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Book SynopsisParadise, Massachusetts, is gearing up for the busy summer season when a spate of car thefts places its quiet, tourist-friendly reputation in jeopardy. Jesse Stone fears an automobile theft gang has set up shop in town, and the silver-tongued, heavy-handed police chief vows to put a stop to their activity. Almost as soon as he starts tackling this threat, another materializes: one of a more personal nature. An old enemy, hell-bent on revenge, is fresh out of prison. Thus begins a tale of proactive policing and personal paranoia, in which Stone finds himself defending himself, his patch and - before long - his latest squeeze. In Killing the Blues, Michael Brandman combines all of Parker's tried and tested ingredients to create a highly enjoyable and authentic Jesse Stone thriller.
Trade ReviewTougher, stronger, better educated, and far
more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer * Boston Globe *
When it comes to detective novels,
90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it * Harlan Coben *
Spenser is
a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans * Milwaukee Sentinel *
One of the great series in the history of the detective story * New York Times Book Review *
Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenalin * Boston Observer *
Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity * Chicago Sun *
The
sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today . . .
the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition * Cincinnati Post *
Nobody does it better * Publishers Weekly *
Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it
makes one feel good * Library Journal *
'No one understands what makes Bob Parker's Jesse Stone tick better than Michael Brandman - and Michael is just the writer to carry Jesse into the future' Tom Selleck. * Tom Selleck *
