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# Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet (A Jesse Stone Novel Book 16)

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Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet (A Jesse Stone Novel Book 16)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Too Many Characters to Get a Bead on Who Done It
  

*by D***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2017*

As many of you know, Robert B. Parker is no longer among us. Since his passing, Michael Brandman (never read him) and Reed Farrel Coleman have continued the Jesse Stone series.The hardest part to capture is Jesse Stone's dialogue, which is most evident when he's having a discussion with his deputy, Suit, who is almost as laconic. Reed Farrel Coleman, an experienced mystery writers captures Jesse's style rather well, although he sometimes over  does it. Coleman has written the last four episodes.In this one, Jesse is on an alcoholic binge due the murder of his fiancee'. But he tries to keep it together because Suit is getting married, and he's the best man. Meanwhile, an old woman is murdered. Jesse finds out who the culprits are through his connections with the Boston underworld. In short order, one of them turns up dead.So . . . who hired these ex-cons to do the job? They weren't looking for money and the old woman's jewelry is still there, except for one valuable ring one of them takes without the other's knowledge. The other guy finds the key to a safety deposit box without telling his partner.Meanwhile Jesse wards off the ambitious mayor and her assistant who know about his drinking and want him gone. He finds a connection to the missing album, THE HANGMAN'S SONNET, which was recorded by a Bob Dylan clone, Terry Hester, who was supposed to be as good or better than Dylan. Jesse finds out the old woman rented out rooms, and he has his deputy search her house for some kind of registration book. As a result he gets a lead as to who might have stolen the album. The culprit is also taunting the police and Jesse. He sends a poem written by Hester to Roscoe Niles, who used to be the Dick Clark of New England disk jockeys, who has been going to seed lately. Jesse quickly posits the man behind the murders is trying to stir up the press so that the bids are higher for the missing album if he indeed has it. The plot clues us in on how the old woman was connected to the missing album.Okay, so is this enjoyable enough to contend with Robert B. Parker?This might seem trivial but, there is no dog. Jesse usually talks to his dog when he's muddling through his latest challenge. Ozzie Smith takes the dog's place in this episode (Jesse has a picture on one of his walls of Ozzie doing his acrobatics). For you non-baseball fans, Ozzie Smith may have been the greatest defensive shortstop to ever play the game, the same position Jesse played until he hurt his arm. You probably won't be able to guess who was behind this mess, but the number of possible candidates will keep you turning the pages.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Lot Going On in This One
  

*by W***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2021*

A lot to patch together here.  Suit gets married and leaves for his honeymoon.  The last living member of the town's most prominent family is murdered during a break in.  Jesse continues to mourn, and drink heavily, over the death of his girlfriend from a previous novel.  The mayor, who doesn't like Jesse and is looking for a reason to fire him, has added a sidekick who is equally trying to trap Jesse for his dismissal, or her bed, whichever happens first.  The ME, Tamara who is trying to be a love interest of Jesse's too, is making little headway against the ghost of the dead girl friend and is considering employment elsewhere unless Jesse can convince her to stay.  Three people who are connected to a local baby boomer rockstar are in town to set up a birthday party for the rockstar and pressure is added to Jesse to make a plan for handling the expected crowds.  And 'The Hangman's Sonnet,' a recording that is worth millions but was stolen after the local rockstar and his all-star legendary singers had recorded it, may be making an appearance after a nearly 40 year absence from which there were no duplicate recordings and no one has heard the tape since it was recorded.  Oh, and nearby PI Spenser makes a brief appearance in the story.  I loved every page.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Pretty good book
  

*by C***S on Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2022*

I probably would have liked the book better if I wasn't supposed to be a Robert Parked book. Coleman's writing is good but it's just not Parker. The main people in the book were close but just not quite the same as Parker portrayed them. Still recommend reading it though.

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