New Fiction Titles on the New York Times Best Sellers List (2/26/06)
by Mazie
Jackie Collins followed her sister Joan to Hollywood years ago but preferred writing novels about actors and other players in LaLaLand to starring on the silver screen.
And while Robert B. Parker will be forever linked to his knight-errant character Spenser, he has branched out in the last several years and breathed life into his writing by creating a few new characters. My favorite is Jesse Stone, a man with a drinking problem and a troubled past. Fleeing from both his police career and an ex-wife in California, he takes a job as the police chief of Paradise, a small Massachusetts town. A little while ago I watched Tom Selleck bring this character to life in two good made-for-tv movies, Stone Cold and Night Passage.
At #4 is Sea Change by Robert B. Parker: this time Jesse Stone investigates the murder of a woman who washed ashore in his small town.
At #6 is Lovers and Players by Jackie Collins: more sex and scandal with Red Diamond's family.
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