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false <![CDATA[Stranger in Paradise (Jesse Stone novel)]]> 1029961 7 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. 1016217 5 2 2008 Stranger in Paradise (Jesse Stone novel) total:594|5:93|4:225|3:232|2:38|1:6| 594 2143 742 97 4 2 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 07:59:16 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 08:10:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 17:28:10 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 17:33:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 08:32:30 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 08:33:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 09:20:11 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 05:37:58 -0800 2008
Does it take Parker a week to write these thing? The main character hardly has any dialog where a sentence is longer than five words. The story of this one is the most implausible yet in this series - he uses a character from a previous novel in the series b...more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 10:22:58 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 10:48:20 -0700 2008
Alas, it was undercut by a few things.

Crow is a little too Mary Sue for me -- Mr. Parker clearly was a bad ass back in his day, but now he's remembering his days a little too fondly and Crow is too... s...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 03 20:21:10 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 20:22:19 -0700 2008 Parker, Robert B. – 7th in series
Putnam, 2008, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780399154607

First Sentence: Molly Crane stuck her head in the doorway to Jesse’s office.

Police chief Jesse Stone’s...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 21:52:51 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 13:47:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 12:25:32 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 14:09:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 07:46:58 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 08:42:16 -0700 2008
i have 2 complaints, tho. #1 is, he kept making references to a couple of previous cases, only, i don't think they were ones that were in his previous books in this series. since at least 1 of those cases mentioned involved a murder, seemed rather im...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 19:57:52 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 20:57:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 19:25:57 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 19:25:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 14:22:39 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 14:28:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:04:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 15:17:04 -0700 2009 subtle cover: crow on cover, in honor of the jesse antagonist: wilson cromartie the native american warrior.
terrific story but jesse 's actions were farfetched a number times, mainly the $1 million and the father's demand for his daughter's return to him.

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