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 | Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker | Reviewed by Harriet Klausner | |
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| Publisher: Putnam
http://www.us.penguingroup.com ISBN: 0399154604 Genre: Fiction Subgenre: Mystery Release date: Feb 2008 Format: Hardcover Pages: 304 Price: $25.95 | |||
| Apache hit man Wilson "Crow" Cromartie brazenly walks into the office of Paradise, Massachusetts, Chief of Police Jesse Stone to ask the cop to make his latest consulting job easier. Jesse reminds Crow that a decade ago he was part of a gang that executed a deadly heist on nearby, affluent Stiles Island. Crow says he had nothing to do with the homicides, as he was forced to flee on a speedboat from a dangerous shootout--a shootout which, Jesse reminds him, led to the death of two police officers.
Louis Francisco, reputed crime boss of South Florida, hires Crow because he knows the Paradise coast and has a reputation for success. He wants Crow to find his daughter and report back to his client for further instruction. Jesse says he will discuss an arrest with the ADA. After Crow leaves Jesse tells his staff that Crow had freed the female hostages ten years earlier because he does not kill women; but when it comes to men, he is stone cold. Crow reports back to Louis. He has found Amber living in poverty with her mother Fiona. Louis orders Crow to kill Fiona and bring Amber to him. Since he does not murder women, Crow brazenly tells Jesse to protect Fiona. The question for Jesse is whether Crow will abduct Amber to take her south; complicating matters is his ex-wife, Jenn. A TV reporter, she gets involved while investigating local teen gang activity. Crow steals the show with his odd but fascinating morality. It allows him to double cross clients as he did ten years ago, kill men in cold blood, and steal from the dead, but not to harm a woman. Jesse is at his best when he reluctantly collaborates with Crow; he is at his worst when he begins to reconcile with Jenn, ignoring their history. Her past sexual betrayals to further her career had turned him into an alcoholic, which in turn had cost him his LAPD job. Timelines since LA and the Stiles Island caper aside, this is a solid thriller; but Robert B. Parker needs one more death in Paradise so that Jesse can stop obsessing over Jenn. | |||
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