As far as I'm concerned, Colorblind marks a real triumph for author Reed Farrel Coleman. Tasked with carrying on the late Robert B Parker's Jesse Stone series, Coleman has been slowly transmogrifying the series with each passing book-I feel I can safely "announce" that the characters that were Parker's are now Coleman's, lock stock and barrel. Don't get me wrong these are still the characters we loved, but we have moved away from a slavish imitation of Parker's work-this is something new, and it...

I am a huge fan of Robert B. Parker, and Reed Farrel Coleman continues this series perfectly. The evolution of Jesse Stone is well written and well thought out. I am already anxious for the next Jesse Stone novel to come out.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley to read and review.ROBERT B. PARKER’S COLORBLIND by Reed Farrel Coleman is the latest Jesse Stone novel in the series (#17) that was originally taken over by Michael Brandman after the death of Robert B. Parker, and is now in the hands of Reed Farrel Coleman, author of “Where It Hurts” and “What You Break” in his Gus Murphy series.Jesse returns to his duties as police chief of Paradise after ending up in rehab, and is serious ab...

It is fall in Paradise as Robert B. Parker’s Colorblind: A Jesse Stone Novel by Reed Farrel Coleman begins. For Police Chief Jesse Stone, it is a time of new beginnings. He is back from alcohol rehab having been gone the last two months. His old house was sold back during the summer and he has moved into a two-bedroom condo. While there has been quite a change in his personal life, life and crime continues on in Paradise, Massachusetts as does politics. Biker gangs have been a problem while Chie...

I have been reading Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone series since its beginning. Jesse is the Chief of Police in the small town of Paradise, outside of Boston. Jesse’s background includes a once promising baseball prospect until suffering a career ending injury. He became a dedicated police officer in the Los Angeles Police department who developed a drinking problem that cost him his job. Jesse’s role as Police Chief in Paradise has been his second chance at making life work, which has been full

If I'm honest, although I very much enjoyed the other books by this author, who took over the series after the death of Robert B. Parker, they never quite measured up to the originals. This one, in which Jesse returns to his job after a couple of months in rehab, doesn't read like "classic" Jesse either. Rather, it does something that seems perfect to me after all these years: brings major changes to Jesse's life including a persona that seems a bit different (not the least of which is that he s...

First Sentence: She thought she might pass out from the ache in the side or that her heart might explode in her chest as she ran barefoot along the dunes. Police Chief Jesse Stone is back at his job after spending two months in rehab for alcoholism and is called to a neighbouring town by the state's chief homicide investigator, Captain Brian Lundquist, to help with a murder investigation. Officer Drake Daniels made an association between the condition of a current victim and a murder that was Je...

Coleman’s fifth Jesse Stone novel tackles a number of timely issues, taking on a darker tone than in past books. Following the events of Robert B. Parker’s The Hangman’s Sonnet, Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone is doing everything he can to give sobriety an honest attempt. That includes a two-month stint in rehab (which takes place between books), along with other lifestyle changes. In his absence, officer Molly Crane assumed Jesse’s desk, though she never has had aspirations of becoming chief....

I almost always enjoy spending time with Jesse Stone, and this book was no exception. I believe the narrator, James Naughton, played a large part in my enjoyment of this one

Chief of Police Jesse Stone's first day back on the job after a stint in rehab starts with the beating and rape of a woman visiting Paradise. Quickly, a cross is burned on the lawn of an interracial couple. Then one of Jesse's cops shoots an unarmed suspect, although she says he fired the first shot. Jesse works to keep his cop out of prison while fighting his personal demons of staying away from the bottle.I love the Jesse Stone book series as well as the TV movies. I bet I've watched all those...

Jesse Stone has just returned to Paradise from alcohol rehab. While he was gone it was alleged that his black female officer shot an unarmed white man. A white power group comes to town to start a revolution. Jesse also has to deal with a series of murders related to the events. A mysterious young man with a several chip on his shoulder also shows up. Coleman has done a good job of being true to the character created by Robert B. Parker.

I missed two books in this series, but read this one anyway. Although the plot is interesting and the characters believable, that Parker spark is missing. I still like the books, however, and the changes in Stone’s life are intriguing.

#17 in the Jesse Stone series (#5 by author Coleman after 9 entries by series originator Parker and 3 by Michael Brandman after Parker's death). This 2018 series entry by author Coleman continues the effort to wean Stone from his addiction to Johnny Walker Black. While the character study is not as complex as the author's Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot (2014) or Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet (2017) it is still marked by Coleman's stamp while being more reminiscent of Parker's less compl...

Jesse Stone is back from rehab, back to his duties as the police chief in Paradise. But a series of crimes that seem to be racially motivated mar his homecoming; ultimately, they lead to the targeting of Deputy Alicia Davis, Paradise’s first black woman deputy, with a sophisticated, cruel frame-up. And, as if all that weren’t enough, there’s young Cole Slayton hanging around town. The young man has a chip on his shoulder and a secret that’s likely to change everything for Jesse.All the usual cha...

Jesse comes back to Paradise after a much needed stay in rehab, he’s tired of fighting his battle with the bottle alone. When he goes back into the office he’s met with some disturbing news. There have been some racial incidents going on in Paradise, one that includes his officer Alicia Davis. While Jesse is trying to come to terms with his sobriety and keep things under control in Paradise, he’s faced with a full on race war. This thing has its tentacles stretched from upstate New York back dow...

By the end of the last book in the series Jesse had been hitting the bottle pretty hard. The death of his girlfriend Diana in a “Debt to Pay” had devastated him and he had used Johnny Walker to deal with his sorrow. He knew it was time for rehab, committed to go and between this book and the last he completed the program. He has now returned to Paradise where Molly Crane has been holding down the fort and acting as Chief of Police. Jesse knows he must give this attempt at sobriety his best shot,...

Reed Farrell Coleman continues to do a good job with the Jesse Stone series of the late Robert B. Parker. This one captured the slightly sad tone of the series and provided a good, fast moving story. The suspense was a little lacking here though. I’m in for the series.

★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 (rounded up)This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader. If you like this, stop by, you might find something else you like.--- This is Coleman's fifth Jesse Stone novel, the seventeenth in the series overall and Coleman has really put his stamp on the character here. He's made the series his own already, adding depth and shades of color to characters that've been around for years, don't get me wrong. But everything he's done could be changed, dropped, or ignored in the next

One would not expect racial unrest in the sleepy town of Paradise, MA, but Jesse Stone and his cops have their hands full. To begin with, a black woman is assaulted in a neighboring town and it is made to look like a murder that occurred in Paradise years before. The woman was in a relationship with a white man, and unfortunately she dies. Then another black female, Alisha, who Jesse hired for diversity purposes, responds to a call at a bar and is taunted by bikers. She also has a relationship w...

(3 1/2). Boy, did I welcome this read. After a bunch of weird, dark explorations a nice visit with Jesse Stone was a boost. Coleman keeps refining his style on his extension of this franchise. The chapters, a la Parker, have gotten shorter, but not quite as short and airy as the originals. This is a strange theme, and Jesse certainly has his hands full with all the goings on, criminally, politically and especially personally. Entertaining as always, a little too farfetched in parts, I am still a...