General Information
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 Title:                  Death In Paradise
 Author:                 Robert B Parker
 Read By:                Robert Forster
 Copyright:              2002
 Audiobook Copyright:    2002
 Genre:                  Speech
 Series Name:            Jesse Stone
 Position in Series:     03
 Abridged:               No

Original Media Information
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 Media:                  Tape
 Source:                 Library
 Condition:              Very Good

File Information
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 Number of MP3s:         34
 Total Duration:         5:08:11
 Total MP3 Size:         105.92
 Parity Archive:         No
 Ripped With:            dBpoweramp
 Encoded With:           FhG
 Encoded At:             CBR 48 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
 Normalize:              No
 Noise Reduction:        None
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v1.1, v2.3

Book Description
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Death in Paradise  
 
FROM OUR EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review 
It's often said that authors create protagonists that represent their 
own personality traits or characteristics in some form. If that's true, 
then Robert B. Parker's beloved Spenser probably mirrors the author's 
wit and unbridled machismo, while Jesse Stone is most certainly his 
sorrow.

Somber yet always inviting, Death in Paradise is the third in Parker's 
series featuring Stone, a former LAPD cop who was drummed out of California 
for drinking on the job and now serves as police chief of small-town 
Paradise, Massachusetts. This time Jesse not only continues his battle 
with alcoholism but must also solve the case of a murdered teenage girl 
found in a lake. The investigation leads Jesse deep into his own backyard, 
where the high-profile bestselling author Norman Shaw becomes a suspect 
-- as well as to Boston, where he must deal with mob figures Gino Fish 
and Vinnie Morris. Even off duty, Jesse has plenty of problems as he 
attempts to comb out his love life, from his consuming feelings for 
his ex-wife to his developing interest in the sexually charged principal 
of the dead girl's high school.

Parker emphasizes sentiment here as much as taut suspense and violence. 
He's always in excellent form, but he's never better than when dealing 
with small-town folk in all their complexity, as he delves into the 
secret lives hidden behind the Mr. and Mrs. Front Porch facade. This 
is the source of the poignancy and emotional resonance that will haul 
you into the story and refuse to let you go. We're drawn in, step by 
step, even when we know that something painful is looming around the 
next corner. With Death in Paradise, the bestselling author again proves 
that one of his greatest talents is his ability to fully realize the 
commonplace nature of remorse, loss, and passion. (Tom Piccirilli)

ANNOTATION
Filled with magnetic characters and the muscular writing that are Parker's 
trademarks, Death in Paradise is a storytelling masterpiece.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
"The Paradise Men's Softball League has wrapped up another game, and 
Jesse Stone is lingering in the parking lot with his teammates, drinking 
beer, swapping stories of double plays and beautiful women in the late-summer 
twilight. But then a frightened voice calls out to him from the shore 
of a nearby lake. There, two men squat at the water's edge. In front 
of them, facedown, is something that used to be a girl." The local cops 
haven't seen anything like this before, but Jesse's L.A. past has made 
him all too familiar with floaters. This girl hasn't committed suicide, 
she hasn't been drowned: she's been shot and dumped, discarded like 
trash. Before long it becomes clear that she must have had a taste for 
the wild life; and 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 young man's school ring on a gold chain, and a hunch or two. 
SYNOPSIS
The Paradise Men's Softball League has wrapped up another game, and 
Jesse Stone is lingering in the parking lot with his teammates, drinking 
beer, swapping stories of double plays and beautiful women in the late-summer 
twilight. But then a frightened voice calls out to him from the edge 
of a nearby lake. There, two men squat at the water's edge. In front 
of them, facedown, was something that used to be a girl.
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 hadn't committed 
suicide; she hadn't been drowned: she'd been shot and dumped, discarded 
like trash. Before long it becomes clear that she had a taste for the 
wild life; and 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 young man's school ring on a gold chain, and a hunch or two.---

 
Barnes and Noble

