Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues

 A New York Times bestseller -- Robert B. Parker was long acknowledged as the dean of American crime fiction. He was named Grand Master of the 2002 Edgar Awards by the Mystery Writers of America, an honor shared with earlier masters such as Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. He was the creator of the fictional wisecracking, street-smart Boston private-eye Spenser, who inspired the ABCTV series "Spenser: For Hire". Parker was the author of over 50 bestsellers. He died in January 2010. Michael Brandman is uniquely qualified to carry the Jesse Stone series into the future. An award-winning producer of more than thirty motion pictures, he collaborated with Robert B. Parker on more than a dozen of them. Brandman produced and Parker wrote three Spenser films for A&E, and their collaboration continued with the Jesse Stone TV movies currently broadcast on CBS. The 10th novel to feature Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone. Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone returns in a brilliant new addition to the New York Times bestselling series. Paradise, Massachusetts, is preparing for the summer tourist season when a string of car thefts disturbs what is usually a quiet time in town. In a sudden escalation of violence, the thefts become murder, and chief of police Jesse Stone finds himself facing one of the toughest cases of his career. When a mysterious figure from Jesse's past arrives in town, memories of his last troubled days as a cop in L.A. threaten his ability to keep order in Paradise.