty underbelly of organized crime and teenage prostitutes, Stone works to find the killer. Subplots involving his attempts to curtail his drinking and put his love-life in order sometimes bog down the plot, which caused me to drop a star, but overall this is a strong story with a good plot.¤

6) Hardcover Book Death in Paradise by . "With all the authority of a bone-crunching fist, Robert B. Parker is back with another breezy detective novel that mystery fans will find as satisfying as a juicy prime rib at Peter Luger." (New York Post)

The Paradise Men´s Softball League has wrapped up another game, and Jesse Stone is lingering in the parking lot with his teammates, drinking beer, swapping stories of double plays and beautiful women in the late-summer twilight. But then a frightened voice calls out to him from the edge of a nearby lake. There, two men squat at the water´s edge. In front of them, facedown, was something that used to be a girl.

The local cops haven´t seen anything like this, but Jesse´s L.A. past has made him all too familiar with floaters. This girl hadn´t committed suicide; she hadn´t been drowned: she´d been shot and dumped, discarded like trash. Before long it becomes clear that she had a taste for the wild life; and her own parents can´t be bothered to report her missing, or even admit that she once was a child of theirs. All Jesse has to go on is a young man´s school ring on a gold chain, and a hunch or two.

Filled with magnetic characters and the muscular writing that are Parker´s trademarks, Death in Paradise is a storytelling masterpiece.¤

7) Hardcover Book Death in Paradise by . 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¤

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