High Profile

robert b. parker scott sowers

When the body of controversial talk-show host Walton Weeks is discovered hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Paradise, police chief Jesse Stone finds himself at the center of a highly public case. When another dead body–that of a young woman–is discovered just a few days later, the pressure to solve the crimes becomes almost unbearable.
Two victims in less than a week should provide a host of clues, but all Jesse runs into are dead ends. Yet what may be the most disturbing aspect of these murders is the fact that no one seems to care–not a single one of Weeks’s ex-wives, not the family of the girl. And when the medical examiner reveals a heartbreaking link between the two departed souls, the mystery only deepens. Forced to delve into a world of stormy relationships, Jesse soon comes to realize that knowing whom to trust is indeed a matter of life and death.

Genres mysteryfictioncrimedetectivemystery thrillerthrilleraudiobooksuspenseromancepolice

0 pages, Audio Cassette

First published February 6,2007

Series

Jesse Stone

Places

paradise massachusetts, new york city new york,

This edition

Format: 0 pages, Audio Cassette
Published: February 13, 2007 by Random House Audio
ISBN: 9780739318676
ASIN: 0739318675
Language: English

Characters More characters

Sunny Randall

A former police officer. Now a private investigator in Boston. Divorced. Good looking and smart. In her spare time, a painter in oils and watercolours. Former husband? Richie Burke. She has a gay friend named Spike and a dog, Rosie. Meets Chief Stone at s...
Jesse Stone

Chief Stone is a former minor league baseball shortstop whose career was cut short by a shoulder injury. He is sure he could have made the big leagues but for that. Hes been a police detective almost ever since - from the start of the series, now mo...
Molly Crane

A recurring character. Police officer. She runs the front desk at Paradise PD HQ. Married to Michael. Eventually she has 4 children. Cute, small with dark hair. In #7, Stranger in Paradise, she meets Crow and thinks that hes a hunk. Her ...
Jennifer Stone

Jenn is the former wife of Jessie. They had met and married in LA where she was an aspiring actress. And separated / divorced. She became a reporter on the east coast, later in New York. They have a complicated relationship....
Luther Suitcase Simpson

An officer with Paradise Police Department. At the start, 22. Single. Anthony DeAngelo is his partner. Another officer he works with is Eddie Cox. His nickname refers to a baseball player who was traded often and thus needed his suitcase. He sometimes get...
Dr. Dix

A family counsellor who specializes in alcoholics. Recommended to Jesse by his former wife Jennifer....

About the author

robert b. parker

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database named Robert B. Parker.
Robert Brown Parker was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies was also produced based on the character. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited as reviving and changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.
Parker also wrote nine novels featuring the fictional character Jesse Stone, a Los Angeles police officer who moves to a small New England town; six novels with the fictional character Sunny Randall, a female private investigator; and four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. The first was Appaloosa, made into a film starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen.