Robert Parker is by far my favorite mystery author. His Jesse Stone series are the greatest. I was a little upset at the last movie made called Thin Ice but Mr. Parker made up for it in Night and Day. It was time for Jesse to realize Jen (his ex) was just using him. After all, he is the chief of police.

Parker does seem to be a little thinner on plot as of late, and some the lines are definitely recycled… But it has the feel of that ol pair of shoes. Familiar, comfortable perfect for a lazy sunday afternoon… Kinda sad I couln’t pay 9.99 for, that was a big selling point on the Kindle.

Past Parker books I have compared to all that is good in the Earth – chocolate, etc. I continue to feel the same about his books.

As with his other’s, the book reads exceptionally quickly and the exchange between the characters is extremely well written.

As to the developements that take place in the book, they are timely and reflect our times. The solving of the mysteries was not complex – but the tone of the book was extremely upbeat and kept showing the “goodness” that can be found in mankind, as well as the “dark” qualities.

It was also entertaining to watch a number of the characters from Parker’s other series continue to interact.

Thank you Rober Parker for another GREAT book.

Night and Day gives us Jesse in a personal mood. All of the Jesse Stone novels do, to some degree, but this one does so with special emphasis. Jesse is involved with his former wife Jenn in an ongoing, self-destructive relationship. In Night and Day she has taken a job in New York that involves a live-in arrangement with her producer. Jesse pines, but finds solace in the company of Sunny Randall, Rita Fiore and his shrink, Dix. Meanwhile he is dealing with two cases–one in which a school principal has invaded the privacy of her female charges by inspecting their undergarments and a second in which the town of Paradise is dealing with a peeper who assumes the name of the Night Hawk and escalates his activities to include home invasions. These involve the photographing of women but the violence remains psychological and not (yet) physical. In short, Jesse must deal with a succession of sex and gender issues at the same time that he is trying to sort out his own. I don’t want to spoil the ending, but suffice to say that it is satisfying and that all of the problems are (for now at least) resolved.

A special pleasure in the Jesse Stone novels results from the fact that the film adaptations have been so successful. I now hear Tom Selleck’s voice speaking Jesse’s lines and the results are dead-on effective. Jesse is an attractive character; we welcome the chance to learn more about his personal experiences and travails and Night and Day satisfies our curiosity nicely. Highly recommended.

but still, parker undoubtedly drank more and more like jesse stone. i just wish that parker would not end up like lawrence sanders who later became an AA member and also made all of his main characters all qulified AA members. besides main characters’ heavy drinking problems, parker also played with lot of words as a incurable hobby (or disease?), spenser, hawk, jesse stone, molly, suit, virgil cole, Everett Hitch, they all played with lot of words. it’s just like some priests play the so-called ‘god words’ in front of their churches, you just want to drive by, trying very hard not to read those crappy words from god (obviously god has nothing to do with it but the priests).