Trouble in Paradise (Jesse Stone Novel) - Softcover

Parker, Robert B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425221105 ISBN 13: 9780425221105

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999

Synopsis

Jesse Stone returns in this New York Times bestselling novel of death and deception from Robert B. Parker.

Stiles Island is a wealthy and exclusive enclave separated by a bridge from the Massachusetts coast town of Paradise. James Macklin sees the Island as the ultimate investment opportunity: all he needs to do is invade it, blow the bridge, and loot the island. To realize his scheme, Macklin, along with his devoted girlfriend, Faye, assembles a crew of fellow ex-cons--all experts in their fields--including Wilson Cromartie, a fearsome Apache. James Macklin is a bad man, a very bad man. And Wilson Cromartie, known as Crow, is even worse.

As Macklin plans his crime, Paradise police chief Jesse Stone has his hands full. He faces romantic entanglements in triplicate: his ex-wife, Jenn, is in the Paradise jail for assault, he's begun a new relationship with a Stiles Island realtor named Marcy Campbell, and he's still sorting out his feelings for attorney Abby Taylor. When Macklin's attack on Stiles Island is set in motion, both Marcy and Abby are put in jeopardy. As the casualties mount, it's up to Jesse to keep both women from harm.

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Review

In the first of this new series, Night Passage, Parker introduced us to Jesse Stone, a competent LA cop with a past of hard drinking and obsession who takes a job as police chief of a small Massachusetts town to work his way past his problems, and in the process finds himself up against a criminal conspiracy who had hired him as a soft touch. In Trouble in Paradise, he has found himself a home and a reputation, but is still drinking too much, still obsessed with his ex-wife, who has taken a job as weather-girl at the local station; and he manages to make himself a whole new set of enemies by taking a tough line with some young homophobic arsonists. His troubles really start when a group of career criminals make their move on Stiles Island, the holiday community that is part of his beat; he has never met Macklin and Crow before, but he becomes the target for their need to prove themselves, and the women in his complicated emotional life become their hostages... This smooth thriller combines some fascinating how-to-do-it caper stuff with some solid police work and studies in flawed but attractive character. --Roz Kaveney

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Praise for Trouble in Paradise

"Tough and tight...[Parker] once again shows how to do it well, and with style."--Publishers Weekly

"Tough-guy dialogue...sharp social commentary...Fresh...interesting."--Boston Globe

"Parker has injected Trouble in Paradise with yet another blast of the page-turning energy he's famous for."--New York Post

"The dialogue is great, the characters realistic, and the story top-notch."--Kansas City Star

"[Parker] has another winner in Jesse Stone. The characters, good and bad, are well developed."--USA Today

"Parker does an excellent job of building tension and weaving several subplots into an explosive finale."--Cleveland Plain Dealer

About this edition

• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0425221105
• ISBN 13: 9780425221105
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 336