Trouble in Paradise - Softcover

Parker, Robert H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0515126497 ISBN 13: 9780515126495

Publisher: Jove Publications, 1999

Synopsis

The author of the long-running Spenser mystery series delivers an explosive bestseller about Jesse Stone, who has just settled into his position as police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts. But there's trouble when the wealthy enclave of Stiles Island catches the eye of thieves who come to look at a house--and end up taking the whole island.

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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: Jove Publications
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0515126497
• ISBN 13: 9780515126495
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 304