Robert B. Parker's The devil wins

Format:

Book (large print)

Title:

Robert B. Parker's The devil wins

Other title(s):

Devil wins

Author:

Coleman, Reed Farrel, 1956- author

ISBN:

9781410480279

9781594139970

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publication:

Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.

Physical Description:

475 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

Series title(s):

Jesse Stone novels ;

Thorndike Press large print core series.

Number in series:

BK. 14.

Summary:

In the wake of a huge storm, three bodies are discovered in the rubble of an abandoned factory building in an industrial part of Paradise known as The Swap. One body, a man's, wrapped in a blue tarp, is only hours old. But found within feet of that body are the skeletal remains of two teenage girls who had gone missing during a Fourth of July celebration twenty-five years earlier. Not only does that crime predate Jesse Stone's arrival in Paradise, but the dead girls were close friends of Jesse's right hand, Officer Molly Crane. And things become even more complicated when one of the dead girls' mothers returns to Paradise to bury her daughter and is promptly murdered. It's up to Police Chief Jesse Stone to pull away the veil of the past to see how all the murders are connected.

Personal Subject:

Stone, Jesse (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Stone, Jesse (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01133909

Subject(s):

Police chiefs -- Fiction.

Genre:

Electronic Access:

http://reedcoleman.com/
http://www.robertbparker.net/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/05/11/how-robert-parker-family-has-ensured-that-spenser-adventures-continue/Ae3xng4kdtXGUi1lawut3L/story.html

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A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Jesse Stone NovelIn the wake of a huge storm, three bodies are discovered in the rubble of an abandoned factory building. One body, a man's, wrapped in a blue tarp, is only hours old. But within feet of that body are the skeletal remains of two teenage girls who had gone missing twenty-five years ago. Not only does that crime predate Jesse Stone's arrival in Paradise, but the dead girls were close friends of Jesse's right hand, Officer Molly Crane.

Author Notes

Reed Farrel Coleman is the author of Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone series, the Moe Prager series, short stories, and poetry. He is a three-time Edgar Award nominee in three different categories - Best Novel, Best Paperback Original, Best Short Story - and a three-time recipient of the Shamus Award for Best Detective Novel of the Year. He has also won the Audie, Macavity, Barry, and Anthony Awards. He is an adjunct instructor of English at Hofstra University and a founding member of MWA University.

Reed's novels are perennial bestsellers featured on the New York Times, USA Today and other bestseller lists.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Coleman's solid second Jesse Stone novel (after 2014's Blind Spot) finds Parker's flawed hero, now the police chief of Paradise, Mass., still having trouble separating from his ex, connecting with people emotionally, and dealing with guilt over a subordinate's near-fatal shooting. Therapy sessions help somewhat, but Jesse's job is on the line after the discovery of three corpses. A man's body is recent, but the other two are the skeletal remains of Mary Kate O'Hara and Virginia Connolly, two 16-year-olds who vanished about 25 years earlier. The dead girls were close friends of Jesse's number two, police officer Molly Crane, whose personal connection to the case complicates matters. Paradise's political leaders are dismayed at the bad press the murders bring to the town, and Jesse's given a tight deadline to clear everything up. The solution is a bit of a letdown, but Coleman succeeds in adding some needed depth to Jesse's character. Agent: Helen Brann, Helen Brann Agency. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

While everyone else in Paradise, Massachusetts, is hibernating for the winter, Police Chief Jesse Stone returns to solve murders ancient and modern in his adopted town. Even though the Paradise Police Department is effectively two officers short, the discovery of a John Doe in an abandoned factory in Trench Alley shortly after it collapses would hardly strain its resources if it weren't for another discovery nearby: a pair of skeletons in a hole a few feet away. Officer Molly Crane, moved from desk duty to the patrol rotation to replace Luther "Suitcase" Simpson, who's slowly recovering from getting gut-shot (Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot, 2014), instantly identifies the remains as those of Mary Kate O'Hara and Virginia Connolly, two of her old classmates from Sacred Heart High, who went missing on the Fourth of July 25 years ago. The gunshot wounds the more recent victim took to the head make it a lot less likely that he'll be identified soon. Jesse dutifully contacts the girls' parents, but the closest he gets to a lead comes when flamboyant divorce Maxie Connolly, who blows into town with all the elemental force of a twister, apparently jumps off a cliff soon after. Jesse, who's not entirely convinced that the death of the tale's most appealing character was suicide, divines that someone's trying to cover something up. But surrounded as usual by unsupportive townsfolk as closemouthed as they are closed-minded, he can only wait for the bad guys to make a mistakeunless Cpl. Drew Allen Jameson, who thinks he recognizes a distinctive tattoo on the John Doe that's been broadcast around the country, can clear things up when he arrives. Whatever pleasures readers find in this cluttered, long-winded, generally unsurprising tale, they're remote from those formerly provided by the late Robert B. Parker and his laconic hero. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

Jesse Stone, police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts, has finally reached a level of contentment in his life, but there's still the occasional nor'easter, both climatological and emotional, to deal with in the small New England town. In the aftermath of a big storm (the climatological kind), one dead body and the skeletal remains of two other people are found in the debris from a collapsed building. Molly Crane, Jesse's deputy, identifies the skeletons (thanks to a single ring) as her best friends from high school who disappeared 20 years earlier. Small town, big secret, and a community's shame. In the blink of an eye, Jesse goes from worrying about potential storm damage to investigating three homicides. Coleman's second shot at the Stone franchise captures the spirit of Parker's characters and setting much better than last year's Blind Spot. This is a suspenseful, melancholy examination of loss and how sometimes, despite our best efforts, the past refuses to stay buried, and it will certainly please fans still craving more of Parker's characters.--Lukowsky, Wes Copyright 2015 Booklist