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Blue Screen (Paperback)

by Robert B. Parker (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: No Exit Press (31 Oct 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1842431846
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842431849
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 824,436 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Buddy Bollen is a C-list movie mogul who made his fortune producing films of questionable artistic merit. When Buddy hires Sunny Randall to protect his rising star and girlfriend, Erin Flint, Sunny knows from the start that the prickly, spoiled beauty won't make her job easy. And when Erin's sister, Misty, is found dead in the lavish home they share with sugar daddy Bollen, there doesn't seem to be a single lead worth pursuing. But then Sunny meets Jesse Stone, chief of police in Paradise, Massachusetts, under whose jurisdiction the case falls. It immediately becomes clear that Jesse and Sunny have much in common. While searching for the killer, they learn an awful lot about each other-and themselves. Tracking Misty's murderer reveals a host of seedy complications behind Erin's glamorous lifestyle as well as Buddy Bollen's entertainment empire, made up of shady film deals and mobsters out for revenge. But in a world where there's little difference between the good guys and the bad, exposing the killer could prove to be Sunny's undoing.

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3.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Series Development in a Below Average Story, 27 Jun 2006
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Screen (Hardcover)

If you have liked either of the Sunny Randall or Jesse Stone series, you'll kick yourself if you don't read Blue Screen in which the two combine to detect. Propinquity leads them to do more than detect, and the emerging relationship is the high point of this book. The relationship is nudged along by significant events in the lives of Richie and Jenn.

But as my three star rating suggests, the book has problems. For the many people who found the sexual context of Sea Change in the Jesse Stone to be disturbing, be prepared to be disturbed again. In addition, the plot is remarkably unrealistic for Robert B. Parker. It's more like the plot of someone who is working on his first novel. The unrealism serves to make you feel like you are reading a book with great dialogue, but you won't be inside the story like you are with Mr. Parker's usual efforts.

So what's the story? Sunny Randall is hired to be a bodyguard for Ms. Erin Flint, an astonishing-looking action actress with limited acting ability, while she prepares for an additional career as a professional baseball player for the Connecticut Nutmegs, a team owned by her sleazy-movie producer and bed partner, Buddy Bollen. Sunny is a little puzzled by this job when she arrives to find Erin already surrounded by enough male security to stop a small squadron of infiltrators. What can Sunny's 120 pound body do that theirs cannot? Erin reports a strong dislike of men and wants to be in charge. But she's clearly on Bollen's leash.

Erin's clearly into the whole movie star routine and has a retinue to prove it.

Then, one of her entourage, Misty Tyler, is found with a broken neck. Erin insists that Sunny investigate and local police chief Jesse Stone goes along with the request.

The bulk of the book is a very slow police procedural as Sunny pulls forth one fact after another in a series of investigations in California and Boston. Along the way, she's helped by an old lover, her former uncle-in-law (Felix Burke), the state police and her guardian, Spike. Sunny uncovers a particularly tawdry background in which everyone is hiding what their true relationships are.

Spenser fans will be thrilled by two cameos by Sunny's shrink, Dr. Susan Silverman, in which Sunny explores her feelings about love and intimacy.

As the book ends, you'll be thinking about Sunny and Jesse . . . and trying to forget the story other than the parts that cover their romance.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars arker is back on track!, 20 Jun 2006
By Phil Gaston "the Gastonator" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blue Screen (Hardcover)
Let me start by saying that I did not care for Parkers last two outings "Sea Change" or "Appaloosa" (As a westerner, I wish he'd give up the western genre, he just is not believable). This book however brings back the Parker I love in a faced paced detective story, full of great characters that packs a punch! I love the way he brings together Boston PI Sunny Randall and Police Chief Jesse Stone, makes for some romantic sparks!. Sunny is hired by a cheesy Movie producer to protect his girlfriend, Ms. Erin Flint, who is also trying to become the first female pro baseball player. Then Ms. Flints sister turns up dead. The fun of this book is mostly the budding relationship between the two detectives as the mystery is fairly transparent. Overall a solid four star read!
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