Stranger in Paradise

'… deftly sketched characters … his use of genre material is always fresh. He demonstrates his continued ability to write well-constructed and literate works of detective fiction' Times Literary Supplement. Informationen zum Autor Born and raised in Massachusetts, Robert B. Parker completed a Ph.D. in English at Boston University. He married his wife Joan in 1956. He began writing his Spencer novels while teaching at Boston's North-eastern University in 1971. In 1997 he wrote his first Jesse Stone novel, Night Passage. Parker was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2002. Klappentext Jesse Stone is an ex LA cop who has taken the job of police chief in Paradise, Massachusetts. His drinking and his damaged relationship with his wife, define him as much as his supreme skill at policing his patch. When Crow, an Apache hitman, turns up in Jesse Stone's office, he is intrigued and very much on his guard.Jesse Stone is an ex LA cop who has taken the job of police chief in Paradise, Massachusetts. His drinking and his damaged relationship with his wife, define him as much as his supreme skill at policing his patch. When Crow, an Apache hitman, turns up in Jesse Stone's office, he is intrigued and very much on his guard.

Product details

• Authors: Robert B Parker, Robert B. Parker, Robert B Parker, Robert B. Parker
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.02.2009
• EAN: 9781847247315
• ISBN: 978-1-84724-731-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Jesse Stone; Jesse Stone; Ein Fall für Jesse Stone / A Jesse Stone Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Crime & mystery, Crime and mystery fiction