Robert B. Parker's Stone's Throw
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4.0 • 16 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Paradise is rocked by the mayor's untimely death in the latest novel starring police chief Jesse Stone.
The town of Paradise receives a tragic shock when the mayor is discovered dead, his body lying in a shallow grave on a property on the lake. It's ostensibly suicide, but Jesse's has his doubts . . . especially because the piece of land where the man was found is the subject of a contentious and dodgy land deal.
Two powerful moguls are fighting over the right to buy and develop the prime piece of real estate, and one of them has brought in a hired gun, an old adversary of Jesse’s: Wilson Cromartie, aka Crow. Meanwhile, the town council is debating if they want to sacrifice Paradise’s stately character for the economic boost of a glitzy new development. Tempers are running hot, and as the deaths begin to mount, it’s increasingly clear that the mayor may have standing in the wrong person’s way.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A high-profile homicide case, the shooting murder of Mayor Neil O'Hara, preoccupies Paradise, Mass., police chief Jesse Stone in Lupica's solid second franchise contribution (after 2020's Fool's Paradise). O'Hara's successor, Gary Armistead, insists the death was a suicide, as the weapon was right next to O'Hara's hand and only the dead man's footprints were at the scene. Armistead directs Stone to close his inquiry fast so as not to imperil the imminent sale of the town's most valuable property to a developer intending to build a hotel and casino. When Stone finds clear evidence of murder, he pursues every lead, even probing a former flame of his, O'Hara's ex-wife. Since O'Hara opposed the proposed development, the chief digs into the two men competing to buy the property. Lupica successfully captures the cadences and banter of Parker's crime fiction, but some may question his choice to give Stone a gunslinging sidekick with a shady background, Wilson Cromartie, who's underdeveloped compared to similar supporting players in Parker's Spenser books. Still, most Parker fans won't be disappointed.
Customer Reviews
Easy read, not a great one.
He’s got the mannerisms of Jesse stone down Pat, Molly crane doesn’t strike me as perfect, but good enough. The plot kept me guessing, but the ending was just like a 2021 newspaper headline. I was disappointed by the ending. Hopefully the next book will not just be a current events recap.