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Tag Archives: Jesse Stone
My Review of “Colorblind,” the Latest Jesse Stone Novel by Reed Farrel Coleman
When a young black police officer hired by Chief Stone guns down an apparently unarmed white suspect in a cross burning, tensions run high in the fictional town of Paradise, MA. As a white nationalist organization from out of town … Continue reading
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“Robert B. Parker’s The Hangman’s Sonnet” — My Review
Since his fiancé Diana was murdered (Debt to Pay, 2016), former pro baseball player turned small town police chief Jesse Stone has spent much of his time pounding a baseball into his glove, staring at his poster of Ozzie Smith, … Continue reading
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Who’s Reading “The Dread Line” Now? It’s Best-Selling Mystery Writer Reed Farrel Coleman
With is fine stand-alone novels such as Gun Church and his remarkable Moe Prager private eye series, Reed Farrel Coleman has long been one of the best mystery writers in the business. But since he was selected to continue the … Continue reading
On Book Tour With My Friend, The Great Reed Farrel Coleman
Reed Farrel Coleman and I talked about our new novels and signed copies for readers at two great bookstores, Murder by the Book in Houston and Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, AZ, last week. My new one is The Dread Line, … Continue reading
How I Made the Transition From Journalist to Crime Novelist
A lot of people think that daily journalism must be a great training ground for novelists. I tell them that, for the most part, it is not. As someone who worked as a news reporter and editor for forty years … Continue reading
What’s a Mystery Writer to Do When His Hero Loses His Crime-Fighting Job?
A lot of mystery story heroes used to do something else for a living. For example, Robert B. Parker’s series character, Jesse Stone, was a professional baseball player before he became a police chief. Ace Atkins’s Quinn Colson was a … Continue reading
Best-Selling Mystery Writer Reed Farrel Coleman Raves About “THE DREAD LINE”
Reed Farrel Coleman, the best-selling mystery author who is now writing the Jesse Stone series originated by the late Robert B. Parker, says this about the latest book in my Edgar Award-winning series of hard-boiled crime novels: “From the great … Continue reading
“Nantucket Grand” by Steven Axelrod — A Review
I always enjoy discovering a fine new crime novelist, so I’m indebted to Barbara Peters of Poisoned Penn Press and the proprietor of the Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale, AZ, for introducing me to Steven Axelrod. Steven isn’t exactly new. … Continue reading
My Review of Reed Farrel Coleman’s “The Devil Wins”
I admire Reed Farrel Coleman’s fine work in reviving the late Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone series. Check out my Associated Press review of his latest crime novel, The Devil Wins, here.
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Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone is Still With Us — Sort of
After the great Robert B. Parker died, his widow and his publisher selected two authors to continue writing books featuring his two most popular characters. The first of them to appear is “Killing the Blues,” a Jesse Stone novel written … Continue reading
Bruce DeSilva's Rogue Island 