"A winner"
Jesse Stone is the police chief of Paradise, a small
suburban town on the North Shore of Massachusetts. He's
still in love with his ex-wife who he sees every Wednesday
night even thought their marriage broke up years ago
because of her adultery and his boozing. Jesse knows that
this is his last chance at the job and with the only woman
he ever loved. He was fired in Los Angeles because of his
drinking during business hours and was not dependable. Usually Paradise is a quiet place but not today. After
the weekly softball game, Jesse is called over to the
nearby river where he seas a floater. By process of
elimination, he identifies the body and Jesse puts in a lot
of man-hours following the meager trail that will lead to
Billie's killer. In DEATH IN PARADISE, Jessie struggles to come to terms
with his alcoholism even as he struggles with one of the
trickiest cases of his careers. One has to like Jessie, a
man who has known much heartache, but still keeps on hoping
things will improve. Robert B. Parker has written an
exciting police procedural that piques reader interest from
first page to last. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted September 13, 2001
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