Robert B Parker
121) Poodle Springs
Author
Series
Philip Marlowe mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Andrew Crain has it all: a brilliant scientist and astute businessman, his groundbreaking work with lithium has made him on of the world's richest men. He is universally adored and admired; that is, until Crain's beautiful wife, Laura, comes to Spenser hoping that he can find out what skeletons lurk in her husband's closet. Though Crain is a generous philanthropist and loving family man, she is concerned-he has recently become secretive, bordering...
Author
Language
English
Description
Seven original baseball short stories in the mystery and murder genres, written by an all-star lineup of writers, each of whom understands the game's lore and tactical nuances as well as its deep roots in American life. Compiled by Otto Penzler, the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and regarded as the world's foremost authority on crime, mystery, and suspense fiction. Stories include:
• "Ropa Vieja" by Laura Lippman-A rich...
Author
Series
Jesse Stone mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When a body is discovered at the lake in Paradise, Police Chief Jesse Stone is surprised to find he recognises the murder victim -the man had been at the same AA meeting as Jesse the evening before. But otherwise, Jesse has no clue as to the man's identity. He isn't a local, nor does he have ID on him, nor does any neighbouring state have a reported missing person matching the man's description. Their single lead is from a taxi company that recalls...
Author
Publisher
Crestline
Pub. Date
2011, c2007
Language
English
Description
"Ernie has something stuck in his throat. Nathan's constant yelping is upsetting the neighbors. Daisy suddenly has blisters on her skin and you have no idea how she got them. George is constantly chasing things. Buddy is squinting. Roscoe cries out when he tries to chew. What's wrong with your dog-and what should you be doing about it? In What's Wrong with My Dog?, acclaimed veterinarian Jake Tedaldi, D.V.M., gives you the answers. A first-aid guidebook...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Jesse Stone: benefit of the doubt: "When a shocking double homicide rocks the quiet town of Paradise, Stone is forced back into action. His police department nearly emptied of staff, he has to rely on his expert intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues as he attempts to unravel the mysterious murders."-- Container.
Jesse Stone: innocents lost: "Cindy Van Aldan was like a daughter to Jesse. Now she's dead. Although all signs point to a...
129) Appaloosa Blu-Ray
Publisher
New Line Cinema
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Language
English
Description
A classic western about two friends hired to protect a small town in the Old West who find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Series
Jesse Stone movies volume 8
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meaning as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob related double homicide.
Author
Series
Jesse Stone mysteries volume 14
Jesse Stone novel
A Jesse Stone Novel volume Book 14
Thorndike Press large print core
Jesse Stone novel
A Jesse Stone Novel volume Book 14
Thorndike Press large print core
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the wake of a huge storm, three bodies are discovered in the rubble of an abandoned factory building in an industrial part of Paradise known as The Swap. One body, a man's, wrapped in a blue tarp, is only hours old. But found within feet of that body are the skeletal remains of two teenage girls who had gone missing during a Fourth of July celebration twenty-five years earlier. Not only does that crime predate Jesse Stone's arrival in Paradise,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Jesse Stone is a down-and-out former L.A. police detective whose biggest battle is now against the bottle, as the demons of his past rise to haunt him while he drives himself to distraction by pursuing a decade-old murder case. Finding refuge in the small town of Paradise, Chief Stone reopens an unsolved murder case, digging up clues in an old grave and pursuing the ghosts of a forgotten crime. But it's not just the victim's and killer's pasts that...
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Jesse Stone is back on the job after a stint in rehab, and the road to recovery is immediately made bumpy by a series of disturbing and apparently racially motivated crimes, beginning with the murder of an African American woman. Then, Jesse's own deputy Alisha--the first black woman hired by the Paradise police force--becomes the target of a sophisticated frame-up. As he and his team work tirelessly to unravel the truth, he has to wonder if this...
Series
Jesse Stone movies volume 6
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Jesse starts moonlighting for one of his friends after he is suspended. He investigates a series of murders in Boston that he believes are all connected to a notorious mob boss.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Following his divorce and the loss of his job as a homicide detective with the LAPD, Jesse Stone travels across the country to Paradise, Massachusetts where he is recruited by the town's board of selectmen to become the new Chief of Police. But things are not quite so heavenly in Paradise, as Stone starts off his first day on the job investigating a domestic abuse case that leads to a money-laundering scheme possibly involving bank manager Hasty Hathaway--...
Series
Jesse Stone movies volume 9
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jesse investigates the grim works of a serial killer in Boston and becomes concerned with a wayward teen in Paradise.
139) Lullaby
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old Mattie Sullivan asks Spenser to look into her mother’s murder, he’s not completely convinced by her claim that the police investigation four years ago was botched. Mattie is gruff, street-smart, and wise beyond her years, left to care for her younger siblings and an alcoholic grandmother in a dilapidated apartment in South Boston. But her need for closure and her determination to make things right hit Spenser where...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Autumn in Paradise, Massachusetts, is usually an idyllic time—but not this year. A Hollywood movie company has come to town, and brought with it a huge cast, crew, and a troubled star. Marisol Hinton is very beautiful, reasonably talented, and scared out of her wits that her estranged husband’s jealousy might take a dangerous turn. When she becomes the subject of a death threat, Jesse and the rest of the Paradise police department go on...