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Title: Death in Paradise by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0-425-18706-3 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 (57 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Jesse Stone Returns!!!
Comment: Robert B. Parker returns with his alcoholic chief of police - Jesse Stone. This is the third book in a series, starting with Night Passage, succeeded by Trouble in Paradise. Once again, he's written a winner, a great book that flies along at the speed of light, with witty, engaging characters. If you are new to Robert B parker, you might want to start with the first books in this series, or start with his Spenser novels. But, even if you read this without prior knowledge, you won't be too lost.
The best part about Parkers' writing style is that he doesn't add a lot of unneccesary description, and the dialogue is straight to the point. It's a thrill to read!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Written to be read Aloud.
Comment: "Death In Paradise", by Richard B. Parker. Audio version (Five tapes) read by Robert Forester. New Millennium Audio, Beverly Hills, CA.
In short, staccato bursts of dialogue, Robert B. Parker tells the story of Chief of Police, Jesse Stone, in the small town of Paradise, north of Boston, Massachusetts. Chief Stone had lost his police job in Los Angeles, lost his first wife and ended up in the small town of Paradise. His experience in Minor League Baseball makes the Chief a star in the local softball league, and that's where the story begins. The softball team's reverie after the early evening game is broken by the discovery of badly decomposed body floating in the lake. The story then grows around Chief Stone's development of his tiny police force by instructing them, with on-the-job training, in big city police tactics.
The dead girl's family has disowned her; the girl had run away, and become part of a sex for pay group. Stone shows his police officers how to act on routine (and boring) stakeouts and finally, he tracks down the murderer. Throughout all of this, the author has interspersed tales of Stone's alcoholism, failure at married life and regrets with the injury that cost him a promising baseball career. About three-quarters of the way through, you begin suspecting the identity of the killer, but these side issues in the life of Chief Stone continue to make the book interesting.
This book appears to be better if it is read aloud. The audio version, read by Robert Forester, flowed naturally and rapidly. Everything seemed to fit together as the book was read. It certainly helped me in the traffic of I-495, around Boston. Speaking of Boston, please let the reader know that the pronunciation of Copely Square is "COP-lee", not the "Cope -lee" used in this presentation.
Rating: 4
Summary: Turn To Stone!
Comment: I think these Jesse Stone books just keep getting better and better with each release. I thoroughly enjoyed the first two books and I like this one even more.
I may be in the minority here, but I'm finding that I prefer Jesse Stone over Spenser.
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Title: Trouble in Paradise by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0515126497 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Night Passage by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0425183963 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novel by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0399150870 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Perish Twice by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0425182150 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 07 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Back Story: A Spenser Novel by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0399149775 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 10 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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