This week at the Gilpin County Library
by Larry Grieco, Librarian
The authors who have attempted to keep the late Robert B. Parker’s series characters alive and kicking have succeeded in varying degrees. The guy continuing the “Jesse Stone” novels, Michael Brandman, has perhaps done the best job. The latest is called Robert B. Parker’s Damned If You Do, and has Paradise, Massachusetts, Chief of Police engaging in some very Spenserish activities. To solve the murder of a young prostitute in a seedy beachfront motel, Jesse pays a visit to gangster Gino Fish (with an ominous Vinnie Morris lurking in the background.) At first Gino declines to offer any help, but later gives Jesse the name of a “madam” in Boston. That leads to Jesse being caught in the middle of two feuding pimps, just the kind of spot you’d expect Parker’s legendary detective, Spenser, to find himself in. It is enough to make one wonder what it would have been like if Brandman had also taken over the “Spenser” detective series. In short, the “Jesse Stone” novels are in good hands.
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