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 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 reunion of his old Triple-A team at a hip New York city hotel, he is forced to grapple with his memories and regrets over what might have been.

Jesse left more behind him than unresolved feelings about the play that ended his baseball career. The darkly sensuous Kayla, his former girlfriend and current wife of an old teammate is there in New York, too. As is Kayla’s friend, Dee, an otherworldly beauty with secret regrets of her own. But Jesse’s time at the reunion is cut short when, in Paradise, a young woman is found murdered and her boyfriend, a son of one of the town’s most prominent families, is missing and presumed kidnapped.

Though seemingly coincidental, there is a connection between the reunion and the crimes back in Paradise. As Jesse, Molly, and Suit hunt for the killer and for the missing son, it becomes clear that one of Jesse’s old teammates is intimately involved in the crimes. That there are deadly forces working below the surface and just beyond the edge of their vision. Sometimes, that’s where the danger comes from, and where real evil lurks. Not out in the light—but in your blind spot. Amateur Sleuths Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Small Town & Rural Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Crime Sports Suspense New York Career

Critic reviews

“I had high hopes for what a writer of Coleman’s skill would bring to the series, and those hopes have not just been met, they have been exceeded. I’m sure I am not going to be the first, or the only, person to declare that he has saved Jesse Stone…Blind Spot is cause for celebration.”—January Magazine

“A spellbinding mystery…fast-paced, exciting…Coleman writes a potent crime story. Fans and newcomers alike will get hooked and should look forward to the next Jesse Stone book by Reed Coleman.”—Crimespree Magazine

“Blind Spot is everything…this series can and should be.”—Bookreporter.com
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Another enjoyable book from the Jesse Stone novels although no longer written by the original unfortunately now deceased author, the current author folliws the well tried successful formula to allow the series to continue. Highly recommended.

An enjoyable book

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Sadly when the world lost Robert B Parker, his talent died with him. I loved the Jesse Stone stories, but Coleman's interpretation lacks the finesse that we are so used to. Too much sex, too much drinking and sacrilegious to suggest getting rid of the Ozzie Smith picture!

I wouldn't recommend this story, but James Naughton does a good job with narration.

Not Up To Parker's Usual Standard

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I liked the depth of all the characters and the story had a great ending. Not sure I understand all the baseball references but still a great story

Depth of characters

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A little slow at the beginning but it all comes together in the end. Well written in Robert B Parker’s style and narrated by a rich voice

Jesse Stone another great one!!!!

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What was most disappointing about Reed Farrel Coleman and Robert B. Parker (Created by) ’s story?

I really enjoy the Jesse Stone novels by Robert B Parker, the new novels by Michael Brandman were written in Parker's style and are also fabulous. Unfortunately Reed Farrel Coleman uses the characters but not in the style of Robert B Parker. This is a big disappointment. This Jesse Stone is not the same Jesse Stone as portrayed in the books by Robert B Parker and Michael Brandman. In addition, the story has some sadistic parts which stick in the memory unpleasantly, something which is absent from the works of Robert B Parker (and from both Michael Brandman and Ace Atkins). Very disappointed.

In addition, this is actually the first novel of a multipart story, the last 30 seconds of the audio recording are the equivalent of the "to be continued ..." screen on a TV show. This is also very different to the Robert B Parker novels which are all self-contained stories.

Have you listened to any of James Naughton’s other performances? How does this one compare?

Nothing wrong with the narrator, in fact, the narration was really good, it's the content that is the problem.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment because the Jesse Stone novels by Robert B Parker and Michael Brandman are very good, and this one is very different, I feel a cheated. I am also a bit upset that this novel leaves unpleasant gruesome images in my memory which I did not want. I liked the previous novels because they are subtle and character-based, psychological thrillers without the need for horrific or gruesome detail descriptions.

Any additional comments?

I just wish that Michael Brandman had continued to write the Jesse Stone sequels.

The last 30 secs are 'to be continued'

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