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    Night and Day: A Jesse Stone Novel, Book 8
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    Night and Day: A Jesse Stone Novel, Book 8
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    Night and Day: A Jesse Stone Novel, Book 8

    Written by Robert B. Parker

    Narrated by James Naughton

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Police chief Jesse Stone has received his share of unusual calls, but none can top the one from the local junior high school. When reports of lewd conduct by the school's principal, Betsy Ingersoll, filter into the station, Jesse is faced with a particularly delicate situation. Jesse, of course, would like nothing more than to see the prim, peculiar Ingersoll punished. But Betsy Ingersoll is married to the managing partner of the biggest law firm in the state, and Jay Ingersoll wants the matter buried. And he is used to getting what he wants.

    At the same time, the women of Paradise are being threatened by a tormented voyeur, dubbed "The Night Hawk," who's been scouring suburban neighborhoods as evening falls. Initially he's content to simply peer through windows, but as pressure builds, he becomes more reckless, entering homes, forcing his victims to strip at gunpoint, then photographing them at their most vulnerable. And according to the notes he's sending, he's not satisfied to stop there. It's up to Jesse to catch the Night Hawk, before it's too late.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 24, 2009
    ISBN9780739357460
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    Night and Day: A Jesse Stone Novel, Book 8
    Author

    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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    • 3/5
      Meh. A Jesse Stone pot boiler with no serious crime at its heart. Just a bunch of old faces popping up and some confused ideas about sexual liberation.
    • 4/5
      About time Jesse dumped Jenn---hope it sticks
    • 3/5
      Very easy reading
    • 2/5
      Robert Parker’s novels all have a cadence to them that many people find disconcerting. An almost staccato dialogue, it can be especially prominent in an audiobook such as this one in the Jesse Stone Series. I rather like it.Jesse is faced with two peculiar cases: the woman principal of the school has parents irate because she dained to lift the skirts of the girls to make sure they had on appropriate undergarments before a dance (no thongs, thank you); and the other a man obsessed with watching women undress at night through their windows, his obsession escalating to entering their homes during the day and forcing them to disrobe at gunpoint and then writing Jesse about it.Everyone is in therapy in this novel: Jesse sees Dick for his drinking and inability to deal with his ex-wife’s quasi-abandonment of him; Sunny Randall (a character from another Parker series) is being therapyized by Susan Silvermann (a therapist from the Spencer series); and Betty Ingersoll, the aforementioned principal gets forced into therapy in the end and her husband should have been. It’s true most of them are a bit wacko, but a lot of the psycho-babble that’s delivered in many of the interviews seems more sermonizing than enlightening. I suspect Robert Parker must have been in therapy for decades. But, all things, considered, I enjoyed the book and the Jesse Stone character.
    • 3/5
      This was the eighth novel written by now deceased Robert B. Parker in the Jesse Stone series. Jesse Stone, about 35, is the police chief of the small town of Paradise, Massachusetts. He is also an ex-alcoholic and he is still involved with his ex-wife. But he has made inroads into the corruption and crime in Paradise, and is well liked by the police force. In this book, Stone is investigating a character who calls himself the “Night Hawk.” The Night Hawk started out as a relatively harmless peeping tom, but he has moved on to home invasions in which he forces women to strip naked at gun point. As it happens, Jesse is also investigating swingers groups. When the women in the group identify a man who likes to look but not touch, Jesse thinks he may have found the Night Hawk. The dénouement involves using Jesse’s faithful female assistant, Molly, as bait for the bad guy.To a large extent, the entire book revolves around the various sexual obsessions of several characters. The Night Hawk is intent on looking at naked middle-aged women. Various members of the swinging couples club are into having sex with other peoples’ spouses. And as in all the earlier Jesse Stone books, Jesse is obsessed with his ex-wife, Jenn. A substantial number of pages are devoted to Jesse’s discussions with his psychoanalyst about his own obsessions and those of the potential suspects. As is typical of Parker’s books, the subplots and snappy dialog are more interesting than the main plot. I sometimes enjoy finding out how many donuts the individual cops will consume more than I enjoy the solving of the crime. Parker, who has made Jesse Stone a former minor league baseball shortstop, is also particularly good at describing the difference between a pretty good athlete’s skills and those of a genuine major leaguer. In any event, this novel is a good representative of Parker’s genre. Evaluation: Enjoyable and diverting, if not earth-shaking.
    • 2/5
      I like the Jesse Stone character and, after not reading Stone novels for some time (I read "Night Passage" and "Trouble in Paradise" several years ago) found this book was easy reading. However, being basically cheap, I believe that anyone who paid the $26 for the book may feel cheated - two hundred and eighty-nine pages, a lot of blank space on many pages and very short lines of dialogue ("... I'm the chief of police") with mostly three- or four-page chapters. and
    • 2/5
      I'm getting a little tired of this series, although this isn't a bad read. Guess there won't be any more unless Robert B. Parker left some unfinished manuscripts or, like Robert Ludlum, he continues to write from beyond the grave.
    • 3/5
      The story was excelent. The reading was disturbing with all the "he said, she said." I can determine who said what by the change in voice of the characters. Many audio books do not always say who said what. The story is much easier to listen to.
    • 4/5
      Nice to see Jenn may finally get the flick.
    • 3/5
      Easy read. The book revolves around the themes of obsession, with 3 subplots twining around various forms of sexual obsession. Jesse finally seems ready to look at his relationship with his ex, which is the most interesting aspect for me. Sunny Randall makes more appearances, which is kind of odd, because she's the star of her own books but a side kick here. And the cops investigate swinging couples and an escalating vouyer. Read it in a day. I wonder how long it takes Parker to write them...
    • 3/5
      (spoiler alert) Jesse Stone and his officers and friends is what makes this book interesting. This time it's a peeping tom case that has the squad involved with interviewing the wife-swapping club of Paradise Cove. Jesse finally told his needy ex-wife Jen not to come back when she called.