HIGH PROFILE

HIGH PROFILE

Nobody does it better than Robert B. Parker, the rightful heir to Raymond Chandler. High Profile is his 56th crime novel and none the worse for that. Why has someone murdered controversial talk show host Walton Weeks - and his mistress? It's not as simple as you think, as police chief Jesse Stone discovers. As always with Parker, the plot, tight though it is, almost fades into insignificance in the face of brilliant dialogue and characterisation.