Author Robert B Parker is best known for his Spenser mystery series, about a self-desribed handsome thug of a Boston detective who dates a sexy Harvard psychologist. Spenser freely quotes classic literature and poetry while beating down the bad guys with his similarly well educated partner in "thugery", Hawk.
Parker's Jesse Stone series is set in a small sea side town north of Boston with the ironic name of Paradise. Beautifully shot, with an arresting and sad score, this series explores the hidden criminal underbelly of suburbia, in which even the good guys like Jesse fight addiction to alcohol and toxic ex-wives, returning home alone to similarly mournful pets. Tom Selleck and the rest of the incredibly on-point, well-casted crew hit just the right note, patiently journeying through life, being as kind and honorable as their life circumstances allow.
Parker has a nose for the surburban pretentious and lost, and for turning obvious judgements of morality on it's hesd, here painting the guy running high-end prostitution as having more feeling than the local dirty vice cop. Come for the action, stay for the richly painted subtly drawn characters and quiet, centered sense of self -reflection evoked in this beautiful and faithful rendition of one of America's most talented and prolific mystery writers. I miss you, Robert B Parker.
Parker's Jesse Stone series is set in a small sea side town north of Boston with the ironic name of Paradise. Beautifully shot, with an arresting and sad score, this series explores the hidden criminal underbelly of suburbia, in which even the good guys like Jesse fight addiction to alcohol and toxic ex-wives, returning home alone to similarly mournful pets. Tom Selleck and the rest of the incredibly on-point, well-casted crew hit just the right note, patiently journeying through life, being as kind and honorable as their life circumstances allow.
Parker has a nose for the surburban pretentious and lost, and for turning obvious judgements of morality on it's hesd, here painting the guy running high-end prostitution as having more feeling than the local dirty vice cop. Come for the action, stay for the richly painted subtly drawn characters and quiet, centered sense of self -reflection evoked in this beautiful and faithful rendition of one of America's most talented and prolific mystery writers. I miss you, Robert B Parker.