Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010. Reed Farrel Coleman, author of the New York Times--bestselling Robert B. Parker's Colorblind, has been called a hard-boiled poet by NPR's Maureen Corrigan. He has published twenty-eight previous novels. A four-time winner of the Shamus Award, he has also won the Anthony, Macavity, Barry, and Audie awards. Coleman lives with his family on Long Island.
Praise for Robert B. Parker's Colorblind Superior...Coleman makes the impact of these events on individuals palpable, giving this nuanced entry more emotional weight. --Publishers Weekly Colorblind represents a further advance in Coleman's effort to make this series his own...The result is another well-written, fast-paced yarn from one of the acknowledged masters of crime fiction. --Associated Press Praise for the Robert B. Parker novels by Reed Farrel Coleman Coleman's fourth Jesse Stone novel is easily his best. It features a clever plot and finds Jesse confronting some very real inner demons. Best of all, it brings together three of Robert B. Parker's much-loved characters. Must reading for Parker devotees. --Booklist (starred review) Coleman deftly captures the nuances of this character....[He] skillfully keeps Stone on the track that Parker set, while also adding his own touches to the character and the story. --Oline Cogdill for SouthFlorida.com