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Paradise Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stone faces the case of his career in the newest novel in the bestselling series When a womans partially decomposed body washes ashore in Paradise Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stone is forced into a case far more difficult than it initially appears Identifying the woman is just the first step in what proves to be an emotionally charged investigation Florence Horvath was an attractive recently divorced heiress from Florida she also had a penchant for steamy sex and was an enthusiastic participant in a video depicting the same Somehow the combination of her past and present got her killed but no one is talking-not the crew of the Lady Jane the Fort Lauderdale yacht moored in Paradise Harbor not her very blond very tan twin sisters Corliss and Claudia and not her curiously affectless parents living out a sterile retirement in a Miami high rise But someone-Jesse-has to speak for the dead even if it puts him in harms way.
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Robert B. Parker (1932-2010) has long been acknowledged as the dean of American crime fiction. His novel featuring the wise-cracking, street-smart Boston private-eye Spenser earned him a devoted following and reams of critical acclaim, typified by R.W.B. Lewis' comment, "We are witnessing one of the great series in the history of the American detective story" (The New York Times Book Review) . In June and October of 2005, Parker had national bestsellers with APPALOOSA and SCHOOL DAYS, and continued his winning streak in February of 2006 with his latest Jesse Stone novel, SEA CHANGE. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Parker attended Colby College in Maine, served with the Army in Korea, and then completed a Ph.D. in English at Boston University. He married his wife Joan in 1956; they raised two sons, David and Daniel. Together the Parkers founded Pearl Productions, a Boston-based independent film company named after their short-haired pointer, Pearl, who has also been featured in many of Parker's novels. Parker began writing his Spenser novels in 1971 while teaching at Boston's Northeastern University. Little did he suspect then that his witty, literate prose and psychological insights would make him keeper-of-the-flame of America's rich tradition of detective fiction. Parker's fictional Spenser inspired the ABC-TV series Spenser: For Hire. In February 2005, CBS-TV broadcast its highly-rated adaptation of the Jesse Stone novel Stone Cold, which featured Tom Selleck in the lead role as Parker's small-town police chief. The second CBS movie, Night Passage, also scored high ratings, and the third, Death in Paradise, aired on April 30, 2006. Parker was named Grand Master of the 2002 Edgar Awards by the Mystery Writers of America, an honor shared with earlier masters such as Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen.Parker died on January 19, 2010, at the age of 77.
