Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot

By: Reed Farrel Coleman, Robert B. Parker

Narrated by: James Naughton

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.

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

Jesse Stone solves again!

Jesse Stone is a hero. He’s not perfect, has faults he can’t overcome , but he’s also dedicated to doing his part to make things right. A formidable, honest character. This author has kept him real, given him a difficult task and turned him loose to fix things. A wonderful read! Narrator is excellent. Characters well described and story line exciting. You just know there will be bumps along the way and Jesse will weather the storm. I recommend this book to all Jesse Stone fans. Coleman does a great Parker!

Great book

like all the books in this series good all the way to the end

Blind spot review

Keeps action moving and is of course well done and one wonders what the follow up will be

Great story

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

Characters flow

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

Book had many plot avenues that tie into the conclusion.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Female characters voices took away and made it difficult. Spoiled on other narrators who have mastered voices or had dual male/female narrators.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Play ball!

Any additional comments?

This is the first of Robert Parker novels. I enjoyed the Jess Stone character and would listen to the next in the series (hope with different narrator to distinguish male/female voices).

great story

Very much a Parker mystery. My compliments to the actual author. I intend to read others.....