Stranger in Paradise

If Spencer is the invincible knight, the timeless hero of American detective fiction, then Jesse Stone is the flawed hero of the moment, a man whose deficiencies define his humanity * New York Times *
Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer * Boston Globe *
When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it * Harlen Coben *
One of the great series in the history of the detective story * New York Times Book Review *
Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenalin * Boston Observer *
The legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition * Cincinnati Post *
Nobody does it better * Publishers Weekly *
'If Spencer is the invincible knight, the timeless hero of American detective fiction, then Jess Stone is the flawed hero of the moment, a man whose deficiencies define his humanity' New York Times Book Review. * New York Times *
'… 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. * Times Literary Supplement *