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Death in Paradise
by Robert B. Parker
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Thorndike Press (2003-01-02)
ISBN: 0786238518
EAN: 9780786238514
Dewy Decimal #: 813.54
Paperback: 288 pages
Edition: 1
SKU: M8258
Condition: Very Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A New York Times Bestseller
A Jesse Stone NovelThe Paradise Men's Softball League has wrapped up another game, and Jesse Stone is lingering in the parking lot with friends, when a frightened voice calls out to him from a nearby lake. There, face down in the water, is what used to be a girl. She has been shot and dumped, and all Jesse has to go on is a young man's school ring on a chain, and a hunch or two.
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Amazon.com 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
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Customer Reviews
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Fun read
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-12-10
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.
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Pretty good for what it is.
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-06-29
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.
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Jesse Stone is Parker's most alive and best character yet.
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-01-01
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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Top Notch "Jesse Stone" Mystery Story
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-10-17
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!
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Sure to please fans of Parker
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-08-17
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.
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