Synopses & Reviews
"Coleman keeps the characters and the somber atmosphere but makes the book his own stylistically." --Booklist Police Chief Jesse Stone is back in the remarkable new installment of the New York Timesbestselling series.
Its 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 Kaylas friend, Dee, an otherworldly beauty with secret regrets of her own. But Jesses 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 towns 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 Jesses 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, thats where the danger comes from, and where real evil lurks. Not out in the lightbut in your blind spot.
Review
Praise for the Cole-Hitch Series “Clever detective work and considerable shooting...it reads lightning fast...suspenseful.”
—Booklist on Robert B. Parker's Bull River
"Robert B. Parker's legion of fans will be thrilled with Ironhorse. Robert Knott, co-writer of the screenplay for Appaloosa - Bob's remarkable western- has penned the next great saga featuring itinerant lawmen Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole. Knott's new novel reads just like vintage Parker and the storyline crackles with all the excitement and humor of what is a perfect continuation of the Hitch/Cole series. Parker fans are going to love it!" —Ed Harris, Academy Award-nominated actor
“A welcome second edition to the return of these delightful western characters.”
—The Oklahoman on Robert B. Parker's Bull River
“Hitch and Cole, reminiscent of the steely eyed, soft-spoken lawmen Randolph Scott played in the movies, speak volumes to one another with a few words and a nod of the head.” —Associated Press
“Parkers rightly known best for his mysteries. Thatll happen when you create one of mystery fictions most indelible characters - the Boston private detective Spenser….You read Parker because he could tell a story and make you care about his characters. Blue-Eyed Devil only hones Parkers legacy as an ace storyteller, in any genre, to the end.” — The Chicago Sun Times
“Add Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch to all the great characters that Robert B. Parker created over the decades to give us enjoyment and entertainment.” —BookReporter.com
“Blue-Eyed Devil shines.…a page-turner of the first order, and updated western that feels as fresh as anything out there….Virgil Cole never misses, not when it matters. Parker didnt either.” —The Boston Globe “Ironhorse hits with the intensity of an eight-gauge shotgun blast… A rip-snorting tale full of sparse dialogue seasoned with wit as dry as an Oklahoma prairie wind and enough flying bullets and buckshot to fill a caboose... Virgil and Everett's fates are in excellent hands.”
—Tulsa World on on Robert B. Parker's Ironhorse
Review
Praise for Robert B. Parkers Bull River
“A twisting, turning ride…and a welcome second edition to the return of these delightful western characters.”—The Oklahoman
“Straddles that boundary between the whodunit and the gunslingers. The result is one that should be particularly satisfying to fans of both genres.”—Bookreporter.com
“Clever detective work and considerable shooting. It reads lightning fast...Suspenseful.” —Booklist
“Provides fans exactly what theyre looking for.”—Kirkus Reviews
And for the Cole and Hitch Novels
“Hits with the intensity of an eight-gauge shotgun blast.”—Tulsa World
"Robert Knott…has penned the next great saga. Parker fans are going to love it!"—Ed Harris, Academy Award-nominated actor
“Hitch and Cole, reminiscent of the steely eyed, soft-spoken lawmen Randolph Scott played in the movies, speak volumes to one another with a few words and a nod of the head.”—The Associated Press
“Add Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch to all the great characters that Robert B. Parker created over the decades to give us enjoyment and entertainment.”—BookReporter.com
“A page-turner of the first order, and updated western that feels as fresh as anything out there….Virgil Cole never misses, not when it matters. Parker didnt either.”—The Boston Globe
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Praise for Robert Knott
“Knotts third shot at re-creating the Cole-Hitch partnership is by far the best…the two reflects the dry humor that helps bond them. There is also a very clever mystery mixed in, and the Seraphine subplot adds a Twilight Zone finish to an extraordinarily entertaining novel.”
—Booklist, on Robert B. Parker's The Bridge
“Clever detective work and considerable shooting…it reads lightning fast…suspenseful.”
—Booklist, on Robert B. Parkers Bull River
“Robert Knott has penned the next great saga featuring Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole. It reads just like vintage Parker, and the story line crackles with excitement and humor. Parker fans are going to love it!”
—Ed Harris, Academy Award-nominated actor
Review
Praise for ROBERT B. PARKER'S BLINDSPOT by Reed Farrel Coleman “Fans of both Parkers Spenser and Jesse Stone series will enjoy this 13th installment… Like Spenser, Jesse is a man of honor who feels he must speak for the dead. Colemans writing mimics Parkers, with short chapters, snappy repartee, and just enough action… It is a great, fast beach read, recommended for all detective fiction fans.” — Library Journal
“Coleman is continuing the Stone saga in his own crisp prose style. … Jesse Stone fans will be eager to discover where Coleman takes this compelling series next.”
— Associated Press
"Coleman keeps the characters and the somber atmosphere but makes the book his own stylistically." —Booklist
“The new Jesse Stone thriller is electric. Told with spare, convincing descriptions and terse dialogue, the spirit of creator Robert B. Parker leaps off the page. …Critically acclaimed mystery author Reed Farrel Coleman has taken over the series in what might be the perfect pairing of character and living writer. …Coleman is among the best writers you've probably never read. … [He applies ]his own deeply empathetic style to the damaged, alcoholic police chief in a plot that takes readers back to the pivotal moment when Stone's baseball career ended. …The result is a new introduction to old characters and proof the past is a predator that never stops hunting.” —AZ Central
Coleman deftly captures the nuances of this character who Parker introduced in 1997 and featured in nine novels. Coleman proves to be the best choice to take up this series. Coleman skillfully keeps Stone on the track that Parker set, while also adding his own touches to the character and the story. As Atkins expertly reinvents the Spenser novels, Coleman shows his dexterity in "Blind Spot." —Oline Cogdill for SouthFlorida.com
“Reed has saved Jesse Stone by embracing the character, not by imitating Parker's writing style. He's done it by making Stone his own. He has fleshed out Stone's world, and his inner life, in so many ways. His first smart move was making the crime story personal, one that goes to the root of Stone's character, and that allows Reed to reboot the series, to reintroduce the character, his past, and his relationships and tweak them a bit along the way….Blind Spot is a cause for celebration.”
— Lee Goldberg, New York Times-bestselling author with Janet Evanovich of The Chase
“Coleman, best known for his Moe Prager series . . . successfully emulates the tone and style of the late Robert B. Parkers nine Jesse Stone novels.” — Publishers Weekly
Praise for the Jesse Stone series
“As in every Parker novel, the great attraction is the writing. The authors wry wit and clear, muscular prose go down so easily that his books seem to be not so much read as inhaled.” —Associated Press
“Stone, who continues to struggle with his drinking and his obsession with his manipulative ex-wife, is the most engaging of Parkers post-Spenser contemporary protagonists. . . . …The dialogue is spot-on and the professional chemistry between Stone and his small force is its own reason to read the series.” —Booklist
Synopsis
Clever detective work and considerable shooting. It reads lightning fast...Suspenseful.” Booklist
Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in the saddle with guns blazing in this gritty, intense addition to the New York Timesbestselling series.
After hunting down the notorious desperado Alejandro Vasquez, Territorial Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Everett Hitch return him to San Cristóbal to stand trial. No sooner do they remand him into custody than a major bank robbery occurs and the lawmen find themselves tasked with another job: investigating the robbery of the Comstock Bank, recovering the loot, and bringing the criminals to justice.
But when their primary suspect is found severely beaten outside a high-class brothel and turns out to be using a false identity to escape a torrid past, it is Alejandro who becomes the key to their investigation. Cole and Hitch are soon on the trail of the money, two calculating brothers, and the daughter of St. Louiss most prominent millionaire in a Cain and Abel story that brings revenge to a whole new level.
Synopsis
THE NEW COLE AND HITCH NOVEL"ADD [THEM] TO ALL THE GREAT CHARACTERS THAT ROBERT. B. PARKER CREATED."BookReporter.com
A bank robbery in San Cristóbal is yielding its fair share of surprises for Territorial Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Everett Hitch. It also draws the duo into a mystery involving the bank president himself, the daughter of St. Louiss most prominent millionaire, and a notorious desperado who holds the key to unlocking a family secret that raises revenge to a whole new level.
Synopsis
The next gritty, gun-slinging entry in the New York Timesbestselling series, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in Appaloosa, where their work enforcing the law has been exceptionally quiet. All that is about to change. An ominous storm rolls in, and along with it a band of night riders with a devious scheme, who show up at the Rio Blanco camp, where a three-hundred-foot bridge is under construction.
Appaloosas Sheriff Sledge Driskill and his deputies are the first to respond, but as the storm grows more threatening, news of troubles at the bridge escalate and the Sheriff and his deputies go missing.
Virgil and Everett saddle up to sort things out but before they do the hard drinking, Beauregard Beauchamp arrives in Appaloosa with his Theatrical Extravaganza troupe and the promise of the best in lively entertainment west of the Mississippi. With the troupe comes a lovely and mysterious fortune-teller who is set on saving Everett from imminent but indefinable danger.
The trouble at the bridge, the missing lawmen, the new arrivals, and Everetts shoot-out in front of Hals Café arent the only things on Cole and Hitchs plate as a gang of unsavory soldiers ease into town with a shady alibi, shadier intentions, and a soon-to-be-discovered wake of destruction.
As clouds over Appaloosa continue to gather, things get much worse for Cole and Hitch
About the Author
Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Police Chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil ColeEverett Hitch Westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.
Robert Knott is an actor, writer, and producer. His extensive list of stage, television, and film credits includes the feature film Appaloosa, based on the Robert B. Parker novel, which he adapted and produced with actor and producer Ed Harris. He is also the author of Robert B. Parkers Ironhorse, a Cole and Hitch novel.