Judy B. (jdyinva) - , reviewed Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues (Jesse Stone, Bk 10) on + 408 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Marvelous, fast-paced book that holds your interest until the very end. Short sentences, short chapters in the Parker style with Jesse in trouble on all sides. His toughness/tenderness is handled so beautifully in this novel you'll wish you knew him personally. About a dozen things going on all at once which makes the book lively and entertaining. Highly recommended.
Helpful Score: 2
I enjoyed "Killing The Blues". Not the best Jesse Stone book, but good. I'm glad someone else is going to continue with the series.
Beverly U. (beekay1936) reviewed Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues (Jesse Stone, Bk 10) on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I have enjoyed most all of Parker's books and was anxious to see what someone else would do with his characters. This book was good. I had to keep reminding myself that Parker did not write it. I am now waiting on another author that has written a book on Spenser. They are proving to be good reads.
Jane M. reviewed Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues (Jesse Stone, Bk 10) on + 65 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This is the first Jesse Stone novel written by the author chosen by Bob Parker's widow and his publisher to carry on the popular series.
Brandman co-wrote the screenplays for the Jesse Stone TV movies along with Parker and series star Tom Selleck, so he was already deeply submerged in the very particular world of Jesse Stone.
This installment carries all the hallmarks of the series: overly clever dialogue, several simultaneous stories, romantic interludes described in superficial detail, and Jesse running around Paradise solving everyone's problems while feeling guilty that some of his behavior created them. All the usual suspects are in the Paradise Police Station. The villains for this installment veer between the truly horrible and the ones you don't mind so much when they get away with their crimes.
Brandman co-wrote the screenplays for the Jesse Stone TV movies along with Parker and series star Tom Selleck, so he was already deeply submerged in the very particular world of Jesse Stone.
This installment carries all the hallmarks of the series: overly clever dialogue, several simultaneous stories, romantic interludes described in superficial detail, and Jesse running around Paradise solving everyone's problems while feeling guilty that some of his behavior created them. All the usual suspects are in the Paradise Police Station. The villains for this installment veer between the truly horrible and the ones you don't mind so much when they get away with their crimes.