Trouble in Paradise

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Following on the heels of the bestselling Night Possoge, Jesse Stone returns in a breathtaking növel of death and deception. "Not for nothing is Parker regarded as the reigning champion of the American tough-guy növel, heavyweight division. Over a twenty-five-year career, the man has rarely composed a bad sentence or an inert paragraph. His thirtieth növel, which features brand-new protagonist Jesse Stone, proves no exception." -Entertoinment Weekly Róbert B. Parker and his legendary Spenser series have long been considered the ne plus ultra of detective fiction. But the critics' praise for Jesse Stone's debut in Night Passage proved there was room for an addition to the Parker literary canon. "A növel as fresh as it is bold," Newsdaycommented. "Parker's sentences flow with as much wit, grace and assurance as ever, and Stone is a complex and consistently interesting new protagonist. His speedy return will be welcome." (Continued on back flap) 9809
(Continued from front flap) Stiles... Tovább

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Following on the heels of the bestselling Night Possoge, Jesse Stone returns in a breathtaking növel of death and deception. "Not for nothing is Parker regarded as the reigning champion of the American tough-guy növel, heavyweight division. Over a twenty-five-year career, the man has rarely composed a bad sentence or an inert paragraph. His thirtieth növel, which features brand-new protagonist Jesse Stone, proves no exception." -Entertoinment Weekly Róbert B. Parker and his legendary Spenser series have long been considered the ne plus ultra of detective fiction. But the critics' praise for Jesse Stone's debut in Night Passage proved there was room for an addition to the Parker literary canon. "A növel as fresh as it is bold," Newsdaycommented. "Parker's sentences flow with as much wit, grace and assurance as ever, and Stone is a complex and consistently interesting new protagonist. His speedy return will be welcome." (Continued on back flap) 9809
(Continued from front flap) 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. Macklin is a bad man, a very bad man. And 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 exwife, 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. Fiiled with what The Boston Globe has termed Parker's characteristic "light, shade, texture, and complexity," Trouble in Paradise is the work of a master. Róbert B. Parker is the author of more than thirty-one books, including the recent bestsellers Sudden Mischief and Night Passage. He lives in Boston. Vissza