Parker, Robert B. - HIGH PROFILE

[LJ Roberts]

HIGH PROFILE (Police Procedural-Jesse Stone-MA-Cont) – Good
Parker, Robert B. – 6th in series
Putnam, 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780399154041

First Sentence: Each spring surprised Jesse.

A high-profile talk-show host is found hanged in the park. His assistant/girlfriend is found dead in a dumpster. As if Police Chief Jesse Stone doesn’t have enough with two murders, his ex-wife, Jenn, calls to say she was raped and is being stalked. While Jesse investigates the murders, Sunny Randall, with whom he has been building a relationship, agrees to stay with Jenn and find the stalker.

I love Parker’s writing but his stories are starting to bore me, which is a shame. I will always say he is the master of dialogue, even the laconic Jesse, whom Parker offsets with Suit, the young policeman and the best character in the story. The murders and their investigation is interesting. But I could do completely without the can’t-live-with, can’t-live-without relationships. It wasn’t a great book, but there was still enough of Parker’s classic style that I enjoyed it.