Jesse Stone has a couple of unusual cases to deal with. First of all, the junior high principal is checking under the girl's skirts to make sure their underwear is appropriate. Jesse decides she isn't exactly breaking the law - but still, he agrees with the students and parents that her behavior was wrong. Then there is the Peeping Tom who calls himself the Night Stalker. Most Peeping Toms don't escalate their behavior but this one might be. Oh, and their is a swinging club in Paradise, too. As usual, Jesse's own love life is pretty hot and steamy but he is still brooding about Jenn who has gone to New York with her producer for a dream job. It's enough to drive a man to drink and Jesse already has problems in that department.
Robert Parker keeps turning out one good mystery novel after another. Jesse Stone is one of my favorite series. Jesse seems to be struggling with himself through most of this book. As usual, he does a great job as chief of police. In his personal life, though, he is drinking more and still obsessed with Jenn who once again has left him for another man in hopes of advancing her career. While we are rooting for Jesse to get to the bottom of the crimes in Paradise, we are rooting even more that he will win over his own demons. Finally, at the end of the book it seems like Jesse might be starting to make progress.
Rating - 4.5 stars
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