Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues

· A Jesse Stone Novel Book 10 · Sold by Penguin
4.1
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320
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Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone returns in a brilliant new addition to the New York Times-bestselling series.

Paradise, Massachusetts, is preparing for the summer tourist season when a string of car thefts disturbs what is usually a quiet time in town. In a sudden escalation of violence, the thefts become murder, and chief of police Jesse Stone finds himself facing one of the toughest cases of his career. Pressure from the town politicians only increases when another crime wave puts residents on edge. Jesse confronts a personal dilemma as well: a burgeoning relationship with a young PR executive, whose plans to turn Paradise into a summertime concert destination may have her running afoul of the law.

When a mysterious figure from Jesse's past arrives in town, memories of his last troubled days as a cop in L.A. threaten his ability to keep order in Paradise-especially when it appears that the stranger is out for revenge.

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4.1
24 reviews
A Google user
February 13, 2019
Really disappointed in this book. The writing and dialogue is so jerky and halting I couldn't finish it. Loved the Jesse Stone novels that were actually written by Robert B. Parker, but this one is not for me.
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A Google user
January 23, 2012
Brandman hits it out of the park. I was unable to tell if it was Brandman or Parker in much of the novel. Enough so that I'll continue buy more of the new author's book with Jesse Stone. Impressed with the consistency of style and prose. We all miss Robert B Parker but it's time to accept the person he trusted to carry his literal torch. When's the next release?
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A Google user
January 12, 2015
Well written.
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About the author

Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.

Michael Brandman, the award-winning producer of more than thirty motion pictures, collaborated with Robert B. Parker for years on movie projects, the Spenser TV movies, and the Jesse Stone series of TV movies starring Tom Selleck. Brandman co-wrote the screenplays for Stone Cold, No Remorse, and Innocents Lost, and supervised the screenplay adaptations of Night Passage, Death in Paradise, and Sea Change. He and Selleck were executive producers of the entire series.

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