The local cops haven't seen anything like this, but Jesse's L.A. past has made him all too familiar with floaters. This girl didn't commit suicide and she didn't drown. She'd been shot and dumped, discarded like trash. Before long, it becomes clear that the young woman had a taste for the wild life. Her own parents can't be bothered to report her missing or even admit that she once was a child of theirs. All Jesse has to go on is a school ring on a gold chain—and a hunch or two.
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- ISBN: 9781597772167
- File size: 146851 KB
- Duration: 05:05:56
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AudioFile Magazine
Jesse Stone, a tough guy used to the grittier side of life, discovers the lifeless body of a very young girl near his ball field. Narrator Forster realistically captures the world-weary voice of Jesse and the superiority of the wealthy and famous people Stone encounters as he attempts to unravel the girl's last moments. There is also a very sad, and unfortunately not uncommon, view of modern family life. Jesse's relationship with his ex-wife and the interesting behind-the-scenes look of police sifting through clues are well recreated and add dimension to a somewhat typical murder mystery. S.G.B. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine -
Publisher's Weekly
Starred review from July 23, 2001
Melancholy shadows this third, beautifully wrought Jesse Stone mystery; rarely if ever has Parker's fiction conveyed with such solemn intensity the challenge of living a good life in a world of sin. Jesse, erstwhile drunk and now sheriff of small-town Paradise, Mass., tackles two criminal and two personal mysteries here: the murder of a teenage girl found shot dead in a local lake, and the chronic beating of a local wife by her husband; the conundrum of Jesse's attraction to alcohol, and the mess of his love life, shaped by his dependence upon his estranged wife but encompassing a highly sexed affair with a school principal. The search for the identity and the killer of the girl brings Jesse, as such investigations traditionally do, into the realm of high society—the prime suspect is a bestselling writer—but also to the mean streets of Boston, where the sheriff parries with Gino Fish and Vinnie Morris (outlaws borrowed from the Spenser series). Dogged police work, a hot-to-trot wife, child prostitutes, the solace of baseball, hard-guy banter—these and more classic elements inform and bolster this immensely satisfying tale. As usual with Parker these days, though, the book's ultimate pleasure lies in the words, suffused with a tough compassion won only through years of living, presented in prose whose impeccability speaks of decades of careful writing. (Oct.)Forecast:This is Parker's third outstanding novel of the year, after
Potshot and
Gunman's Rhapsody. To promote it, he plans a vigorous author tour. Expect high interest and sales.
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