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Praise for Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot by Reed Farrel Coleman Coleman is continuing the Stone saga in his own crisp prose style. . . . Jesse Stone fans will be eager to discover where Coleman takes this compelling series next. --Associated Press Fans of both Parker's Spenser and Jesse Stone series will enjoy this thirteenth installment. . . . Like Spenser, Jesse is a man of honor who feels he must speak for the dead. Coleman's writing mimics Parker's, with short chapters, snappy repartee, and just enough action. . . . It is a great, fast beach read, recommended for all detective fiction fans. -- Library Journal The new Jesse Stone thriller is electric. Told with spare, convincing descriptions and terse dialogue, the spirit of creator Robert B. Parker leaps off the page. . . . Critically acclaimed mystery author Reed Farrel Coleman has taken over the series in what might be the perfect pairing of character and living writer. -- AZ Central Coleman, best known for his Moe Prager series . . . successfully emulates the tone and style of the late Robert B. Parker's nine Jesse Stone novels. -- Publishers Weekly Coleman keeps the characters and the somber atmosphere but makes the book his own stylistically. -- Booklist

Coleman s solid second Jesse Stone novel finds Parker s flawed hero, now the police chief of Paradise, Mass., still having trouble separating from his ex, connecting with people emotionally, and dealing with guilt over a subordinate s near-fatal shooting Coleman succeeds in adding some needed depth to Jesse s character. Publishers Weekly Small town, big secret, and a community s shame. In the blink of an eye, Jesse goes from worrying about potential storm damage to investigating three homicides suspenseful, melancholy examination of loss and how sometimes, despite our best efforts, the past refuses to stay buried, and it will certainly please fans still craving more of Parker s characters. Booklist

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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. Reed Farrel Coleman, author of the New York Times bestselling Robert B. Parker s Blind Spot, has been called a hard-boiled poet by NPR s Maureen Corrigan and the noir poet laureate in The Huffington Post. He has published twenty-one novels, including nine books in the critically acclaimed Moe Prager series. He is a three-time recipient of the Shamus Award for Best Detective Novel of the Year, a winner of the Barry and Anthony Awards, and is a three-time Edgar Award nominee. An adjunct instructor at Hofstra University and an instructor for MWA U, he lives with his family on Long Island.

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