Reviews for Fool's paradise (Book)
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Lupica, who’s been writing the new adventures of Boston private eye Sunny Randall, takes over the Police Chief Jesse Stone franchise most recently handled by Reed Farrel Coleman in Robert B. Parker’s The Bitterest Pill (2019). Any questions? Although Jesse recognizes him from an AA meeting, nobody knows the identity of the John Doe fished out of a lake with a bullet in his head. Even after he’s identified as Florida horse groom Paul Hutton, nobody can explain what he was doing in Paradise, Massachusetts, or why he took a taxi to the estate of real estate tycoon Whit Cain, incapacitated after a series of strokes. Whit’s wife, iron-willed socialite Lily, and their son, privileged heir-apparent Bryce, insist they know nothing about him, and Whit’s nurse and gatekeeper, Karina Torres, says she never heard him buzz the gate for admittance. While Jesse labors to figure out whom Hutton came to Paradise to see, his deputy chief Molly Crane’s friend Annie Fallon is assaulted after she leaves a local bar, and the incident sends Jesse, galvanized by a series of attacks on himself and his colleagues, back to the gang-rape of Candace Pennington by three of her schoolmates years ago. Ringleader Bo Marino, Kevin Feeney, and Troy Drake all avoided jail sentences because they were minors with fancy lawyers. Is one of them resuming his bad habits and also seeking revenge on the Paradise police force? Though the two cases never converge, either one is strong enough to hook you and keep you hooked. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Lupica, whos been writing the new adventures of Boston private eye Sunny Randall, takes over the Police Chief Jesse Stone franchise most recently handled by Reed Farrel Coleman in Robert B. Parkers The Bitterest Pill (2019). Any questions?Although Jesse recognizes him from an AA meeting, nobody knows the identity of the John Doe fished out of a lake with a bullet in his head. Even after hes identified as Florida horse groom Paul Hutton, nobody can explain what he was doing in Paradise, Massachusetts, or why he took a taxi to the estate of real estate tycoon Whit Cain, incapacitated after a series of strokes. Whits wife, iron-willed socialite Lily, and their son, privileged heir-apparent Bryce, insist they know nothing about him, and Whits nurse and gatekeeper, Karina Torres, says she never heard him buzz the gate for admittance. While Jesse labors to figure out whom Hutton came to Paradise to see, his deputy chief Molly Cranes friend Annie Fallon is assaulted after she leaves a local bar, and the incident sends Jesse, galvanized by a series of attacks on himself and his colleagues, back to the gang-rape of Candace Pennington by three of her schoolmates years ago. Ringleader Bo Marino, Kevin Feeney, and Troy Drake all avoided jail sentences because they were minors with fancy lawyers. Is one of them resuming his bad habits and also seeking revenge on the Paradise police force?Though the two cases never converge, either one is strong enough to hook you and keep you hooked. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
