Robert B. Parker: The Jesse Stone Novels 6-9

Jesse Stone #6-9

by Robert B. Parker

From "the reigning champion of the American tough-guy detective novel" (Entertainment Weekly), four novels featuring Jesse Stone, ex-LAPD, now the police chief in Paradise, Massachusetts. Don't miss these mysteries from the New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser ProfileStranger in ParadiseNight and DaySplit Image

Genres: Mystery

829 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 4, 2012

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database named Robert B. Parker.
Robert Brown Parker was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies was also produced based on the character. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited as reviving and changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.
Parker also wrote nine novels featuring the fictional character Jesse Stone, a Los Angeles police officer who moves to a small New England town; six novels with the fictional character Sunny Randall, a female private investigator; and four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. The first was Appaloosa, made into a film starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen.

Reviews

[Stanley · Rating 4 out of 5]

The stories are good, the banter between the main characters is great, but sex and language are a bit much. After nine books, the frequent sessions with the psychiatrist made me just want to skip ahead because they rarely deal with the plot. Grammer and spelling errors seem to be increasing. None of these are deal breakers, I'll finish the series, mainly because the remaining books are written by several different authors following the original authors death, like the Clancy books.

[Ranette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent novels about cops and how one in particular lives his life and gets his clues.

[SHARON L. SWEETLAND · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good stories

Loved the way these stories are written where the dialogue makes you feel like you are right there with them listening to their conversation.

[Wayne Rice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun to read. Not for young people. Good characters.

[Susan ODell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy Read

I have been reading the series and this might be the best one yet. It’s a very easy book to follow.