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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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Robert Parker's Trouble in Paradise imagines an old-fashioned tough guys' world where most of the women are summed up by their figures and the men are measured by their ability to intimidate. Chief Jesse Stone of Paradise, Massachusetts, is Parker's hero again in this sequel to Night Passage. When he's not thinking about what his girlfriends look like under their clothes, Stone's touring his beat, hanging out at the Gray Gull Hotel bar to get intelligence on local thugs, or interrogating teens about their destructive pranks. But he has a vulnerable side, too, and Parker adds new layers of depth and complexity to his latest series character. Jesse's still reeling from his divorce. He and his ex-wife, Jenn, are not entirely ready to let go. In fact, Jenn has followed Jesse east from L.A. and is suffering in the Boston climate as one of the anchors on the local news. Romance with Jenn is further complicated by Jesse's ongoing attraction to attorney Abby Taylor and his emerging relationship with realtor Marcy Campbell.
Jesse's domestic troubles are gradually overshadowed, however, when ex-con Jimmy Macklin arrives in town. Macklin plans to pull "the mother of all stickups" on the ritzy Stiles Island in Paradise Harbor. He has figured out that the Stiles Island bridge, with its underpinning of utility cables and pipes, is a veritable lifeline to the mainland, and he's gathered a rogues' gallery of professional crooks and killers to help him take the bridge and make the island into a thieves' paradise. The one problem: Macklin never figured that Paradise, Massachusetts, would have a police chief as tough and resourceful as Jesse Stone.
As usual, Parker's stark and facile prose perfectly complements the masculine sufferings of his hero, and the action of the novel unfolds with an effortlessness that intimates a craftsman at work. With Parker's Spenser safely canonized as a detective fiction legend, Jesse Stone's unfolding world offers a welcome new addition to Parker's ouevre. --Patrick O'Kelley -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Jesse Stone, NOT the perfect hero.... has plenty of problems in his life. But not with his sense of RIGHT, enough witty reparte to let you know you are reading "Parker". Some lovely romance, a evil villian & a town that's not so sure of their new "protector"... I hope we will see this series go on!
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First of all, I don't think that there is a highly suspenseful or unique storyline in this Jesse Stone novel. Almost the entire plot is foreseeable, and the characters are rather shallow.
The only reason why "Trouble in Paradise" recieves four stars from me is the atmosphere: The setting, the weather and the fact that there is not too much going on in the novel is very coherent and just meets my taste.
Although I understand why many people do not like this part of the Jesse Stone series, I really enjoyed the read, and again: Especially the atmosphere.
The only reason why "Trouble in Paradise" recieves four stars from me is the atmosphere: The setting, the weather and the fact that there is not too much going on in the novel is very coherent and just meets my taste.
Although I understand why many people do not like this part of the Jesse Stone series, I really enjoyed the read, and again: Especially the atmosphere.
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This little Parker novel was very thin, both on plot and number of pages. The average chapter length had to be two pages, and with blanks pages in between to fatten it up, it was an embarassment. Plot was pretty good and it was nice to see a new Parker character, but, puleese, spend more than a weekend writting the next one.
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A typical Robert Parker book
When reading any of Robert Parker's novels it's difficult not to compare his protagonist with Spenser, Parker's most famous character. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Februar 2000 von Old Fisherman
Trouble with Booze!
This book was a fast read,the main character an alcoholic police chief who beds all the women in the town of Paradise,MA and stops crime! Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. Februar 2000 von A. Borrelli
Very shallow compared to Spenser
Truthfully, I was disappointed. I have read and re-read all the Spenser books and have hailed Parker for being so "even" in his rendition, but here he sinks to the level... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Januar 2000 von Jens Kristjánsson
You can find my book in the trash
It is a quick and easy read, but I felt dirty and threw the book in the trash after I read it, so that no one I know will read this book. I long for another Spenser novel.
Am 16. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
Disappointing
I liked the first Jesse Stone book, but was disappointed in this one. The trials and tribulations of Jesse's love live was overdone and the main plot wasn't strong enough to move... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. November 1999 veröffentlicht
The Spenser/Stone comparison is inescapable, but...
...I like the fact that with a little wilfull suspension of disbelief, I can resume my love of Spenser through a new character. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
A brilliant work
The fast-paced story, tightness of character setting, and the manner Parker describes these characters through the simple conversation. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
too much heavy emotional problems - one nighters or exwife
The crime solving was secondary to the main character's women problems. His quandry about wondering if he can love and get back with his exwife and his sleeping with others is too... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
Not as good as the first book in the series
The only thing that really bothered me about this book was how quickly the villian was defeated. RBP developed these characters (Macklin, Crow) with style. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Oktober 1999 von JEROME PEARSON
Parker's best book to date
I've read every book that Robert Parker has written and I think this is his best to date: a fast-moving plot that won't let you stop reading, further development of his most... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Oktober 1999 von Stephen Marek
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