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A sexy, intimate and fearless account of a shattering love affair between a charistmatic Afghan man and a Jewish American writer infatuated with his culture, The Book of Trouble is also a provocative and original exploration of the so-called "clash of civilizations." Marlowe's vivid, gritty evocation of daily life in Afghanistan brings to life a luminous place she thinks of as "the morning of the world". She finds a similar re-discovery of feeling when she is in bed with Amir, "the gift of loving someone, which is incalculable"--but also, ultimately, a"terrible gap between hearts."
Marlowe finds complexity and beauty in Afghanistan, not the caricature of evil men and oppressed women. In fact, she found much that Americans can learn from in the warmth, tenderness and respect of Afghan family life and marriage. As Marlowe travels from Mazar-i-Sherif to her sophisticated, cynical New York world and then to Baghdad in the aftermath of the American invasion, she makes perhaps her most provocative claim: that we Americans, for all our self-help books, have forgotten how to take love and sex seriously.
A candid, wrenching love letter to the world of feelings we have lost, The Book of Trouble is unique and unforgettable.
Customer Reviews:
SO MUCH ABOUT NOTHING; BORING.......2007-04-04
WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT ANN MARLOW'S EXPLORATIONS INTO HER AFFAIR OF NINE MONTHS WITH A GUY CALLED AMIR-DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS, TRY IT FOR YOURSELF AND FIND OUT. BORING IN THE EXTREME-TALK ABOUT PUTTING YOUR TO SLEEP. IF SHE IS A WRITER, SO I AM. IT IS SO VAGUE,SKIPPING FROM POINT TO ANOTHER--CONFUSING. DID NOT LIKE IT-WAS NOT WORTH MY TIME TO READ. DH
So much to think about.......2007-04-03
I liked this book very much and have recommended it to friends. I'm sure I disagree with Marlowe's politics--especially regarding the war in Iraq--as much as anybody else, but that didn't dim my appreciation for her work nor make any of her ideas suspect. She brings her intelligence and the perspective that comes from having led an interesting life to her interesting range of topics; that's a combination that wins my attention and admiration every time. I also found this a very brave work, in that the most tender areas that she probes are located on her own heart.
A Must read !.......2006-03-11
Very deep enlightening and well written. I was so struck by this wonderful love, or non love story, that I read it in one sitting ! Ann writes with passion nothing is held back, buy it today !!
A Different Kind of Love Letter...........2006-03-09
An intimate intellectual travelogue about sex and culture at unusual personal depth, Ann Marlowe's The Book Of Trouble read itself quickly. I was saving it for an impending vacation because it seemed a clever choice for traveling with a lover, but I started sampling and wound up consuming the whole thing before I packed.
Training her Harvard-honed overachieving mind on a tasty range of sexual, sociological, and cultural targets, Marlowe manages to turn her pursuit of a younger Afghan man into an exploration of her family's troubled history, womanhood in Muslim society, and the various ways contemporary Americans attempt to control (and effectively suppress) romance and lust.
Marlowe can annoy at times with steely strictures, but that's part of her disarming charm as a writer. Most of the judgments here are about her. Even when she tearfully mulls the wisdom and phrasing of chasing a lost lover, she rarely whines. She struck me as looking for truth in her experiences, as if peeling an onion that she fears her heart has become after decades of hip romancing.
The book is a grand tide of digression, but its structure reliably supports her queries as she falls in love and follows Old Glory to Mazar-i-Sherif, Kabul, and Baghdad, all the while yearning for a perfect intimacy that she fears she wasn't born to have. In asking why this is and whether it must continue to be, she entertains the mind that overlooks the heart and she provokes readers to contemplate their own solitude in this busy "sexy" world.
Excellent.......2006-02-02
This is a wonderful, wide ranging, engaging memoir. It's all here - cousin marriage, intergenerational sex, cultural differences (and not the tedious starch you get served up in so much travel writing), criticisms of American society, a strong heart and powerful searching intelligence. "The Book of Trouble" is at the outset a love story. West Village writer meets significantly younger man from Afghanistan. Is he acceptable as a lover? No. Does she even consider him? No. Do they get together? Yes, briefly, savagely, and then sadly: it's all over.
Ann Marlowe is an acutely observant viewer of herself, and those around her: what they say, and what they think. She understands that what love is based on is a kind of tribalism, that you fall for people who reflect or refract the milieu you were raised in. The distance between herself, an American Jew, and Amir, an Afghan Muslim is, as she notes, much less than might be first imagined. Pursuing Amir, Marlowe is also pursuing Afghanistan, and the Middle East, and that chewy topic: America. What do Muslims have that the contemporary US has lost? Can it be retrieved? How? The love affair with Amir is always gently nudged back to politics and place.
Picky giddy people should beware. This is probably not a book to read if you think that someone like Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi cannot be a rogue, and also charming. It's not for you if you imagine it's witty to cast aspersions on the author just because whipping-boy-du-jour James Frey has praised it. It's not for you if you like ideas and events neatly dissected and served on a plate like so much mental sashimi: appetising at the outset, but then an hour later you're hungry again. Yes, "The Book of Trouble" has troubling themes, but their treatment is invigorating and satisfying.
Customer Reviews:
If romance like this is known as trouble, be ready to become immersed in it.......2006-10-27
Twenty-three-year-old Maryanne "Annie" Simpson has led a life of privilege since the day she was born. Being the daughter of a prominent business-owner who's practically in charge of the publishing world can do that for you. So, upon college graduation, Maryanne decides to do something great: land a job in journalism. Now, for the average person, this could be a tremendous feat, but for Annie, well...in the flash of an eye she has uprooted herself from her cushy New York penthouse apartment, and traveled to the drizzly city of Seattle, where she's keeping herself warm in a lavish building known as The Seattle. It is here that her father has arranged a wonderful job as a columnist for one of his papers: the "Seattle Review." Maryanne is happy with her job, and attempts to show her co-workers just how hard she is willing to work to keep it. But when Nolan Adams, a columnist for the "Seattle Sun" - a rival newspaper - begins writing his columns about Maryanne, referring to her as "the deb" - short for debutante - leaving his legion of fans salivating over the new information he feels he is obligated to share with the city, Maryanne gets upset. For suddenly she realizes that Nolan's columns, as hurtful as they are, are absolutely true. Without her father pulling various strings, she would never have made it through the front door of the "Seattle Review." Now, she's decided to change her life for the better, with a little help from the reluctant Nolan, who blames himself for the mess he's created. And within due time, Maryanne finds herself falling for the rumpled reporter, and hoping more than anything that he shares her feelings.
I am fascinated with the newspaper business, so stumbling upon HERE COMES TROUBLE was like a dream come true for me. Debbie Macomber, as usual, has created two enchanting young characters, whose lives revolve around writing and trying to avoid the inevitable: falling for one another. While Maryanne has always lived the life of luxury, she is not a spoiled, cold-hearted character who holds herself above others. Quite the opposite, in fact. Maryanne is a fantastic character, whose spirits are bright in every situation. A young woman who tries to make the best of everything, whether trying her hand at freelancing, or winning the affections of the grouchy Mr. Adams. Nolan, on the other hand, is a grumbling, mumbling, rumpled old detective type, who fits my ideas of an investigative reporter/novelist to a T. His long hours spent clacking away at his typewriter are something that any writer can relate to; while his kindness to the neighborhood teenagers is admirable, and almost a shocking revelation. Together, Maryanne and Nolan create quite a duo. The chemistry between these two characters is absolutely undeniable, and their personalities play off of one another perfectly - always at each others throats, yet in love with one another at the same time. If romance like this is known as trouble, be ready to become immersed in it.
Erika Sorocco
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Book Description
New York Times Bestselling Author
Felicity Malcolm Childe's gift for experiencing visions through touch has always felt more like a curse than a blessing, so she covers herself from head to toe. Only the maddeningly handsome Ewen Ives provokes tingles of pleasure rather than pain, but he is already betrothed. Her last hope is to go to Scotland to find the ancient book of spells that could free her from the burden of this gift.
Customer Reviews:
Ewen & Felicity are a terrific couple.......2005-03-13
Could any two people be better matched? While the previous two books emphasized how different the hero and geroine were, this one concentrates on how perfect they are for each other. True, the H & H aren't always convinced of that, especially Ewen, but the reader is. They definitely bring out the best in each other; at one point, Ewen realizes that they are each better people with the other. That's what relationships should be. Ewen helps Felicity control and appreciate her magic, while Felicity herls him take more responsibility -- or perhaps appropriate responsibility -- for his life. Sweeter than the previous two, perhaps because Felicity is young still, but a lovely, lovely romance.
On top of all that, we learn more about the mysterious Aidan, and there are two (not one, but two!) mysteries to solve. And of course, the families show up, creating their usual, delightful havoc. So stop reading this and go read the book!
Enchanting.......2004-11-16
Patricia Rice weaves a vivid tapestry of description and prose into a delightful tale of romance and intrigue.
The Trouble with Magic was hard to put down. I kept reaching for it again and again, wanting to finish the book but not wanting the enchanting tale to end.
Good work, Ms. Rice.
Magical, Sexy and Totally Entertaining!.......2004-06-09
Sit back in an easy chair and be prepared to be entertained as Ms. Rice takes you back into the creative and enchanting world of the Malcolm / Ives family with this latest entry featuring Lady Felicity Malcolm Childe and the youngest of the Ives brothers - Ewen. Most of the Malcolm women are born with special gifts and Felicity is no exception other than the fact that she hates her gift and finds it very difficult to control. She lives a very protected life as her extraordinary tactile powers have been known to shock her into a faint when the thing or person she touches has seen or known violence/hatred/rage, etc.. When she fell in a dead faint from a vision induced from the touch of the suitor her family had hoped she would marry she decided to find the means to rid herself of her gift. To do this, she needed to locate a special journal written by a Malcolm ancestor that would give her the `recipe' to accomplish it. Felicity and her aura-sensing sister, Christina made their escape from the confining security of their father's yacht and ran off to the city of Edinburgh. Along the way they ran into their brother-in-law, the youngest and handsomest of the Ives brothers - inventor Ewen Ives - who felt compelled into escorting the two innocents on their journey.
Mistakenly, Ewen touched Felicity and she realized that his touch didn't hurt her, rather it seemed to bring her to a more calmer and secure place. Ewen, initially attracted to Felicity by her intelligence and strength, discovered that once she shed the heavy coverings she normally wore, was an ethereal beauty as well. Even though he was becoming more and more attracted to Felicity, Ewen intended to marry a widowed heiress, regretting the fact that Felicity was an innocent and that he had nothing to offer her other than huge debts that were the result of one of his inventions that caused a flood. Felicity knew that Ewen was being cheated, framed for a crime he wasn't responsible for and knew she had to use her gift, no matter the ramifications, in order to help save the man who had given her the insights to accept her gift and whom she had fallen in love with.
Once again, Ms. Rice has created another totally delightful tale developing these very unique and wonderful characters from the inside out presenting the reader with a perfectly complementary couple in a purely soul satisfying story. Ewen's strength and understanding helped Felicity to understand the truly great `gift' she possessed. Showing her to enjoy her tactile gift Ewen ended up the recipient of a man's dream come true as Felicity welcomed and embraced her sensual awareness. This is a series that has each book standing on it's own with a wonderful cast of secondary characters that the reader will embrace in their hearts. And yes, I am still waiting patiently for the secret behind the mysterious Ives cousin(?) Aidan Dougal! Magical, sexy, and totally entertaining - Yes, yes, YES! --- Do I recommend it - Most Assuredly! --- Marilyn Rondeau, (...)
Magical, Sexy and Totally Entertaining!.......2004-06-09
Sit back in an easy chair and be prepared to be entertained as Ms. Rice takes you back into the creative and enchanting world of the Malcolm / Ives family with this latest entry featuring Lady Felicity Malcolm Childe and the youngest of the Ives brothers - Ewen. Most of the Malcolm women are born with special gifts and Felicity is no exception other than the fact that she hates her gift and finds it very difficult to control. She lives a very protected life as her extraordinary tactile powers have been known to shock her into a faint when the thing or person she touches has seen or known violence/hatred/rage, etc.. When she fell in a dead faint from a vision induced from the touch of the suitor her family had hoped she would marry she decided to find the means to rid herself of her gift. To do this, she needed to locate a special journal written by a Malcolm ancestor that would give her the `recipe' to accomplish it. Felicity and her aura-sensing sister, Christina made their escape from the confining security of their father's yacht and ran off to the city of Edinburgh. Along the way they ran into their brother-in-law, the youngest and handsomest of the Ives brothers - inventor Ewen Ives - who felt compelled into escorting the two innocents on their journey.
Mistakenly, Ewen touched Felicity and she realized that his touch didn't hurt her, rather it seemed to bring her to a more calmer and secure place. Ewen, initially attracted to Felicity by her intelligence and strength, discovered that once she shed the heavy coverings she normally wore, was an ethereal beauty as well. Even though he was becoming more and more attracted to Felicity, Ewen intended to marry a widowed heiress, regretting the fact that Felicity was an innocent and that he had nothing to offer her other than huge debts that were the result of one of his inventions that caused a flood. Felicity knew that Ewen was being cheated, framed for a crime he wasn't responsible for and knew she had to use her gift, no matter the ramifications, in order to help save the man who had given her the insights to accept her gift and whom she had fallen in love with.
Once again, Ms. Rice has created another totally delightful tale developing these very unique and wonderful characters from the inside out presenting the reader with a perfectly complementary couple in a purely soul satisfying story. Ewen's strength and understanding helped Felicity to understand the truly great `gift' she possessed. Showing her to enjoy her tactile gift Ewen ended up the recipient of a man's dream come true as Felicity welcomed and embraced her sensual awareness. This is a series that has each book standing on it's own with a wonderful cast of secondary characters that the reader will embrace in their hearts. And yes, I am still waiting patiently for the secret behind the mysterious Ives cousin(?) Aidan Dougal! Magical, sexy, and totally entertaining - Yes, yes, YES! --- Do I recommend it - Most Assuredly! --- Marilyn Rondeau, Official Reviewer for www.historicromancewriters.com ---
Th Trouble With Magic.......2004-01-30
I read the first two in this series and the author is obviously growing. Her descriptions of, the main character, Felicity's visions are rich and vivid and totally incredible. Felicity discovers how being different can be truly delicious when you have the right person to share your "oddities" with.
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A Black Expressions Book Club Selection
Reading Group Guide Included
Desperate to escape her abusive marriage, Lilly Crawford files for divorce, then slips away from her small East Texas hometown with little more than the clothes on her back. She points her twelve-year-old car east in the hope that she can find a new beginning. When her car breaks down in Louisiana, Lilly finds unexpected employment - and a second chance at life.
Customer Reviews:
One of my favorites..........2007-10-03
This is one of my favorite romance novels. It was selected as a book club read. I think I fell in love right along with Lilly and Dr. Crawford. The development of their relationship is so wholesome, you can help but not to. This book will definitely not disappoint you.
AKA how to develop a backbone 4.5 stars.......2007-08-22
A beautiful story of love overcoming adversity, courage, finding oneself etc. Lilly helps a rich blind docter Adam to regain his self esteem and finds love and a backbone for herself, Jonathan's patience of 40 years pays off with Eleanor. The only fly in the ointment is Kristen but her story is told in Somebody's knocking at my door, read this book (Trouble) first to get an understanding of her character and the minor character Rafe.
My all time favorite book.......2007-07-16
I love this book I can read this book over and over again. I really love this book because it is a story about two people that meet each other at their worst and find love and it really hits your heart. This book is my all time favorite and I admire Lilly and Adam's strength and determination to make it through the hard times that they are enduring and I love Francis Ray.
I really liked this book.......2007-06-22
Francis Ray did a wonderful job with the heroine and hero's finding true love. I enjoyed the underlying story of a woman who finds the strenght to walk away from an abusive relationship, but not torn up enough to allow it to sway her from finding love the way it was so romantically rendered in in this romance tale.
Whimsical.......2007-03-29
Another great read from Mrs. Ray.
Her stories are extraordinary, insightful and romantic. I truly admire that the majority of the men in her novels aren't your stereotypical abusive, pants sagging, drug dealing thugs. They're kind, loving, intelligent, successful and handsome men.
Lilly and Adam were meant for each other. I thanked the Lord when those two finally became an item.
I won't rest until I've read all of her books.
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If you love Rosamond du Jardin, you'll be in heaven with every young adult title she wrote! Enjoy every series! Tobey & Midge Heydon, Marcy Rhodes, Pam & Penny Howard, and the 3 non-series books. Great reading from the 1940s & 1950s! The 17 Book Collection includes: (Tobey Heydon Series) Practically Seventeen; Class Ring; Boy Trouble; The Real Thing; Wedding in the Family; One of the Crowd; (Marcy Rhodes Series) Wait for Marcy; Marcy Catches Up; A Man for Marcy; Senior Prom; (Non-Series DuJardin titles) Someone to Count On; Young and Fair; Junior Year Abroad; (Pam and Penny Howard Series) Double Date; Double Feature; Showboat Summer; Double Wedding.
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Trouble follows this "Master"* of romance-right onto the bestseller lists. Now the New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd makes her NAL debut When Brandi Michaels discovers her fiancé has hopped a flight to Vegas to marry someone else, she spends a sultry night in the arms of a gorgeous Italian stranger named Roberto Bartolini, convinced she's found the perfect revenge, she then goes home to find that her apartment's been ransacked, she's become the mark for a killer, and somehow her new lover is more of a stranger than she thought. As the web of danger around her tightens, Brandi has no choice but to turn to Roberto. One thing's for sure...she's not going down without a fight.
Customer Reviews:
Trouble in High Heels.......2007-08-29
Another excellent book by Christina Dodd. The reader is captured right from the start & will have difficulty putting it down until it's finished. It's a good escape from life's daily trials & tribulations. Unlike reality, everything comes out happily.
Good book.......2007-07-01
This was a good book by Dodd, filled with more Romance than suspense, but it is a great summer read.
Kinda disappointing..........2007-03-09
Southern magnolia Brandi Michaels has just arrived in cold Chicago to start at her new law firm and live with her medical resident fiance Alan, when he calls her from Vegas with news that he's getting married since his girlfriend is pregnant. Stupidly he asks for the ring back... so Brandi hawks it and goes on shopping spree then to a party to pick up on sexy Italian count Roberto Bartolini to be her rebound guy, unwittingly putting herself in danger.
After a weekend of room service and sex, she returns to find her apartment ransacked, is late for work, and discovers that the man she spent hours in bed with is the jewel thief that she'll have to keep from jail. When he is placed in her custody, the sparks fly, as she discovers that Count Roberto has links to the Chicago mob and might be planning another heist.
"Trouble" is a light romance that is fun at times, but also has an identity crisis. Dodd can't decide if she's writing a comedy or drama. There are so many lost opportunities that would have made it a better story. The secondary characters are cardboard cut outs, including her flaky mother, the Italian curse-spewing mob boss, assorted cliched office workers, lesbian sister, and overbearing father who should be the subject of a mob hit. Brandi herself is a hard character to like - readers will ask themselves how Roberto can be head over heels for such a surly and annoying gal.
A enjoyable Read.......2007-01-24
This is just an enjoyable read. It is not the most wonderful romance but Chrintina Dodd does a great job of combining romance and mystery. I enjoyed this book.
Not her best, but not so bad either........2007-01-14
When Brandi Michaels was dumped by her fiancé, she knew the best way to get over him was to sleep with a charming man that she would never see again. And she did! But knowing her rotten luck, the man turned out to be her new client. Now a killer is after Brandi, and Roberto, her one night stand guy, could save her, or destroy her.
When I brought this novel, I was under the impression that it was a romantic suspense, which it's marketed as. But the book only contained 25 pages of mystery and the rest was all romance. The plot was rather predictable, and the characters were one dimensional, unrealistic, and at times boring. This book had some nice moments, but most of it was pretty silly. The plot itself was very similar to the plot of "Always a Thief" by Kay Hooper, except that the romance in Miss Dodd's book was better in my opinion.
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- A strong second showing for Jesse Stone
- Flamingo Blood Rains Thin in Paradise
- NOT SPENSER BUT JUST AS GOOD
- A Solid Parker Novel
- Feels like a screenplay
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Robert Parker's Trouble in Paradise imagines an old-fashioned tough guys' world where most of the women are summed up by their figures and the men are measured by their ability to intimidate. Chief Jesse Stone of Paradise, Massachusetts, is Parker's hero again in this sequel to Night Passage. When he's not thinking about what his girlfriends look like under their clothes, Stone's touring his beat, hanging out at the Gray Gull Hotel bar to get intelligence on local thugs, or interrogating teens about their destructive pranks. But he has a vulnerable side, too, and Parker adds new layers of depth and complexity to his latest series character. Jesse's still reeling from his divorce. He and his ex-wife, Jenn, are not entirely ready to let go. In fact, Jenn has followed Jesse east from L.A. and is suffering in the Boston climate as one of the anchors on the local news. Romance with Jenn is further complicated by Jesse's ongoing attraction to attorney Abby Taylor and his emerging relationship with realtor Marcy Campbell.
Jesse's domestic troubles are gradually overshadowed, however, when ex-con Jimmy Macklin arrives in town. Macklin plans to pull "the mother of all stickups" on the ritzy Stiles Island in Paradise Harbor. He has figured out that the Stiles Island bridge, with its underpinning of utility cables and pipes, is a veritable lifeline to the mainland, and he's gathered a rogues' gallery of professional crooks and killers to help him take the bridge and make the island into a thieves' paradise. The one problem: Macklin never figured that Paradise, Massachusetts, would have a police chief as tough and resourceful as Jesse Stone.
As usual, Parker's stark and facile prose perfectly complements the masculine sufferings of his hero, and the action of the novel unfolds with an effortlessness that intimates a craftsman at work. With Parker's Spenser safely canonized as a detective fiction legend, Jesse Stone's unfolding world offers a welcome new addition to Parker's ouevre. --Patrick O'Kelley
Book Description
Robert B. Parker and his legendary Spenser series have long been considered the ne plus ultra of detective fiction. But the critics' praise for Jesse Stone's debut in Night Passage proved there was room for an addition to the Parker literary canon. "A novel as fresh as it is boldParker's sentences flow with as much wit, grace, and assurance as ever, and Stone is a complex and consistently interesting new protagonist. His speedy return will be welcome" (Newsday). Stiles Island is a wealthy and exclusive enclave separated by a bridge from the Massachusetts coast town of Paradise. James Macklin sees Stiles Island as the ultimate investment opportunity: all he needs to do is invade the island, blow up the bridge, and loot the island. To realize his investment, Macklin, along with his devoted girlfriend, Faye, assembles a crew of fellow ex-cons --all experts in their fields--including Wilson Cromartie, a fearsome Apache. James Macklin is a bad man--a very bad man. And Wilson Cromartie, known as Crow, is even worse. As Macklin plans his crime, Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone has his hands full. He faces romantic entanglements in triplicate: his ex-wife, Jenn, is in the Paradise jail for assault; he's begun a new relationship with a Stiles Island realtor named Marcy Campbell; and he's still sorting out his feelings for attorney Abby Taylor. When Macklin's attack on Stiles Island is set in motion, both Marcy and Abby are put in jeopardy. As the casualties mount, it's up to Jesse to keep both women from harm. Filled with "light, shade, texture, and complexity" (The Boston Globe), Trouble in Paradise is the work of a master.
Customer Reviews:
A strong second showing for Jesse Stone.......2007-08-16
Jesse Stone is a great character and this book is a strong second showing for him. "Trouble in Paradise" begins with Jesse on one of his midnight insomniac rambles. When a homosexual couple has their house burned down, he discovers that some teenaged trouble-makers had a hand in it. Determined to set things right, he uses some less-than-honest tactics to get them to confess. While it seems to set one of the boys on the right track, a pair of brothers from a rich family have their parents threaten first to sue for wrongful arrest and when that doesn't work, their mother tries to have Jesse removed from his position.
Also, a career crook named Macklin and his girlfriend have come to town and are planning the heist to end all heists - they plan to clean out Stiles Island, a rich community connected to Paradise by a bridge over the harbor. Never one to plan small, Macklin decides to isolate the island and rob all the homes, businesses and the bank. Can Jesse find out what is happening in time to stop it?
Well-plotted, intricate and engaging, this book is what a police procedural/thriller is all about. Don't miss it!
Flamingo Blood Rains Thin in Paradise.......2007-08-12
TROUBLE IN PARADISE, # 2 in Parker's Jesse Stone series, is a quietly seething thriller with explosives to boom. In this type of deep plot action, here's how one chapter should end and the next one begin:
Chapter ending:
>> When the police car was halfway across, the bridge began to ripple. The ripple turned into a heave. And, as the sound of the explosion came rolling into the real estate office, the bridge went up and the police car went with it, somersaulting slowly in among the pieces of the disintegrating bridge. One of its doors blew away and the hood tore off, and the car languidly turned over and planed onto the gray harbor and disappeared....
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Next chapter beginning:
>> "Exploded?" Jesse said on the radio. "Twenty calls at least, "Molly said. "At least five people said there was a police car on the bridge when it went."
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I'm thinking that the above quote would be all I'd need to read in a review, to decide to pick up this novel. As I read the above passage, arriving at it through a steady-speed-progress from the beginning of the book, my first question, after being impressed with the explosive clarity of Parker's syntax, was, "Did Jesse's two patrolmen survive that percussion and splash?"
Of course I won't tell you what happened before or after the bridge appeared to take a short flight toward heaven then slammed into hell.
Temperature-rising-subplots twined perfectly from Macklin's gang's preparatory machinations to Jesse's personal and professional life's percolation. Various relationship scenes provided entertaining psychological miasma for wading through balsamic sex-pot stews. Jenn was showing daily as a TV weather girl in Jesse's territory, working to keep him while dating openly on the side. Since that didn't keep her busy enough, she attacked Kay Hopkins, a well-heeled, town snob-lady who had caused Jesse grief. Kay's nose slipped from its upward slant as blood spewed from Jenn's landed fist. What does Jesse do with that?
What caused that cowgirl episode was a previous scene which was even more entertaining than Jenn's fist action which landed her in jail. In that earlier scene, Jesse deftly dealt with a group of town snobs (including the Hopkins) and their lawyer. The situation opened in Jesse's office, appearing to be featuring Jesse's tail caught between a lid and a pot. Fear not. Jesse turned the rip-tide with finesse wrought hot. Loved it!
As if those perks in a work of fiction weren't enough, TROUBLE IN PARADISE introduced a "Crow" bad guy, honor-coded-predator, who could be Hawk's dark twin.
This Jesse # 2 had all I could hope for in an engrossing escape read, with an ending firing on all cylinders in Parker's redemption repertoire. (For a true short account featuring redemption and transitions to paradise, see This is Someone's Loved One: An Undertaker's View)
(My review is up of # 1, NIGHT PASSAGE. I enjoy reading Parker's series in order, though I have skipped around at times. See my Spenser Listmania for sequences and blurbs.)
Getting ready to order DEATH IN PARADISE, # 3 Jesse Stone,
Linda Shelnutt
NOT SPENSER BUT JUST AS GOOD.......2007-08-01
Read most of Robert B. Parker's work down through the years and finally ventured into the Jesse Stone novels. Very good writing, lifelike and interesting characters, with Stone being unlike Spenser and more what I would expect Parker himself to resemble.
Though I like Jesse Stone, easy guy to emphasize with, cannot say I find common ground with him. On the job he is professional and proficient, yet off the job he drinks too much and womanizes too much and cannot get off the dime with his ex-wife. I guess one reason I cannot find common ground with Jesse is that most ex-husbands could not have the love for their troubled ex-wife as does he, when the ex-wife seems unwilling or unable to make a decision whether or not she wants a life with him. Jenn Stone represents a huge problem to both him and herself, and re-marriage is pretty much proven not to be a good idea. Be interesting to follow Jesse and see how he matures to handle all the trouble that will certainly follow from these wrinkles in his personal life.
With all the other reviews listed you need nothing from me as to plot, but I will say that this one seems more like one from either Dutch Leonard or Ed McBain. Certainly no insult meant, only meant as a compliment to the writing genius of Robert B. Parker. I like this book and the Jesse Stone character. Real joy to read.
Read and enjoy, I know I will!
Semper Fi.
A Solid Parker Novel.......2007-07-30
The second Jesse Stone adventure finds our flawed & conflicted hero settled into his job as police chief of Paradise, Mass. His creepy exwife Jenn has moved to Boston and gotten a job as a weathernerd at a local tv station. She seems to have moved 3000 miles for the specific intent of making them both miserable. What a freak. Spenser would cheerfully shoot her out of a cannon. Jesse meekly plays along and we, the readers, are obviously not meant to like her. He doesn't seem like much of a catch either. A depressed drunk who won't leave his manipulative ex doesn't sound like a fun date to me. Yet he has no trouble scoring with the ladies. Not skanks either. Real full grown adult women with looks, brains and jobs. I think I know what's going on here.
I've read three Stone novels and about 25 Spenser novels. I think I have a good idea what Parker thinks the ideal woman should be. A good looking, intelligent, educated, post-feminist, sexually-liberated good sport who can take a joke, take a drink, dresses to be looked at, doesn't demand commitment, & never makes the guy feel guilty, embarrassed or emasculated. That's not a wife or a girlfriend. That's not even a woman. That's a buddy with boobs. A pal with soft curves. A guy a straight guy can have sex with and not be afraid of people knowing. Good luck with that in the real world. Not coincidentally, Parker's novels are liberally sprinkled with stupid, hateful witches like the dragonmother of two teenage arsonists in this book. In Parker's world, women are either totally cool or total jerks.
The mystery is even sillier in this novel than in the first Jesse Stone adventure. There we had rascist militants, here we have garden variety lowlifes. The lowlifes plan to knock over an entire island off the coast of Paradise. A small island but still, c'mon. The last half of the book involves these guys running around the island blowing stuff up, stealing loot, taking hostages and shooting people. Is this a crime novel or an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger? Who knew living in a small town could be so invigorating?
Jesse creeps slowly toward respectability. We are given the sense that he is tiring of the hypocritical mind games his ex subjects him to. We are also given the sense that he is finally tired of his sad sack drinking and might consider getting counselling. Good. Let's get on with that and develop this manchild into a man.
Feels like a screenplay.......2007-02-24
This is book #2 in the Jesse Stone series from Robert Parker. In the first book, "Night Passage," newly divorced Jesse Stone is an L.A. cop with a drinking problem, trying to get away from the pain of a failed marriage and a cheating spouse. He lands the top job of police chief in the coastal hamlet of Paradise, MA, just a stone's throw (pun intended) from Boston. Stone has been hired by the city council precisely because he is a drunk. Unbeknownst to him, the city council is crooked and wants a police chief who will "go along to get along." When Stone arrives in town and is tougher and smarter than they bargained for, he finds his first task is to clean up the crimes not of the citizens, but of the government that employs him.
In this book, we find Stone a year later still at the helm of the Paradise P.D. with his ex-wife, Jenn, in town as the newest TV weather forecaster at a Boston station. When career criminal Jimmy Macklin assembles a team of four other ex-cons to isolate and rob the nearby wealthy island community of Stiles Island, it's up to Stone to stop them while grappling with his ongoing feelings for ex-wife Jenn.
I've now read almost all the books in the Sunny Randall series, and two books in the Jesse Stone series. As such, I've given myself ample opportunity to decide whether I like Mr. Parker's novels. Unfortunately, I've ultimately concluded that I don't.
Part of my dislike is the style. A reviewer of a separate Parker book said that it read like a screenplay, and I have to strongly concur. That perfectly describes Parker's style. There is a sparseness to the prose and dialog in Parker's books that just don't lend themselves to enjoyable reading - dialog consists mostly of single sentences back and forth where the characters' utterances are never described using any verb other than "said." And by never, I mean just that: never. If you don't believe me, pick up one of his books and thumb to any page at random and look at the dialog. It's as though Parker made up his mind early on that he wasn't going to waste time coming up with various clever verbs to describe the act of speaking, merely to add variety. It isn't necessarily bothersome, but it is a distinctive part of his style. The prose is likewise sparse and rarely does Parker spend extraneous adjectives describing people or scenes.
Second, these novels are neither mysteries nor suspense because it is almost always obvious how the plot will be resolved long in advance of the final pages. I think it is more accurate to describe the Stone series as crime novels because all we really have is Jesse Stone either stopping a crime in progress or solving one that's already occurred.
Third, call me a prude but there is just too much promiscuity in these novels. I don't think human beings are psychologically wired to be able to have casual sex with same care they'd give to picking out a paperback at a supermarket checkstand. I almost expect Stone to say "what was your name again?" when he crawls out of the sack with his latest recreational partner. Characters that treat sex as a recreational pastime seems to be a recurring aspect of Parker's novels in both the Sunny Randall and Jesse Stone series.
Fourth, Stone's relationship with his ex-wife is tiresome and frustrating, paralleling the relationship between Sunny Randall and her ex. Parker drags these never-resolving relationships on for book after book after book until we're ready to slap the main characters and - as my dad used to say - tell them to "poop or get off the pot." After about the first book, the soap opera ceases to be interesting and simply becomes irritating, like a dripping faucet on a stainless steel pan.
All in all, I can envision Parker's books primarily as fodder for TV scripts. Indeed, Parker's Spencer series of novels were the basis for the "Spencer for Hire" TV series starring Robert Urich. Tom Selleck starred as Jesse Stone in the movie adaptation of "Stone Cold," the fourth book in the Jesse Stone series. And that about sums up my feeling about these books in general: pulp fiction that isn't very cerebral and lends itself better to lackluster TV series and movies than a gripping read.
At this juncture, I'm going to turn my attention to a few Spencer novels to see if they are markedly different from the Randall or Stone series. If not, I'm afraid I'm largely through with Mr. Parker's offerings.
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Unmarried, thirty-year-old Sophy Metcalfe told a little white he to soothe her nagging mother. The white lies name was "Dominic," the ideal boyfriend: charming, successful, the kind of prospective son-in-law that would make any mother proud. But now that Sophy's thin and beautiful sister, Belinda, is getting married, Dominic is going to have to make an appearance in the flesh -- which should be a pretty neat trick ... since the genuine article vanished from Sophy's life after a single, singularly unmemorable evening. So she resorts to a very drastic measure -- aka Josh Carmichael, the escort she hires at the very last minute, sight unseen.But the trouble with white lies is that they tend to multiply. The trouble with rugged, too-sexy, and independent Josh is ... well, that Sophy's actually beginning to like him! Even if they make it through the Wedding Day from Hell together -- with its new intrigues, old flames, and all-too-familiar faces -- there's the night that follows... and, of course, the morning after. And that could end up being the biggest trouble of all!A hip, witty, and freshly fantastic delight, Asking for Trouble is the most hilarious and knowing novel to make the scene since Bridget Jones first set pen to paper to record her most intimate innermost thoughts.
Customer Reviews:
The Trouble with This Novel.......2007-05-07
Sophy Metcalfe's mother has a 1950's mentality; she wants Sophy to marry. Without building on the relationship between mother and daughter, Ms. Young, the author, weaves her story.
Sophy finds Josh Carmichael aka "Dominic" from an escort service. To appease her mother, she passes him off as her beloved. What unfolds is all too predictable. This might not have been a dreadful book if it wasn't so reminiscent of Bridgette Jones' Diary. Bridgette had a weight problem; Sophy has a weight problem. Bridgette craves cigarettes ("fags"); Sophy craves cigarettes ("fags"). Bridgette is jilted by her former lover; Sophy is jilted by her former lover.
What is missing is originality and prose so witty, we can't stop laughing. If you're looking for a refreshingly comical novel, this isn't it. Re-read either of the two Bridgette novels or try Susan Elizabeth Phillips for a true romantic comedy extravaganza.
Better than the movie.......2006-08-02
I read this long before it was thought to be a movie - so sight unseen (the movie that is), a great read and seriously funny! MUST READ FIRST and hopefully, you and I won't be disappointed by the movie as I know it can't get the entire point across!
Better to see the movie.......2006-06-26
As an English as second language reader, this book is simple and easy to read. Elisabeth Young really presents a simple, enjoyable and can not wait to the end book.
I have seen the movie, and I think contain between movie and book are not the same. However, both have own attention point.
I bought the book because I have seen the movie earlier.
For me, I still prefer the movie. Maybe if I read the book first, my opinion can be different.
A great light read!.......2006-04-12
I fell in love with The Wedding Date! When I heard it was based on a book, I went out and bought it right away!
I loved this book just as much as the movie! It wasn't anything like the movie except for the hiring-an-escort-to-take-to-your-sister's-wedding part. Their were other great characters and a lot of funny moments. When you are a busy mom like me with a stressful job, its nice to escape into a light-hearted story like this one.
Love For Hire.......2006-03-17
I really loved this book. If you're expecting the same story as in "The Wedding Date," which was loosly based on this book, don't worry. You can enjoy both without any plot spoilers! Elizabeth Young makes you laugh out loud as you follow a "desperate" young woman on her quest for a decent date to her sister's wedding. There are twists and turns that all lead to belly laughs and deep sighs! What a great story!
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Anne Murphy thought she'd put her unhappy past a continent behind her when she joined Philadelphia attorney Bennie Rosato's all-woman law firm. Then a friend who's housesitting for Anne is murdered in what's clearly a case of mistaken identity, and Anne realizes that the past has caught up with her and that the only way to outrun it is to catch the killer before he realizes that she's still alive. But how can Anne play dead with a high-profile case just days away from starting? The only way to pull it off is to let her new colleagues in on the secret, which would mean telling them her other secrets, too, including the fact that she's in love with opposing counsel and the probability that her client may not be as innocent as she thought he was. The author deftly weaves the threads of plot and subplot together, helped by Mary DiNunzio, Judy Carrier, and Bennie herself, the familiar and well-drawn mainstays of this lively and solidly paced series (Moment of Truth, The Vendetta Defense, Rough Justice). It's vintage Scottoline, featuring some nice touches; a little suspense, a lot of female bonding, a few pithy asides on the human condition, and a surprise in the penultimate chapter. --Jane Adams
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In Courting Trouble, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline is back with another fast-paced thriller, which sends a young woman lawyer racing to find out who's trying to kill her -- after she's wrongly been reported murdered.Anne Murphy is smart, gorgeous, and young, the redheaded rookie at the Philadelphia law firm of Rosato & Associates. She leaves town for the Fourth of July weekend to prepare for a high-profile trial, but when she buys her morning newspaper, her own photo is plastered all over the front page. And the headline- -- LAWYER MURDERED -- supposedly refers to her. Anne sets out to find her killer, playing dead in order to stay alive.She tries to go it alone but quickly realizes that she'll have to trust people she barely knows -- colleagues who hate her guts, a homicide squad that wants her out of the crime-fighting business, and a new love who inconveniently happens to be opposing counsel. The investigation takes all of Anne's boldness and ingenuity -- plus a pair of red satin hot pants. But her knack for courting trouble makes it almost impossible for Anne to play well with others, defend the lawsuit, and fight her urge to sleep with the enemy. Then an unexpected event places her in lethal jeopardy and leaves her with everything to lose -- including her life.
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E-book extras: "A Little More About Lisa"; "One Night on My Book Tour": Essay; "The Novels" (Chapter One from each of Lisa's eight prior novels). How many people get to solve their own murder? In Courting Trouble, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline is back with another fast-paced thriller that sends a young woman lawyer racing to find out who's trying to kill her -- after she's wrongly been reported murdered. Anne Murphy is smart, gorgeous, and young -- the red-headed rookie at the Philadelphia law firm of Rosato & Associates. She leaves town for the Fourth of July weekend to prepare for a high-profile trial, but when she buys her morning newspaper, her own photo is plastered all over the front page. And the headline - LAWYER MURDERED - supposedly refers to her. Anne sets out to find her killer, playing dead in order to stay alive. The investigation takes all of Anne's boldness and ingenuity - plus a pair of red satin hot pants. But her knack for courting trouble makes it almost impossible for Anne to play well with others, defend the lawsuit, and fight her urge to sleep with the enemy. Then an unexpected event places her in lethal jeopardy and leaves her with everything to lose - including her life.
Customer Reviews:
Courting Trouble.......2007-10-06
I almost took this book back to the library several times without finishing it, but the blurb on the back cover led me to believe that, at some point, it would get really interesting. It finally did, but I was so frustrated with Anne, the main character, that it took away from any enjoyment. She knows where a killer is, but does she notify the police or even give them any of the information she has dug up? Heck no, she doesn't even let them know she's really alive. At least twice she found the prison escapee in question and was in his presence, but she still didn't ask for help, even with police officers nearby.
Sorry, but I felt like she was SO stupid, she almost deserved whatever misfortune we readers all knew she was going to run into. She even played the part of a decoy to flush him out, but again, she did this on her own with no law enforcement backup.
This is not Ms Scottoline's best work. I was looking forward to reading it after experience with a couple of her other books but was disappointed. At least, there was no graphic sex or filthy language. I probably should have given it another star, just for that.
Mildly Entertaining.......2007-08-31
Anne Murphy is an attorney for an all female law firm in Philadelphia. She's working on an exhuasting case and decides to leave town for a couple of days for the Fourth of July, and get some much needed quiet time. No sooner does her mini-vacation start when she discovers, via newspaper headlines, that she has been murdered in her own home. How can that be? Should she come forward and let the authorities know she is still alive, or will that only alert the killer to the fact that he/she made a mistake? The bigger question is who would want her dead? I can't tell you the answers to those questions since I don't want to ruin the story for you.
The story was a fun read. Ms. Scottoline displays a nice sense of humor throughout the book. It's not a cerebral novel, so you don't have to do much thinking, you can just relax and enjoy the fun. Those are the good points.
The bad points are poor editting. On more than one occasion, the author makes critical errors, such as a character apologizing for shoving Anne, when in fact, earlier in the story we were told he punched her. This happens a few times, and while it doesn't ruin the book, it certainly takes away from it. Another problem I had with the book was how badly the author tried to create a red herring at the end, but bombed horribly. It was forced and stupid. I was sadly disappointed in the sloppy job.
This book was a fun read even with the problems I mentioned above. As long as you don't expect too much, cause you aren't going to get much, you should enjoy the book.
Light entertainment.......2007-08-08
I bought this novel after some discussion on an Internet Forum. The novel provides some light reading - something like chocolate for the mind. Anne Murphy is similar to Stephanie Plum. If you like the novels about Steph, you will like this novel. If you don't like Steph, than you won't like Anne. The novel is not great literature, but the three stooges were not great theater. Publishers are in a business to make money and novels of this type appeal to an audience looking for light comedy. The novel has its moments, like when the women from the law firm act like happy hookers. The novel opens with a male stripper showing his stuff in a courtroom, and that sets the tone.
There is a plot, actually a couple wound together. Anne is having trouble with a stalker, the reason she left California, and she is defending a man in a lawsuit in a case where he is charged with sexual harassment. There is also a sub-plot about her relationship with her mother. There is a twist at the end, something one expects in Scottoline's novels.
You get a little Philadelphia background along the way, and a picture of 4th of July activities ranging from traffic to the beach, to block parties in the city, to the main event with fireworks.
Scottoline, not at her best..........2007-07-07
I generally like Lisa Scottoline legal mysteries, but this one fell flat. I don't think it was because of the plot, which possessed the requisite suspense and the usual satisfying twists and turns. This book simply is not very well written, nor fact-checked nor edited. In one place, the heroine is driving a VW bug and suddenly we see her emerging out of a "truck" (see page 252). The characters are largely contrived, and the prose is soggy and repetitive. I'm happy to escape into a light suspenseful mystery story with a fantastically beautiful red-headed detective who is just falling in love after a dangerous and disappointing past, but I don't need to hear five-hundred times that she gets her fiery temper and impetuousness from her red hair; I can appreciate the stereotype if I'm told once or twice. Examples of this sort of thing abound. Read Scottoline but skip this installment.
This was the book Scottoline dedicated to "my readers," rather than to the traditional, specific dedicatee. Maybe it's mean to say this, but one wonders if she didn't throw this off to her readers because she was too embarrassed to dedicate it to someone she might actually have to look in the eye. I just don't think she gave this novel her customary scrutiny. It's simply sub-par.
About 150 pages too long..........2007-04-19
After reading the terrible 1st to Die by James Patterson and being exceedingly disappointed, I picked up another mystery, hoping this one would have good characters and a good plot.
Plot:
Anne Murphy is a lawyer for an all-female firm who is defending a CEO friend who is accused of sexual harassment. Anne goes to the coast for a break to study her case when she sees in the newspaper she is dead. She rushes back to Philadelphia to find her murderer before he/she realizes that she didn't die.
Good:
This was a rather enjoyable book. I liked Anne Murphy, her sense of humor (which frequently had me in stiches, particularly at the beginning), the overall plot line (never have read anything quite like this), and even the scenes with her cat (which I found rather cute, but that is just me).
Bad:
There were a few problems that keep me from wholeheartedly recommending the book. The first problem I had was that the book was too long. About halfway through, I grew tired and had to force myself to continue reading. By the time I got to the end, I should have been excited. However, I was just glad it was over.
Next, Anne's character was a little all over the place. Her infatuation with I Love Lucy, while good in and of itself, seemed way too much. I have a hard time believing that someone could remember airdate, episode number, and name (maybe episode number or name, but airdate?). I love LOST, but I can't remember the the episode name or number much less the airdate (and most of those episodes aren't even three years old!). But, even assuming that this made sense (it theoretically could for an obsessive freak), I felt that the references were placed into the story inappropriately. What also made Anne's character more than a little annoying was how stupid she was one moment (leaving her underwear at someone's house) and then how clever she was the next minute (stealing Judy's keys and car). I know we all have ditzy moments, but I felt some of her actions were out of character. Further, why does Anne even leave her friends? One minute, she's cozying up to them, thankful to have friends, and the next, she rushes away to draw her murderer out. Huh?
Every single opportunity, the author wants to make sure we have it memorized (and preferably tattooed) that Anne is absolutely, positively, excrutiatingly gorgeous (even with her scar). Oh, please! We get the picture! Not every man is going to fall all over her for goodness sake! And it made me kinda upset when Mary's parents kept saying (like twice a page) how pretty Anne was. If I was Mary, I would be half tempted to run to my room and cry!
Last beef: what is up with the whole Mrs. DiNuzzio scene? What was that for? It had almost nothing to do with the plot!
Dialogue/Sexual Situations/Violence:
F-word is a favorite, along with typical d***, h***, sh**. Anne sleeps with opposing attorney; a case centers around whether or not her CEO friend forced an employee to sleep with him. We get vivid descriptions of the woman mistaken as Anne after she has been shot and how the room looks like afterward.
Overall:
This wasn't a bad book. I loved the humor, grew attached to Anne (and her history with her mother), and the plot. However, Anne is not consistent as a character and many of the things she does are completely off-the-wall. Definitely a funny read, but not for everyone.
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