High Profile
Written by Robert B. Parker
Narrated by Scott Sowers
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Two victims in less than a week should provide a host of clues, but all Jesse runs into are dead ends. Yet what may be the most disturbing aspect of these murders is the fact that no one seems to care-not a single one of Weeks's ex-wives, not the family of the girl. And when the medical examiner reveals a heartbreaking link between the two departed souls, the mystery only deepens.Forced to delve into a world of stormy relationships, Jesse soon comes to realize that knowing whom to trust is indeed a matter of life and death.
From the Compact Disc edition.
Robert B. Parker
Robert B Parker was the best-selling author of over 60 books, including Small Vices, Sudden Mischief, Hush Money, Hugger Mugger, Potshot, Widows Walk, Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Family Honor, Perish Twice, Shrink Rap, Stone Cold, Melancholy Baby, Back Story, Double Play, Bad Business, Cold Service, Sea Change, School Days and Blue Screen. He died in 2010 at the age of 77.
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Reviews for High Profile
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Enjoyable read, but the Jenn and Jesse thing is getting really old. Just dump her, already.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Paradise is a tiny town in coastal Massachusetts that has rarely seen murders until Jesse appeared. He appears to have brought the "Curse of the Ages." Every year there are serial murders, bodies dropping dead left and right, in very bizarre circumstances. They've barely recovered from last year when they find both a man hung from a tree and a pregnant woman lying in a dumpster. Poor Jesse is just getting the basics set on these when his ex-wife Jenn calls - she's been raped, and she wants Jesse at her side 24/7.
Jesse is a flawed character. He tries very hard to change. I think my main issue is that his flaw involves "stay with a harmful person even when you know it's harmful, because you call the obsession love'" That bugs me a great deal. Overall I do love the Jesse Stone novels! side note...Tom Selleck is the absolute perfect one for the DVD's also. - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The story was probably a typical Jesse Stone, which means this should have been a 3 star book. Instead, it was too irritating to listen to due to all the "He said", "She said" that ruled every conversation. It's nice to know who is talking, but they were in almost EVERY single sentence of dialog. Worse, 'said' was used when obviously 'asked' should have been. "How are you doing," he said. NO!!!
There were some other issues with obvious points being talked up, but those I could forgive. I don't expect perfect writing in an obvious series writer like Parker. From my friends' reviews, I have my suspicions that Random House or the reader (who was good) tossed these 'said's in. I can't imagine any editor who graduated elementary school would have left them all in.
Highly disappointed!
Anyone who has read the print version: Can you tell me if they're an artifact of the audio version only? - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is the sixth novel by Robert B. Parker in the Jesse Stone series about the police chief of fictional Paradise, Massachusetts. Parker’s forte is witty persiflage and fast paced action. His weakness (in my opinion) is a kind of loopy Freudian approach to relationships between men and women. The main plot of this book is pretty good, featuring the murder of a prominent radio talk show host. The badinage between Jesse and his staff (Suitcase Simpson and Molly) is vintage Parker. However, I just can’t buy the interaction between the ultimate killer and his girlfriend. Even worse is Jesse’s continued devotion to his unfaithful estranged wife. Parker can make her pretty, but he can’t make her interesting, let alone lovable, especially in light of Jesse’s relationship with the not quite as pretty, but much more interesting detective, Holly Randal. This one is a good murder mystery, but the romantic subplots are so unbelievable I was disappointed with the book as a whole. (JAB)
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Fair plot as Jesse Stone and team uncover the mystery surrounding the murder of a talk radio personality and his girlfriend. Jesse's ex-wife also appears without much reason. Plot fairly good but not much character/scene development.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jesse Stone novels are like Mac & Cheese...comfort food.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The relationships among Jesse Stone, his ex-wife, Jenn, and Sunny Randall (and her ex-husband) are more interesting than the murder mystery. The moral is you can't stop loving someone even when you know rationally that you shouldn't; but you are still responsible for your own actions. Lots of short chapters (63) with lots of short paragraphs and sentences, most of them dialogue. I thought I had guessed whodunit after 100 pages, but since Jesse and his staff guessed the same thing soon after, I obviously wrong. An easy read with something to think about.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A good story from someone who knows how to write a good story!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really like the character of Jesse Stone. Jesse solves the murder of a high profile talk show host and his pregnant mistress while his ex-wife returns to his life for protection claiming she's being stalked by man who raped her.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5What is up with Robert Parker, anyway? I've always loved the Spenser books and I like Sunny Randall and Jesse Stone just fine. It's Parker's style that's bugging me. OK, he's always been a bit terse and I liked that. He was funny. But now the chapters are lengthy if they're more than 3 pages long. There's hardly any time to develop characters or plot points, much less a sense of humor. Oh, there are still funny bits, but not like before.I know Parker is getting on there in years. Maybe he no longer has the stamina or the ability to write as well as he used to. I'd frankly prefer he not write at all if the books must have chapters this short. I was just reading a review of another author that said he was "as succinct as Robert B. Parker" and I find that that doesn't encourage me to read his books. Which Parker does the reviewer mean?I'm sorry I couldn't like this one better. I think there was a real book that could have been written from this outline.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really enjoy Robert Parker's Jesse Stone series - but I found this one to be a little disappointing. Come on, how can a bright guy like Jesse choose the narcissistic Jen over Sunny? And the denouement too is very disappointing. The bad guy appears to win the whole enchilada - Spenser would never have let a story end that way!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I love Robert Parker books because they're usually set in Boston, where I'm from. Plus, I can read them in one night. It's brain candy! :) I find them enjoyable, especially after a harsh semester of grad school classes. "High Profile" was better than some of the other Jesse Stone novels; I felt that there was more conflict with his personal relationships. Nothing was tied in a neat package.