Michael Brandman, read by James Naughton. Random House Audio, unabridged, four CDs, 4.5 hrs., $32 ISBN 978-0-7393-8489-3
In Brandman's continuation of Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone series, the Paradise, Mass., police chief must solve a murder case that begins with a series of car thefts and arson, while engaged in a game of cat-and-mouse with a vindictive thug from...
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Michael Brandman. Putnam, $25.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-399-15784-4
Brandman, who collaborated with Robert B. Parker (1932–2010) on TV adaptations of his work, perfectly reproduces Parker's style in this impressive continuation of his series featuring Paradise, Mass., police chief Jesse Stone. A series of auto...
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Michael Brandman. Putnam, $26.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-399-15950-3
Ornery Jesse Stone again puts justice ahead of the law in Brandman’s assured third continuation of Parker’s series featuring the Massachusetts smalltown police chief (after 2012’s Fool Me Twice). Stone has two serious matters on his plate: endemic...
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Michael Brandman. Poisoned Pen, $26.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0806-5
LAPD homicide detective Burton “Buddy” Steel, the narrator of this highly readable if shallow series launch from Brandman (Robert B. Parker’s Killing the Blues and two other Jesse Stone novels), moves back to the small town of Freedom, Calif., to...
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Michael Brandman. Poisoned Pen, $26.95 (262p) ISBN 978-1-4642-1029-7
At the start of Brandman’s smooth if superficial sequel to 2017’s Missing Persons, Deputy Sheriff Buddy Steele receives a call to go to a murder scene at the high school in Freedom, Calif., an upscale costal community just a couple of hours’ drive...
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Michael Brandman. Putnam, $25.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-399-15949-7
Brandman once again smoothly channels Robert B. Parker (1932–2010) in his second Jesse Stone novel (after 2011’s Robert B. Parker’s Killing the Blues), though Stone’s muted reaction to several dramatic events will strike some readers as...
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Michael Brandman. Poisoned Pen, $26.99 (248p) ISBN 978-1-4642-1158-4
In bestseller Brandman’s fast and fun third Buddy Steele mystery (after 2018’s One on One), the California Coastal Commission has a job for Buddy, a deputy sheriff in Freedom, a “mostly upscale residential community, second home to a number of...
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Michael Brandman. Poisoned Pen, $8.99 mass market (264p) ISBN 978-1-4642-1430-1
At the start of bestseller Brandman’s solid fourth mystery featuring sheriff’s deputy Buddy Steel (after 2019’s Wild Card), Buddy, who’s taking some time off in Utah, returns home to Freedom, Calif., after the home of his ailing sheriff father is...
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