Continuing a series

Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone's series just couldn't die and it didn't; this despite the fact that Parker himself has passed away. In his stead follows Reed Farrel Coleman, a writer in his own right. Some characters should continue and Jesse Stone is one of those.

The question is whether Coleman is just a mimic of Parker's style of his own storyteller; and I am able to answer that, from my perspective he is authentic in his development of this novel with this story with this character. His writing is different, but the feeling of Jesse Stone as he works through the plot is entirely real. I don't always feel that way about a follow through author. Maybe it's because Coleman is a professional and his craftmanship shows.

K. B. Pellegrino, Author