Jesse Stone

Chief Stone is a former minor league baseball shortstop whose career was cut short by a shoulder injury. He is sure he could have made the big leagues but for that. He's been a police detective almost ever since - from the start of the series, now more than 10 years. He was asked to resign from his job as a homicide detective with LAPD's Robbery-Homicide Division because of a drinking problem that developed after his divorce from his wife Jennifer after 5 years of marriage. Showing up drunk to an interview for a job as police chief for the small town of Paradise, Massachusetts (loosely based on the real town of Marblehead), Stone still landed the job because the head Selectman of Paradise thinks he will be easy to control. In #1, Stone quickly realizes that the town has big league crimes and that it struggles with the mob, white supremacists, wildly errant wives and a triple homicide. He sees that his job will be more difficult than he expected. The series chronicles Stone's cases as c…more

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	Night Passage (Jesse Stone, #1) by Robert B. Parker 4.11 avg rating — 15,384 ratings — published 1997 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues (Jesse Stone, #10) by Michael Brandman 4.12 avg rating — 13,251 ratings — published 2011 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Split Image (Jesse Stone, #9) by Robert B. Parker 3.97 avg rating — 11,122 ratings — published 2010 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble In Paradise (Jesse Stone, #2) by Robert B. Parker 4.03 avg rating — 10,163 ratings — published 1998 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death In Paradise (Jesse Stone, #3) by Robert B. Parker really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,793 ratings — published 2001 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sea Change (Jesse Stone, #5) by Robert B. Parker 3.98 avg rating — 9,710 ratings — published 2006 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	High Profile (Jesse Stone, #6) by Robert B. Parker 3.92 avg rating — 9,712 ratings — published 2007 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night And Day (Jesse Stone, #8) by Robert B. Parker 4.05 avg rating — 9,375 ratings — published 2009 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stranger In Paradise (Jesse Stone, #7) by Robert B. Parker 4.01 avg rating — 9,449 ratings — published 2008 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stone Cold (Jesse Stone, #4) by Robert B. Parker 4.03 avg rating — 9,131 ratings — published 2003 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars