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ISBN: 9781842432143
EAN: 9781842432143
Price: £6.99
Casing: Paperback
Format: A (178 x 111mm)
Extent: 320pp
Rights: UK & Commonwealth excl. Canada, Australia & New Zealand
Pub. Date: September 2007

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Robert B Parker is the best-selling author of over 50 books, including Small Vices, Sudden Mischief, Hush Money, Hugger Mugger, Potshot, Widows Walk, Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Family Honor, Perish Twice, Shrink Rap, Stone Cold, Melancholy Baby, Back Story, Double Play, Bad Business, Cold Service, Sea Change, School Days and Blue Screen. He lives in Boston.
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ABOUT THE BOOK

When the body of controversial talk-show host Walton Weeks is discovered hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Paradise, police chief Jesse Stone finds himself at the center of a highly public case, forcing him to deal with small-minded local officials and national media scrutiny. When another dead body - that of a young woman - is discovered just a few days later, the pressure becomes almost unbearable. Two victims in less than a week should provide a host of clues, but all Jesse runs into are dead ends. But what may be the most disturbing aspect of these murders is the fact that no one seems to care-not a single one of Weeks's ex-wives, not the family of the girl. And when the medical examiner reveals a heartbreaking link between the two departed souls, the mystery only deepens. Despite Weeks's reputation and the girl's tender age, Jesse is hard-pressed to find legitimate suspects. Though the crimes are perhaps the most gruesome Jesse has ever witnessed, it is the malevolence behind them that makes them all the more frightening. Forced to delve into a world of stormy relationships, Jesse soon comes to realize that knowing who he can trust is indeed a matter of life and death.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"...Robert B Parker is one of the greats of the American hard-boiled genre..." - Peter Guttridge, The Guardian

"...Why Robert Parker's not better known in Britain is a mystery." - Daily Mirror

"...Parker writes old-time, stripped-to-the-bone, hard-boiled school of Chandler...His novels are funny, smart and highly entertaining...There's no writer I'd rather take on an aeroplane...." - Sunday Telegraph

"...If Spenser is the invincible knight, the timeless hero of American detective fiction, then Jesse Stone is the flawed hero of the moment, a man whose deficiencies define his humanity...you want to cheer..." - New York Times Book Review

"...Spenser has been reincarnated, and his name is Jesse Stone..." - Associated Press