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    Split Image: A Jesse Stone Novel, Book 9
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    Split Image: A Jesse Stone Novel, Book 9

    Written by Robert B. Parker

    Narrated by James Naughton

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The body in the trunk was just the beginning.

    Turns out the stiff was a foot soldier for local tough guy Reggie Galen, now enjoying a comfortable "retirement" with his beautiful wife, Rebecca, in the nicest part of Paradise. Living next door are Knocko Moynihan and his wife, Robbie, who also happens to be Rebecca's twin. But what initially appears to be a low-level mob hit takes on new meaning when a high-ranking crime figure is found dead on Paradise Beach.

    Stressed by the case, his failed relationship with his ex-wife, and his ongoing battle with the bottle, Jesse needs something to keep him from spinning out of control. When private investigator Sunny Randall comes into town on a case, she asks for Jesse's help. As their professional and personal relationships become intertwined, both Jesse and Sunny realize that they have much in common with both their victims and their suspects-and with each other.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 23, 2010
    ISBN9780739357491
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    Split Image: A Jesse Stone Novel, Book 9
    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
      A nice place for Sunny Randall's and Jesse Stone's stories to end, together.
    • 5/5
      Although Split Image is referenced as a Jesse Stone novel, it prominently features private detective Sunny Randall equally. And the two cases are entirely split, as the title suggests, as well as the characters themselves. Police Chief Jesse Stone focuses on the murder of a local mob guy, while Sunny Randall tries to investigate a young woman that has joined a local religious group in Paradise. The stories both predominantly take place in Jesse's territory, but Sunny's story veers in its own direction and stays there. Maybe Robert Parker knew that I only read his Jesse Stone novels and threw in Sunny Randall as a surprise.
    • 5/5
      Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall combine in this mystery as each solve a separate crime and begin to find themselves releasing from their ex's thrall.
    • 4/5
      audio book, Jesse Stone, mystery, cops, crime
    • 3/5
      Two semi-retired gangsters retire to Paradise, Massachusetts, and buy houses next door to each other so that their identical twin wives can stay close to one another. But one of the gangsters turns up dead and the other loses a member of his security team – both shot execution style. Jesse learns that a deviant sexual game the twins plays may be at the heart of the murders. [Split Image] is the last Jesse Stone novel from Robert B. Parker. It is a shame that the series will have to end on what may be the weakest of the books. Parker starts with a particularly preposterous plot, rival gangsters married to identical twins, and then massages in a good deal of deviant sex. On the positive side, Jesse finally finds a couple of women who he can refuse to have sex with.Bottom Line: The early books in the series are far superior to this last installment – read this one only if you’re a completest and have to read them all.3 bones!!!
    • 4/5
      Not Parker's best, but readable and enjoyable. As usual, there's trouble in Paradise, and who but Chief Jesse Stone to set wrong to right? This book gives us bodies in trunks, mobsters married to identical twin sisters living next door to one another, a spiritual community or cult, and a cast of characters including Boston PI Sunny Randall, and Paradise police officers Molly Crane and Luther "Suitcase" Simpson.Snappy dialogue, lots of head shrinking involving Stone and Randall, and lots of sex. A good summer read.
    • 5/5
      I love Robert B. Parker's work, particularly the Jesse Stone and Spencer novels. Reading this one was bittersweet for me, because Mr. Parker passed away earlier this year, and I know how Jesse Stone's career in Paradise ends.That said, it was a terrific read as expected.
    • 4/5
      I love Robert B Parker books. I know that some folks hate his "he said. She said" style of conversation, but I like it. I like the mysteries and the ongoing development of the characters. The reason this book made me sad, was because I realized I'm coming in the homestretch of RBP books because of his death last year. But at least I now feel that Sunny and Jesse aren't left out in limbo as I did with the last book I'd read. They each have found some solid footing to plant their lives on and it appears to be common ground.One of the things about RBP is that the endings of the cases involved, both for the Paradise series and the Spencer series are not necessarily neat and tidy. But there's a hint of how paybacks and justice might occur. This particular book, about twin sisters and the world around them, has some bits and pieces of unspoken justice as well as actual crime solving. I listened to the audio version, and while it wasn't my favorite reader (I think my favorite one only does the Spencer series, not the Paradise series or Sunny Randall series) it was good.RIP Mr Parker. You are missed. I have the comforting thought that 3 of my brother's favorite authors also died within the year of his death. I imagine them together, enjoying each other's company, smoking cigars, drinking whiskey and having a grand time telling tales.
    • 5/5
      Thoroughly enjoyed this book and worried that whomever takes over for Parker will not be able to develop the characters as well as he has done. Felt so much better for the characters when the end of this book came. Both Jesse and Sunny are on the right track, now, and I do so hope they get together. Jen was never worthy of Jesse or perhaps in the words of Dix (if I may be so bold as to write words for him) she was never "right" for him. On Parker passing - in the words of Jesse Stone - where do I go from here?
    • 4/5
      I'm saving some of Robert B. Parker's books to slowly savor since he is gone. This week was perfect though for this Jesse Stone novel in which he and Sunny Randall combine forces to solve cases, and their budding relationship progresses. One case involves two Boston mobsters married to twin sisters who have quite a reputation. Several bodies turn up, murders which seem to be connected to these mobsters. I love the way Parker portrayed mobsters and this case is really funny.Sunny's case is more touching. She is seeking a girl who has joined a cult in Paradise, and her snob parents want her back, without dirtying their hands by actually going after her of course. This is a good light beach read. Parker's witty dialogue keeps you laughing throughout.
    • 4/5
      First non-Western I have read from Parker. I found I still enjoyed his familiar abbreviated dialogue and 'interesting' characters. HOWEVER, I must also say, like several other of my favored authors, I continue to detect an ever increasing amount of unnecessary smut and pandering to a gay readership. I wonder if this is the authors' natural doings ... or the prodding of intense publishers to make these novels more attractive to today's society. Sad.
    • 4/5
      His relationship with his ex-wife on the rocks, Jesse's still contemplating his life through a drink or two, and something about his latest case has him knocking back more than is good for him. It isn't the death the the semi-retired mobster so much as the grieving widow and her sister that have Jesse tied in knots.Jesse's relationship with Sunny Randall figures in - as well as his with psychologist Dix and hers with her own shrink Susan Silverman.Not Parker's best, and unfortunately, likely one of, if not the, last we'll see of his, the ending is at least not a cliffhanger.
    • 4/5
      I always feel very conflicted when I read Robert Parker. On the one hand I like the characters very much, the dialogue is good and I usually enjoy the mystery. I just never feel that I am really reading a novel. It is like reading a play with a little bit of stage direction. And don’t get me on those mind numbing “he said”s and “she said”s. This one is no different. It is really two pretty much unrelated stories except for the interactions of the two main characters: Jesse Stone & Sunny Randall. Jesse is investigating murder involving some mobsters and their wives and Sunny is looking into perhaps rescuing a girl from a maybe cultist group. Despite my complaints I did enjoy the book although I did like it better when detectives & private eyes didn’t go to psychiatrists.
    • 4/5
      fun read,i will miss jesse stone
    • 3/5
      Sad that this series has to end, but there's a hint of a "happy ending" in this book.
    • 5/5
      Classic Parker. Will miss his books. This one has Jesse Stone, Sunny Randall and Susan Silverman. Great dialogue.