Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone returns in a brilliant addition to the New York Times-bestselling series.
A battered body washes ashore in Paradise, Massachusetts, during the town’s biggest event—Race Week. Jesse’s investigation takes him to Florida, and back, while his private life takes him back to his ex-wife.
“The complicated, all-too-human Jesse Stone [is] every bit as compelling, charismatic and resolute as [the] better-known, valiant Spenser.”—The Boston Herald
“Crackles with wisecracks.”—Forbes
“Parker is dead-on here...the story swirls from whodunit into an absorbing whydunit.”—Booklist
“Strong enough to rank near [Parker’s] best.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Worthy of the late John D. MacDonald.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Police Chief Jesse Stone, the acclaimed Virgil Cole–Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.
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Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone returns in a brilliant addition to the New York Times-bestselling series.
A battered body washes ashore in Paradise, Massachusetts, during the town’s biggest event—Race Week. Jesse’s investigation takes him to Florida, and back, while his private life takes him back to his ex-wife.
“The complicated, all-too-human Jesse Stone [is] every bit as compelling, charismatic and resolute as [the] better-known, valiant Spenser.”—The Boston Herald
“Crackles with wisecracks.”—Forbes
“Parker is dead-on here...the story swirls from whodunit into an absorbing whydunit.”—Booklist
“Strong enough to rank near [Parker’s] best.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Worthy of the late John D. MacDonald.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Police Chief Jesse Stone, the acclaimed Virgil Cole–Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.
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