REED FARREL COLEMAN

Hundido hasta el cuello en un mar de problemas, el investigador privado Moe Prager recibe una inesperada y en principio indeseada llamada telefónica. Una llamada que podría salvarlo o tal vez terminar de hundirlo. Es de una residencia de ancianos, para informar a Moe de la muerte inminente de un hombre del que nunca ha oido hablar. Pero entre las pocas posesiones de Tyrone Byrson esta un viejo recorte de periodico que obliga a Moe a remontarse a un caso de hace veinte años. Reed Farrel Coleman es el menor de tres hermanos. Nacido y criado en Nueva York, comenzo a escribir en el instituto, pero no se planteo convertirlo en profesion hasta despues de haber participado en un curso de ficcion criminal en el Brooklyn College. Su primera novela, Life Goes Sleeping, se publico en 1991. Antes de dedicarse por entero a escribir, Reed trabajo de comercial para una empresa de alimentos infantiles, de vendedor de coches, de encargado de una agencia de transportes aereos, de camarero, de taxista y de camionero. Conocio a su mujer en un taller de escritura de la New School de Manhattan. Viven con sus dos hijos en el condado de Suffolk en Long Island, Nueva York.

Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations can co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But peace has also made humanity complacent. Cheng Xin, an aerospace engineer from the 21st century, awakens from hiber-nation in this new age. She brings knowledge of a long-forgotten program dating from the start of the Trisolar Crisis, and her presence may upset the delicate balance between two worlds. Will humanity reach for the stars or die in its cradle?

The stellar new novel in Robert B. Parker’s New York Times–bestselling series featuring Paradise police chief Jesse Stone. Jesse Stone, still reeling from the murder of his fiancée by crazed assassi

The new Jesse Stone novel in Robert B. Parker''s"New York Times" bestselling series and this one is a cause for celebration ("January Magazine"). A reunion with former baseball teammates leaves Jesse Stone grappling with memories and regrets over what might have been, and that includes bittersweet memories of his old girlfriend, the darkly sensuous and secretive Kayla, who has unexpectedly arrived at the reunion as well. But when a young woman is found murdered in Paradise, and her boyfriend, a son of one of the town s most prominent families, is kidnapped, Jesse s investigation yields some troubling suspicions: the reunion and the murder are connected, and one of Jesse s old friends is intimately involved in the crimes."

All is quiet in Paradise, except for a spate of innocuous vandalism. Good thing, too, because Jesse Stone is preoccupied with the women in his life, both past and present. As his ex-wife, Jenn, is about to marry a Dallas real-estate tycoon, Jesse isnt too sure his relationship with former FBI agent Diana Evans is built to last. But those concerns get put on the back burner when a major Boston crime boss is brutally murdered. Despite all evidence to the contrary, Jesse suspects its the work of Mr. Peepers, a psychotic assassin who has caused trouble for Jesse in the past.Peepers has long promised revenge against the Mob, Jesse, and Suit for their roles in foiling one of his hits-and against Jenn as well. And though Jesse and Jenn have long parted ways, Jesse still feels responsible for her safety. Jesse and Diana head to Dallas for the wedding and, along with the tycoons security team, try to stop Peepers before the bill comes due. With Peepers toying with the authorities as to when and where hell strike, Jesse is up against the wall. Still, theres a debt to pay and blood to be spilled to satisfy it. But whose blood, and just how much?

Police Chief Jesse Stone is back in the remarkable new installment of the New York Times-bestselling series.Its been a long time since Jesse Stone left LA, and longer still since the tragic injury that denied him a Major League Baseball career. When Jesse is invited to a reunion of his old Triple-A team at a hip NYC hotel, he is forced to grapple with his regrets over what might have been.Jesse left more behind him than bitterness about the play that ended his career. The darkly sensuous Kayla, his ex-girlfriend and current wife of an old teammate is in New York, too. As is Kaylas friend, Dee, an enchantress with secret regrets of her own.But Jesses time at the reunion is cut short when, in Paradise, a young woman is murdered and her boyfriend, a son of one of the towns leading families, is missing, presumed kidnapped.Though seemingly coincidental, the reunion and the crimes in Paradise appear connected. As Jesse hunts for the killer and for the missing son, it becomes clear that one of his old teammates is intimately involved in the crimes. That there are deadly forces working below the surface and beyond the edge of their vision.Sometimes, thats where danger comes from, and where real evil lurks. Not out in the light - but in your blind spot.

The opioid epidemic has reached Paradise, and Police Chief Jesse Stone must rush to stop the devastation in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parkers New York Times-bestselling series.When a popular high school cheerleader dies of a suspected heroin overdose, it becomes clear that the opioid epidemic has spread even to the idyllic town of Paradise. It will be up to police chief Jesse Stone to unravel the supply chain and unmask the criminals behind it, and the investigation has a clear epicenter: Paradise High School. Home of the towns best and brightest future leaders and its most vulnerable down-and-out teens, its a rich and bottomless market for dealers out of Boston looking to expand into the suburbs.But when it comes to drugs, the very people Jesse is trying to protect are often those with the most to lose. As he digs deeper into the case, he finds himself battling self-interested administrators, reluctant teachers, distrustful schoolkids, and overprotective parents . . . and at the end of the line are the true bad guys, the ones with a lucrative business theyd kill to protect.

The new novel in Robert B. Parkers New York Times bestselling series featuring Paradise police chief Jesse Stone.Jesse Stone, still reeling from the murder of his fiancée by crazed assassin Mr Peepers, must keep his emotions in check long enough to get through the wedding day of his loyal protege, Suitcase Simpson. The morning of the wedding, Jesse learns that a gala 75th birthday party is to be held for folk singer Terry Jester. Jester, once the equal of Bob Dylan, has spent the last forty years in seclusion after the mysterious disappearance of the master recording tape of his magnum opus, The Hangmans Sonnet.That same morning, an elderly Paradise woman dies while her house is being ransacked. What are the thieves looking for? And whats the connection to Terry Jester and the mysterious missing tape? Jesses investigation is hampered by hostile politicians and a growing trail of blood and bodies, forcing him to solicit the help of mobster Vinnie Morris and a certain Boston area PI named Spenser. While the town fathers pressure him to avoid a PR nightmare, Jesse must connect the cases before the bodies pile up further.

Police chief Jesse Stone returns in the newest novel in Robert B. Parkers New York Times bestselling series, and this case hits right at the heart of the Paradise police force.Jesse Stone is back on the job after a stint in rehab, and the road to recovery is immediately made bumpy by a series of disturbing and apparently racially motivated crimes, beginning with the murder of an African American woman. Then, Jesses own deputy Alisha - the first black woman hired by the Paradise police force - becomes the target of a sophisticated frame-up. As he and his team work tirelessly to unravel the truth, he has to wonder if this is just one part of an even grander plot, one with an end game more destructive than any of them can imagine.At the same time, a mysterious young man named Cole Slayton rolls into town with a chip on his shoulder and a problem with authority - namely, Jesse. Yet, something about the angry twenty-something appeals to Jesse, and he takes Cole under his wing. But theres more to him than meets the eye, and his secrets might change Jesses life forever.

In the wake of a huge storm, three bodies are discovered in the rubble of an abandoned factory building in an industrial part of Paradise known as The Swap. One body, a mans, wrapped in a blue tarp, is only hours old. But found within feet of that body are the skeletal remains of two teenage girls who had gone missing during a Fourth of July celebration twenty-five years earlier. Not only does that crime predate Jesse Stones arrival in Paradise, but the dead girls were close friends of Jesses right hand, Officer Molly Crane. And things become even more complicated when one of the dead girls mothers returns to Paradise to bury her daughter and is promptly murdered. Its up to Police Chief Jesse Stone to pull away the veil of the past to see how all the murders are connected.