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Jesse Stone Series

22 primary works • 24 total works
Jesse Stone, a police chief in Paradise, Massachusetts

Jesse Stone series
Robert B. Parker - original series found here
Michael Brandman's version
Reed Farrel Coleman version

Book 1

Night Passage
by
4.11 · 15335 Ratings · 886 Reviews · published 1997 · 37 editions
His name is Jesse Stone. He's left the LAPD in dis…

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    Book 2

    Trouble In Paradise
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    4.03     · 10142 Ratings · 479 Reviews · published 1998 · 29 editions
    Robert B. Parker's legendary Spenser series has lo…

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    Book 3

    Death In Paradise
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    4.00     · 9771 Ratings · 496 Reviews · published 2001 · 2 editions
    Robert B. Parker takes us back to Paradise, Massac…

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    Book 4

    Stone Cold
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    4.03     · 9117 Ratings · 428 Reviews · published 2003 · 41 editions
    Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone has a problem no…

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    Book 5

    Sea Change
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    3.99     · 9686 Ratings · 453 Reviews · published 2006 · 44 editions
    Paradise police chief Jesse Stone faces the case o…

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    Book 6

    High Profile
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    3.92     · 9693 Ratings · 547 Reviews · published 2007 · 42 editions
    The murder of a notorious public figure places Par…

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    Book 7

    Stranger In Paradise
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    4.01     · 9436 Ratings · 551 Reviews · published 2008 · 2 editions
    Jesse Stone is an ex LA cop who has taken the job …

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    Book 8

    Night And Day
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    4.05     · 9359 Ratings · 610 Reviews · published 2009 · 1 edition
    Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone …

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    Book 9

    Split Image
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    3.97     · 11099 Ratings · 634 Reviews · published 2010 · 1 edition
    Family ties prove deadly in this brilliant Jesse S…

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    Book 10

    Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues
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    4.12     · 13234 Ratings · 688 Reviews · published 2011 · 31 editions
    The Jesse Stone stories continue nicely after Robe…

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    Book 11

    Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice
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    4.07     · 8690 Ratings · 547 Reviews · published 2012 · 23 editions
    Autumn in Paradise, Massachusetts, is usually an i…

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    Book 12

    Robert B. Parker's Damned If You Do
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    4.01     · 7197 Ratings · 520 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    The girl was was barely out of her teens, not exac…

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    Book 13

    Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot
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    4.02     · 7055 Ratings · 539 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    "Coleman keeps the characters and the somber atmos…

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    Book 14

    Robert B. Parker's The Devil Wins
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    4.14     · 6427 Ratings · 474 Reviews · published 2015 · 15 editions
    In the wake of a huge storm, three bodies are disc…

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    Book 15

    Robert B. Parker's Debt to Pay
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    4.13     · 6053 Ratings · 472 Reviews · published 2016 · 13 editions
    All is quiet in Paradise, Massachusetts, except fo…

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    Book 16

    Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet
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    4.09     · 5385 Ratings · 391 Reviews · published 2017 · 1 edition
    Here's a stellar novel in Robert B. Parker's 'New …

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    Book 17

    Robert B. Parker's Colorblind
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    4.27     · 5027 Ratings · 373 Reviews · published 2018 · 14 editions
    Police chief Jesse Stone returns in the newest nov…

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    Book 18

    Robert B. Parker's The Bitterest Pill
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    4.25     · 4715 Ratings · 336 Reviews · published 2019 · 9 editions
    The opioid epidemic has reached Paradise, and Poli…

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    Book 19

    Robert B. Parker's Fool's Paradise
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    4.09     · 4457 Ratings · 344 Reviews · published 2020 · 8 editions
    When an unknown man is found murdered in Paradise,…

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    Book 20

    Robert B. Parker's Stone's Throw
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    4.22     · 5062 Ratings · 272 Reviews · published 2021 · 1 edition
    "Paradise is rocked by the mayor's untimely death …

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    Book 21

    Robert B. Parker's Fallout
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    4.22     · 4709 Ratings · 275 Reviews · published 2022 · 6 editions
    When two seemingly unconnected mysterious deaths o…

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    Book 22

    Robert B. Parker's Buried Secrets
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    4.41     · 3618 Ratings · 251 Reviews · 8 editions
    Police chief Jesse Stone must investigate the myst…

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    Book 1-5

    Robert B Parker: The Jesse Stone Novels 1-5
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    4.37     · 407 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2012 · 1 edition
    "The new series by the creator of the hugely succe…

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    Book 6-9

    Robert B. Parker: The Jesse Stone Novels 6-9
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    4.50     · 334 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    From "the reigning champion of the American tough-…

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