Review Date: 9/29/2016

Blind Spot is a dismal addition to the Jesse Stone series. Gone is the quick wit that drives the normally dialog driven Robert B. Parker novels.
As a longtime baseball fan and manager, I looked forward to a book that touched on Jesse's past exploits in the game. By the halfway point I was already put off of any further heavy handed mention of the game. Did everyone play minor league ball? Enough with the ball in the glove in his office.
We all understand that Robert B. Parker is gone. These books just allow us to keep his characters a little longer. But not at the level Reed Farrel Coleman drops us to.

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Review Date: 11/15/2011

The first journey into a Robert B. Parker character by another author, Killing The Blues by Michael Brandman keeps to the clipped, sarcastic dialogue of the originals. Jesse Stone's personal development appears to move at a faster pace than we've seen. Less turmoil over Jenn, quicker adjustment away from Sunny, the move to the house that appears in the Jesse Stone movies. "Coffee", the beverage, has a greatly reduced role despite being the first word appearing.
My one detraction would be the addition of the cat into what has always been a traditional dog setting.

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Review Date: 8/22/2011

Tanner is once again Tanner, and all in the way should be warned.

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