Begin your Monday with Trouble in Paradise. Robert B. Parker has written another Jesse Stone winner. This is the second with this police chief, but is a standalone book. I don't usually go back to back in a series, but these are quick page turners.
cover blurb: Parker's sentences flow with as much wit, grace, and assurance as ever. Stone is a complex and consistently interesting new protagonist. I heartily agree.
Stiles Island is an exclusive wealthy enclave separated by a bridge from the small town of Paradise. What happens when that bridge is blown up? What happens when Stone finds that two women he's dated - local realtor, Marcy Campbell and also local attorney Abby Taylor have been kidnapped.
How does Jesse Stone figure out that a fresh out of prison James Macklin, along with a very bad man nicknamed Crow, are in charge of this scheme? Casualties mount. The stakes run high.
For a town called Paradise, there is a lot of trouble brewing and Jesse Stone must focus. (But, ex-wife Jenn is back and tugging at his heartstrings) Keep reading and have a "blast".
theocntemplativecat here. I would love that book. will it ever be a Tom Selleck movie?
ReplyDeleteHe might be a tad on the old side to play Jesse, but I bet we can find someone else in their thirties or so- Chris Pine?
DeleteI can attest that towns called Paradise have their dark sides.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope the protagonist saves the...realtor. Ha.
Be well, Joanne.
Ha! Just like kids named Serenity are far from it. What’s in a name?
DeleteHappy May to you!