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March 18, 2010
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 | Night and Day by Robert B. Parker | Reviewed by Harriet Klausner |  | Publisher: Putnam
http://www.us.penguingroup.com
ISBN: 9780399155413
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Mystery
Release date: Feb. 2009
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Price: $25.95
| The chief of police of Paradise, Massachusetts, Jesse Stone, still loves his ex-wife even though she cheated on him when they were married. She goes with anyone who could further her career but returns to Jesse when her life goes down the tubes. Fortunately Jesse is occupied with police work, so he can block out thoughts of his selfish user beloved.
He gets a call to come to the junior high school where parents look like they are going to lynch the principal, Betsy Ingersoll, for making students show her their panties. Although she broke no laws and her lawyer-husband makes that clear, she embarrassed the kids. Thirteen-year-old Merry Clarke tells Jesse her parents are swingers. This makes her and her little brother unhappy and confused, because in their minds only Mom can have sex with Dad. Jesse also is trying to catch a perp, Nighthawk, who escalated from peeping through windows to entering houses with a gun. He's begun forcing women to strip before taking pictures; he writes Jesse telling him he fears he is out of control and will harm someone soon. Jesse believes him and sets a trap to catch the culprit.
Robert B. Parker has written a delightful police procedural containing the author's trademark witty repartee while showcasing a police chief working a small town in which eccentric characters may not break laws but may cause harm to others. Jesse is determined to help the Clarke children, find a way to insure Mrs. Ingersoll pays for her affront, and catch the peeping tom before someone is physically hurt. Night and Day is the police chief at his best. | | |
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