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A review by constantreader471
Robert B. Parker's The Bitterest Pill by Reed Farrel Coleman, Robert B. Parker
4.0
4 stars for a fast paced book about a drug overdose death in Paradise, Massachusetts. Jesse Stone is the Police Chief in Paradise and realizes that this death of a high school junior means that someone is dealing drugs laced with lethal fetanyl in his small town. Jesse has a department of 5 people, including himself.
He does solve the case, but there are more deaths. This is book 18 in the series and I have missed reading books 13 through 17. I will have to go back and read them as some things have happened in Jesse's personal life in those books that are referred to in this book.
There are some red herrings leading you on, but to say more would be a spoiler.
One quote on notifying parents of the dead girl: "He didn't need to be a parent to know that a mother and father should never have to put a kid in the ground before them. Not ever, not for any reason."
My wife and I agree that the author has written this book in a slightly different style than Robert B. Parker. Parker wrote in short sentences, with more dialogue than narrative thought by the central character, i.e. Jesse. This book has more narrative thought than dialogue.
My wife also rates this book 4 stars.
I read this library book in 2 days.
He does solve the case, but there are more deaths. This is book 18 in the series and I have missed reading books 13 through 17. I will have to go back and read them as some things have happened in Jesse's personal life in those books that are referred to in this book.
There are some red herrings leading you on, but to say more would be a spoiler.
One quote on notifying parents of the dead girl: "He didn't need to be a parent to know that a mother and father should never have to put a kid in the ground before them. Not ever, not for any reason."
My wife and I agree that the author has written this book in a slightly different style than Robert B. Parker. Parker wrote in short sentences, with more dialogue than narrative thought by the central character, i.e. Jesse. This book has more narrative thought than dialogue.
My wife also rates this book 4 stars.
I read this library book in 2 days.