Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novel (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)

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Summary: Why do we care?
Review: Our hero,amoral in his love life, refusing to kick his unfaithful ex-wife to the curb, and making mystery solving boring, why continue? Parker can write like no one else, but his recent plots suggest the well may be dry.

Rating:
Summary: Appropriately Titled
Review: Parker's writing leaves me stone cold. This is the first Robert Parker novel I've read, and it did not impress. The writing is flat, arch at times, and a plot twist toward the end of the book...uhhh, did we forget one? This is a boring march through two cases: (1) the gang-rape of an underage high-schooler and (2) a serial killing couple who kill for the thrill. Neither case has much dimension or plot, and worse, they are highly predictible. Then we throw in the love-life storyline of the Jesse Stone, our protaganist, police chief. He struggles to reconcile with his ex-wife and to keep off the bottle. This is creative writing? Sorry, Parker fans...<yawn>.

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Summary: Getting Better
Review: This new character created by Parker is getting better with each new novel. This story defines even more about his personality and what drives him as an individual and an the police chief. One drawback, he is still be oppressed by his horrid ex-wife. Why he can't get a hold of himself and rid himself of such a life-wasting creature is beyond me. Between her and Susan Silverman, you gotta wonder about Parker.