Stranger in Paradise (Jesse Stone Novels) | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert B. Parker
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0399154604
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399154607
ASIN: 0399154604
Publication Date: February 5, 2008
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Product Description
Police Chief Jesse Stone faces his most fearsome adversary in the latest addition to the celebrated series.
The last time Jesse Stone, chief of police of Paradise, Massachusetts, saw Wilson "Crow" Cromartie, the Apache Indian hit man was racing away in a speedboat after executing one of the most lucrative and deadly heists in the town's history. Crow was part of a team of ex-cons who plotted to capture Stiles Island, the wealthy enclave off the Paradise coast, by blowing up the connecting bridge. Residents were kidnapped, some were killed, and Crow managed to escape with a boatload of cash, never to be seen again. Until now.
So when Crow shows up in Jesse's office some ten years after the crime, it's not to turn himself in. Crow is on another job, and this time he's asking for Jesse's help-by asking him to stay out of his way.
Crow's mission is simple: find young Amber Francisco and bring her back to her father, Louis, in Florida. It should be an easy payday for a pro like Crow, but there are complications. Amber, now living in squalor with her mother, Fiona, is mixed up with members of a Latino gang. And when Louis orders Crow to kill Fiona before heading back with Amber, he can't follow through. Crow may be a bad guy, but he doesn't kill women. It's up to Jesse to provide protection.
Meanwhile, Jesse's on-again, off-again relationship with ex-wife Jenn picks up steam as Jenn investigates the gang problem for her TV station. As they dig deeper, the danger escalates. The life of a young girl hangs in the balance, and saving Amber could be the miracle Jesse and Jenn need for themselves, too.
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 I love Jesse Stone September 4, 2008
Perhaps it because Tom Selleck has played Jesse Stone or maybe we all want to have a Jesse Stone in our lives but I love these books, the action is fast and the dialogue is funny. Not all the bad guys are completely bad and not all the good guys are completely good. Give Jesse a chance....
 Crow is back ... August 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ten years ago, Jesse missed catching Wilson "Crow" Cromartie, and Crow got away with a huge haul from a heist in the rich part of town. Now Crow is back, and asking for Jesse's help - as in, asking Jesse to stay out of his way. He has been assigned to bring a teenage girl - Amber Francisco - home to her father. However, Amber is living with her mother, Fiona, in poverty and embroiled in a Latino gang. However, when Amber's father Louis insists that Crow kill Fiona before bringing Amber to Florida, Crow refuses. He may be a hit man, and a "bad" guy, but he doesn't kill women. Jesse is there to help as he can, and his on-again, off-again relationship with his ex-wife becomes more "on" as she uses the access she has through Jesse to do a documentary on gangs.
Finally, Crow and Jesse come up with an incredibly complex scheme to destroy Louis Francisco and save his daughter, Amber.
This is a fairly short book and I was on several occasions bemused by two page chapters. Nonetheless, it is a fun story - I like Crow a lot and hope we'll see him again. Fans of Parker won't want to miss this one.
 Kind of sad July 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If Robert B. Parker's name didn't appear on the bookcover I don't see how this book could have been published. Since Mr. Parker now publishes 3-4 books a year at age 75 I guess he can't be bothered to write full length novels so we get 3 page chapters often with less than 60 words on the page.
The plot is thin and there's no mystery or tension to speak of. Some long standing characters seem to do things at odds with their previous actions and the new characters fall into the tired stereotypes of Latino gangbangers and Italian Mob bosses.
Jesse Stone's new sidekick,Crow, is almost a carbon copy of Spenser's Hawk. I mean couldn't Mr. Parker come up with a name that isn't a bird? The Crow character runs around town shooting people right and left and every woman he meets falls on their back begging him to take them. I sometimes wonder if Mr. Parker hates women as they are all weak and easy in this book.
The Jesse Stone character started strong but he has become a less funny version of Spenser who goes on and on about his silly ex-wife and how he could have made it in the majors.
Frankly, as someone whose read Mr. Parker's books for going on twenty years this book made me sad. I think maybe he should consider retirement.
 Parker July 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Parker let me down this time...repeats everything. on & on& On.....Needs to think up new plots or do away with Jesse.
Bloody awful! June 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good thing I got this one from the library and didn't spend money on it. It stinks! The worst book of this series by far. The series went steadily downhill after Stone Cold. This book is about Jesse, his boozing, his women, his relationship with his ex, and his therapy which has drug on for about a dozen years now. (Isn't this guy ever going to get better?).
The plot is totally ureal. Crow reappears after ten or more years from the time he stole $20million from the rich people of Paradise. And the most stupid thing of all is that ABOSULTELY NO ONE acts like they want their $20 million back!! I almost stopped reading at that point, it was so stupidly unreal. You never know why Crow comes back and it is not ever really explained except in a convoluted and roundabout way. Anyway, the plot is incidental and intrudes on the Jesse stories mentioned above occassionally. It finally grinds to a stop and I was greatful.
I also got totally sick of this liberal, east coast author shoving his beliefs down the readers throats. He has steadily increased this sort of thing over the coarse of this series. A sure sign that his talent is waning and he has lost his ability to actually write a mystery/crime story. Don't believe I will be revisting anything by Parker in the future.
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