About this title: Prolific mystery writer Robert B. Parker returns to Paradise, Massachusetts, and alcoholic police chief Jesse Stone for a fifth time. Florence Horvath, a sexually adventurous Florida woman, mails off a videotape chronicling her ménage à trois aboard a Miami yacht, the Lady Jane. Sometime afterward, the Lady Jane docks in Paradise, and Florence's waterlogged corpse ends up on the beach. Naturally, Jesse suspects the crew of the yacht, who prove to be less than cooperative with his investigation.
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Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Date Published: 02/2006
ISBN-13:9780399152672ISBN:0399152679
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
"This is a mystery novel in which very little happens. Who killed the woman found floating in the lagoon, and is the protagonist ready to live with his ex-wife? Series character Jesse Stone speaks to a lot of people to find out both of these things, but even he and the author realize that not much happens, and that is one reason they evoke Hamlet. Film director/actor Laurence Olivier misconceived of Hamlet as a man who could not make up his mind, and that concept has influenced the reception of the character in popular culture. In a conversation on pages 40-1, Jesse's ex-wife tells him that he thinks too much, like Hamlet, and calls him "Hamlet-boy." Later, as Jesse is lost in thought, the novelistic equivalent of a soliloquy, one of Jesse's thoughts misquotes Hamlet, "Ah, there's the rub" (3.1.64, p. 161), and the context is like Hamlet's in that Jesse also wonders about the consequences of being wrong. Jesse is with his ex-wife again on pages 173-4. She encourages him to make love to her, saying, "Yeah, act. That too much for you Hamlet?" The final reference comes late in the book, just as it does in the play. Jesse and his psychologist discuss his ex. Jesse is encouraged not to hold back with her. He replies, "all you've done is get me ready." His shrink says, "Readiness is all" (5.2.222)."
"I liked the entire series - but I saw the movies first with Tom Selleck as the main character. That was what made me want to read the books. I'd like to see more in this series. I enjoy the characters and the setting."
"Excellent; Continuing character: Jesse Stone; a murdered woman washes ashore and the chief along with a fellow officer in Florida try to determine if she was killed by her sex-crazed yachting friends, or someone closer to home"
"This is my first Robert Parker novel, and I enjoyed the character Jesse Stone -- I can't wait to read more of this series. I had the murderer figured out pretty quickly, but read it more for the story about Jesse than about the mystery. Looking forward to more Robert Parker. A good friend is a big fan of the Spencer books; I'll have to give those a try as well."
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