Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice (Jesse Stone #11)
Autumn in Paradise, Massachusetts, is usually an idyllic time—but not this year. A Hollywood movie company has come to town, and brought with it a huge cast, crew, and a troubled star. Marisol Hinton is very beautiful, reasonably talented, and scared out of her wits that her estranged husband’s jealousy might take a dangerous turn. When she becomes the subject of a death t...more
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September 11th 2012
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As usual, it didn't take long to finish the latest in the Jesse Stone series - I'd estimate somewhere around three hours all told, in fact. Some of that I'll chalk up to all the short sentences (think: "Yep." "Nope." "I do."), each of which, as is book-writing protocol, starts a new paragraph. A single conversation between hero Jesse Stone and a single other character, then, easily can use up an entire page.
I must say, though, that author Michael Brandman has captured the essence of the late Rob...more
I must say, though, that author Michael Brandman has captured the essence of the late Rob...more
Apr 11, 2013
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The awarding of no stars is NOT an oversight.
The sad thing is that the idea of extending the Jesse Stone series after Robert B Parker's death comes across as a cynical money grabbing exercise judging by this feeble imitation of Parker's work. Brandman is described as an award winning producer of 'more than thirty motion pictures'. Let's be clear - these are television films, not films you might see at the cinema. He has won 2 ACE awards - the American Cinema Editors Association gong, and two 'Br...more
The sad thing is that the idea of extending the Jesse Stone series after Robert B Parker's death comes across as a cynical money grabbing exercise judging by this feeble imitation of Parker's work. Brandman is described as an award winning producer of 'more than thirty motion pictures'. Let's be clear - these are television films, not films you might see at the cinema. He has won 2 ACE awards - the American Cinema Editors Association gong, and two 'Br...more
True to form, FOOL ME TWICE finds Sheriff Jesse Stone is embroiled in a trio of cases from which he is hoping to walk away unscathed. The first involves a spoiled, rich teen who has learned her contempt for authority from her permissive parents who are more concerned with their image than their daughters well being. Naturally Jesse, in typical Jesse fashion, feels compelled to set the misdirected teen on the straight and narrow path. A second scenario involves Paradise resident's complaints rega...more
I like the new Jesse Stone. Brandman's version of Stone has him less screwed up and more comfortable in his own skin. Less booze, no pining for his slutty ex-wife, (which never played too well with me in the first place), yet the same sardonic, sure of himself investigator. I wasn't sure Brandman was going to work as a stand-in for the late Robert Parker, but I was rooting for him (or somebody) to keep this great character going. With this book, Brandman not only takes up the Jesse Stone baton,...more
This one almost gets four stars just for being a successful contiunation of the Jesse Stone series following the death of Robert Parker, the original author. ALMOST...
Brandman does an excellent job of recreating Parker's dialogue heavy, Stone stares at someone and gets and leaves type encounters. If you read Parker you know that all of his books are quick reads because they are mostly dialogue.
Brandman also successfully gets the reader into the Jesse Stone character and his dogged determination...more
Brandman does an excellent job of recreating Parker's dialogue heavy, Stone stares at someone and gets and leaves type encounters. If you read Parker you know that all of his books are quick reads because they are mostly dialogue.
Brandman also successfully gets the reader into the Jesse Stone character and his dogged determination...more
In the second Jesse Stone novel not written by the series creator, the same characteristics of the originals are on view: a major plot line with a couple of minor subplots, Jesse’s quips and sardonic humor, short sentences and the like. Not that it should be compared to Robert B. Parker’s efforts. As with the first novel by the author to continue the series at the publisher’s request, “Fool Me Twice” should be judged on its own merits and, suffice it to say, it does keep the reader turning pages...more
Jesse witnesses a terrible accident involving a teenager texting on her phone while driving, and finds her unrepentant following the incident. He decides to make her his special project upon finding that she has not learned her lesson two more times, and she winds up doing community service at the police station.
At the same time, a Hollywood movie company sets up shop in Chief Jesse Stone's small town of Paradise, Massachusetts. Jesse becomes involved with the line producer for the movie, and a...more
At the same time, a Hollywood movie company sets up shop in Chief Jesse Stone's small town of Paradise, Massachusetts. Jesse becomes involved with the line producer for the movie, and a...more
A very easy read, and fun, but . . the three plots are connected only by location and the presence of Jesse Stone, sort of like shuffling together the three stories, each written on index cards. Brandman seems to have done a good job, as to be expected by his previous involvement with the made for TV movies of Jessie Stone, and to my ear he does a superlative job of catching the tone of Spencer's Stone.
One caveat: the starlet who is at risk spots the source of her trouble right away, tells ever...more
One caveat: the starlet who is at risk spots the source of her trouble right away, tells ever...more
After the death of author Robert B. Parker, Michael Brandman took over the “Jesse Stone” series. The first one Robert B. Parker’s Killing The Blues was a fairly good book. It certainly was not Robert B. Parker, but the book was good and there was the suggestion that Michael Brandman had plans to push the boundaries a little bit. Unfortunately, this novel is simply nowhere as near as good while it reads like discarded pieces of a movie script due to the lack of depth to characters or scenes. The...more
Oct 18, 2012
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Linda's Rating: 5 Stars
When Robert B. Parker died in January 2010, I felt bereft, thinking that the Spenser and Jesse Stone novels I so loved to read had come to an end. I am rejoicing now to see his style of writing being skillfully continued by two authors from Parker's publisher, Putnam. Ace Atkins is carrying on the Spenser tradition with No. 40 in the series, "Robert B. Parker's Lullaby." The Jesse Stone series is being ably continued by Michael Bra...more
Linda's Rating: 5 Stars
When Robert B. Parker died in January 2010, I felt bereft, thinking that the Spenser and Jesse Stone novels I so loved to read had come to an end. I am rejoicing now to see his style of writing being skillfully continued by two authors from Parker's publisher, Putnam. Ace Atkins is carrying on the Spenser tradition with No. 40 in the series, "Robert B. Parker's Lullaby." The Jesse Stone series is being ably continued by Michael Bra...more
#11 in the Jesse Stone series - #2 by Michael Brandman. The entries in the Jesse Stone series are normally a quick read, but this entry is outrageous. The 61 chapters average less than 4.5 pages each and the margins are huge. There are three story lines:
First - A movie is to be shot in Paradise and the female lead has been threatened by her husband. When she is shot, the shooter is effortlessly caught. Jesse has an affair with the line director.
Second - A 17 year old high schooler, of a privileg...more
First - A movie is to be shot in Paradise and the female lead has been threatened by her husband. When she is shot, the shooter is effortlessly caught. Jesse has an affair with the line director.
Second - A 17 year old high schooler, of a privileg...more
The new book in the Jesse Stone series, Fool Me Twice, is a good, quick read, as I read it in just a few hours. Having said that, I can't say much more positive about it, since the plot is a rehash of Parker's Looking for Rachel Wallace (with somewhat the same result for the characters), and the dialogue is almost stolen from Parker's style cabinet, but without the wit and flair. I read it like I put on last year's professional wardrobe. Quickly, without effort, appreciating the comfort, but sti...more
Book number Eleven in the Jesse Stone series created by Robert B. Parker (written by Michael Brandman) - 4 stars. This book is almost a "day in the life" story - except that it covers about 2 weeks rather than a single day with multiple different things happening in that time frame.
First Jesse observes a teenage girl texting while driving as she runs a stop sign and crashes into another car. Next, Jesse starts receiving complaints that the water company is overcharging for water. Finally a movi...more
First Jesse observes a teenage girl texting while driving as she runs a stop sign and crashes into another car. Next, Jesse starts receiving complaints that the water company is overcharging for water. Finally a movi...more
Finished reading the novel this morning. It was indeed, as many have previously written, very Parker-esque in its wording, descriptiveness, plot and sub-plots, and quickness of readability. However, I found it troubling that he was erroneously pushing a Man-Caused Environmental Issue relating to potable water usage by the Paradise Area folks and businesses. Also, something else I didn't understand: Mr. Brandman described how the girl was Speeding, as well as texting, and then also talking on her...more
I loved Robert B. Parker and was really sad when he died. Aside from the fact that we lost a great writer, I grieved for the loss of books he had yet to write. Then along came Michael Brandman. There are subtle differences in his style, but he mostly stays true to Parker and his characters. This is one of his better efforts. Brandman brings his insider-knowledge of the world of entertainment and his expertise in film-making to enrich the storyline and make it more believable. One of the differen...more
Shouldn't even rate one star.....and I paid full price for the hardback! I LOVE Robert Parker's books and someone wrote another Spenser book after Parker's death, I read that and it was good--got the dialog down pat. This however, was terrible. It reads like a screenplay. This person walked here, this person came through the door, etc. Very one dimensional. Jesse falling for the new woman so fast just seemed to be obligatory romantic interest, Brandman's attempt to portray Jesse's laconic speech...more
This is my second reading of of a Jesse Stone Novel written by Michael Brandman. He rendition of Jesse Stone is as close to Robert B. Parker's as possible. Parker's death in 2010 has been followed by three novels two now by Brandman, and one By Ace Atkins which was a continuation of the Spenser series. I have enjoyed all three.
Brandman has co-written or supervised the writing of eight Jesse Stone Movies. During which he worked closely with Robert B. Parker and Tom Selleck the actor who took on t...more
Brandman has co-written or supervised the writing of eight Jesse Stone Movies. During which he worked closely with Robert B. Parker and Tom Selleck the actor who took on t...more
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When it was announced, after the death of Robert B. Parker, that someone else (Michael Brandman) would take over writing the Jesse Stone books, I was terribly afraid that the series was would become awful. Happily, this second Jesse Stone book by Michael Brandman proves that the series is almost as good as before Parker's death. In this story, Jesse is trying to discover the killer of an actress who was in Paradise to film a new movie. The writing is terse, funny and the story is great. There is...more
Not a big Robert Parker fan, but I did like his Jesse Stone series. But I only started reading it after seeing the made-for-TV movies starring Tom Selleck. Parker's writing was very spare and simple, and the new author, Micheal Brandman, continues that style. Frankly, it was hard for me to determine a difference between Parker and Brandman, so I enjoyed the book. Typical Jesse Stone though. The small town peace and quiet interrupted by spurts of amazing violence. Looking back, Stone isn't doing...more
when Robert Parker wrote books about the character Phillip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler's treasured books I wondered if he could pull off the feat of duplicating the master's style, and was surprised that he did a workmanlike job, I liked those books.
Now Brandman has attempted the same feat. this book is pretty good, because it is written by a guy who wrote scripts for the Jesse Stone movies,and had some conversations with Parker before his death, and has a feel for the dialogue style of Parker....more
Now Brandman has attempted the same feat. this book is pretty good, because it is written by a guy who wrote scripts for the Jesse Stone movies,and had some conversations with Parker before his death, and has a feel for the dialogue style of Parker....more
I've been very immersed in other writing recently and have fallen woefully behind in my Goodread reviews. I didn't stop reading just stopped writing the reviews. So I will proceed with six shortened reviews.
Fool Me Twice. I guess the most credit should go to Robert B. Parker's widow and the estate for the fine job they have done in selecting authors to carry-on two great serial characters: Spenser and Jesse Stone. Ace Atkins did a wonderful job with the first post-humus Spenser -- "Lullaby" -- e...more
Fool Me Twice. I guess the most credit should go to Robert B. Parker's widow and the estate for the fine job they have done in selecting authors to carry-on two great serial characters: Spenser and Jesse Stone. Ace Atkins did a wonderful job with the first post-humus Spenser -- "Lullaby" -- e...more
Brandman still hasn't nailed Parker's Jesse Stone in this second book he's written in the series. In some ways, I think he missed the mark here more than in 'Killing the Blues.'
While the dialog is close to Parker's sparse, waste no words, cut to the chase terseness, the rhythms are just a touch off. The words don't flow they way they did under Parker's hand. Brandman's descriptions of settings, too, lack Parker's crispness. A half page of setting by Parker seemed to fly by in an instant while Br...more
While the dialog is close to Parker's sparse, waste no words, cut to the chase terseness, the rhythms are just a touch off. The words don't flow they way they did under Parker's hand. Brandman's descriptions of settings, too, lack Parker's crispness. A half page of setting by Parker seemed to fly by in an instant while Br...more
The story line was OK but the ending was weak. But here's the deal...Putnam (the Publisher) is doing something again they tried with Lawrence Sanders in the past. After Sanders death Putnam (and I believe the Sanders heirs) gave a five book deal to Vincent Lardo to keep Lawrence Sanders wonderful character Archy McNally alive. Lardo did a pretty good job with the character, but he was definitely no Lawrence Sanders. I don't know the arrangement between Putnam and Michael Brandman, author of Fool...more
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I picked this up knowing full well it wasn't going to be Parker's Jesse Stone, and it wasn't. And while I am a fan of the tv movies (most of them, although the last few have been kind of snooze-worthy), as much as I have enjoyed them they have never quite been Parker's Jesse Stone. This book is the tv version, and while done well, I don't know that it was done well enough for me to pick up any more, or for me to change my long-held position that, when an author dies, their works and characters s...more
Get your gun facts right!!, September 11, 2012
Not a bad imitation of Bob's style, but glaring errors on the firearms front, like so many mystery writers. Beretta automatic .38 calibre? .45 millimeter Colt? C'mon Mr. Brandman, get someone to take you to the range and show you how the things work. Bob used to mostly get the firearms details right and Tom Selleck certainly looks like he knows which end of a pistol to be on in the TV movies.
Still and all - a good yarn and a pretty fair imitation an...more
Not a bad imitation of Bob's style, but glaring errors on the firearms front, like so many mystery writers. Beretta automatic .38 calibre? .45 millimeter Colt? C'mon Mr. Brandman, get someone to take you to the range and show you how the things work. Bob used to mostly get the firearms details right and Tom Selleck certainly looks like he knows which end of a pistol to be on in the TV movies.
Still and all - a good yarn and a pretty fair imitation an...more
This is really two books. The first 85% is a well-done clone of vintage Parker ... three good story lines juggled by small-town police chief Jesse Stone, and carried forward with sparkling dialog. Suddenly, one story climaxes with an act of unspeakable violence ... then all three plots slide downhill quickly. It's almost as if the author wrote the big scene, then gave up and tried to tie up all the loose strings as quickly as possible. Author Brandman, who has had a long relationship with Parker...more
I first grew to know some of Robert B. Parker's characters by watching the Spenser for Hire television show. Since I grew up in Massachusetts, the show's Boston setting had a lot of appeal for me. However, when I tried to transition to reading the books, I was somewhat disappointed. Perhaps I would've appreciated them more twenty years ago. I gave up after reading two of his books and I did not pursue any other series by this author.
When I took a flight overseas, I decided to check out the audi...more
When I took a flight overseas, I decided to check out the audi...more
Like millions of other fans, I grieved the death of Robert Parker. But Michael Brandman has done a credible job of capturing Parker's style, particularly the dialogue. He does not, however, include as much description of places and events as Parker, even though his descriptions were always spare and concise. Sort of like the way people described Hemingway's style.
However, I did enjoy this book with three different "stories" as well as a more stable Jesse Stone. Would definitely recommend this to...more
However, I did enjoy this book with three different "stories" as well as a more stable Jesse Stone. Would definitely recommend this to...more
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An award-winning producer of more than thirty motion pictures, he collaborated with Robert B. Parker on more than a dozen of them. Together they wrote the screenplay for Tom Selleck's TNT movie Monte Walsh. Brandman produced and Parker wrote three Spenser films for A&E, and their collaboration continued with the Jesse Stone TV movies currently broadcast on CBS. Brandman lives in California.
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