Jesse Stone mysteries
"PARKER MAY BE THE FINEST PROSE STYLIST IN THE GENRE." Chief of Police Jesse Stone returns to investigate the murder of a troubled teenager in a seemingly bucolic New England town. The Paradise Men's Softball League has wrapped up another game, and Jesse Stone is lingering in the parking lot with his teammates, drinking beer, swapping stories of double plays and beautiful women in the late-summer twilight. But then a frightened voice calls out
...4) Stone cold
"Parker may be the finest prose stylist in the genre."-The Denver Post
"Jesse Stone is one of Robert B. Parker's finer inventions" USA Today
In Stone Cold, Police Chief Jesse Stone has a problem. Actually, several problems: dead bodies turning up, and no clues. A man takes his dog out for a run on the beach, only to be discovered hour later-with two holes in his chest. A woman drives her Volvo to the mall
...5) Sea change
A battered body washes ashore in Paradise, Massachusetts, during the town’s biggest event—Race Week. Jesse’s investigation takes him to Florida, and back, while his private life takes him back to his ex-wife.
6) High profile
Two victims in less than a week should provide a host of clues, but all Jesse runs into are dead...
When Crow shows up in Jesse’s office some ten years after the crime, it’s not to turn himself in. Crow is...
When the sun sets in Paradise, the women get nervous. A Peeping Tom is on the loose. According to the notes he sends Police Chief Jesse Stone, he's about to take his obsession one step further.
9) Split image
Turns out the stiff was a foot soldier for local tough guy Reggie Galen, now enjoying a comfortable “retirement” with his beautiful wife, Rebecca, in the nicest part of Paradise. Living next door are Knocko Moynihan and his wife, Robbie, who also happens to be Rebecca’s twin. But what initially appears to be a low-level...
13) Blind Spot
Police Chief Jesse Stone is back in the remarkable new installment of the New York Times–bestselling series.
It’s been a long time since Jesse Stone left L.A., and still longer since the tragic injury that ruined his chances for a major league baseball career. When Jesse is invited to a
19) Fool's paradise
20) Stone's Throw
The town of Paradise receives a tragic shock when the mayor is discovered dead, his body lying in a shallow grave on a property on the lake. It's ostensibly suicide, but Jesse's has his doubts . . . especially because the piece of land where the man was found is the subject of a contentious and dodgy land deal.
Two powerful...