Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues

A Jesse Stone Novel

By: Michael Brandman, Robert B. Parker

Narrated by: James Naughton

The Jesse Stone stories continue even after Robert B. Parker’s passing with Killing the Blues. In this novel, Jesse Stone is faced with what begins as a rash of stolen cars and escalates into arson and murder as Stone uncovers how deep this crime wave really goes. All the while, Paradise, Massachusetts is preparing for summer tourism with the help of event planner Alexis Richardson, and she and Stone become involved in a steamy affair.

Critic reviews

“It's a doozy…Michael Brandman shows that the standard that Parker set is still there…it all moves at a very fast pace.”--Lincoln Journal Star

“The mysteries are solved in Jesse's inimitable style, and he even has a little time for a new romantic interest…I love it! Killing the Blues will join the other favorites on my Robert B. Parker bookcase.”--Bookreporter.com

“[An] impressive continuation of [Parker’s] series…easy, banter-filled writing, balanced with the lead's apparently limitless compassion, informed by bitter experience.”--Publishers Weekly

I got started backwards in this. Movie then book!

If you could sum up Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues in three words, what would they be?

gritty humorous wellwritten

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

yes

Any additional comments?

The author has published a number of Jesse Stone books and I happened into the series via Netflix. The main actor is someone I love watching - Tom Selleck, who plays a no nonsense laid back kind of police chief in a small town where stuff happens far too much for the city council to want him poking around in! There are plenty of characters and personalities to make this series a lot of fun to follow through. Unfortunately, on Audible I have only found 2 of the series available. There are a set of 8 dvd's out there and it appears that there are lots more written by the author. The sad thing is that the author has died, so the series will not be continued unless someone else is inspired to take the ball and run with it. I have seen that done before - i.e. the Hopalong Cassidy novels that Louis L'Amour wrote - they were originally written by someone else.

Missing everything that made the Jesse Stone novels so good

The only thing this story has in common with the Robert B. Parker novels are the character names. The banter between the characters was missing. The attempt to make the characters behave as usual ended up making them annoying instead of likeable. The story was lacking. The end was lacking. This book has turned me off from all other Jesse Stone novels not written by the original author.

well written novel

I liked the characters, the plot, and the ending. it is a good book to listen too

Never a letdown!

The intrigue continues! I feel like Jesse has become a friend. The dialogue is as believable as Parker’s characters. The characters get to you. I like that about all the Jesse Stone books I’ve read and highly recommend this one as well.

Another great book

Just like all the rest in series keeps you on your toes all the way to the end