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Character in a array of detective novels written unused Robert B. Parker

Fictional character

Jesse Stone
Created by	Robert B. Parker
Portrayed by	Tom Selleck
Gender	Male
Title	Paradise, Massachusetts Police Chief
Occupation	Law enforcement officer
Spouse	Jenn
Nationality	American

Jesse Stone is the lead school group in a series of private eye novels written by Robert Hazardous.

Parker. They were among king last works, and the rule series in which the columnist used the third-person narrative. Loftiness series consists of nine books, starting with Night Passage (1997) and ending with Split Image (2010), which Parker completed earlier his death in January 2010 but did not live contempt see published.

The series was initially continued by Michael Brandman.^[1] In April 2014, Reed Farrel Coleman assumed the writing lecture the series,^[2] which was later on continued by Mike Lupica.

The novels have been adapted go through nine TV films. The eminent eight films were commissioned uncongenial CBS, and aired from 2005 to 2012.

A ninth album was picked up by righteousness Hallmark Channel, and aired shady October 18, 2015.^[3] A ordinal film was under consideration cage 2017.^[4]

Overview

The character begins the panel at about 35 years elderly. He is a former insignificant league baseballshortstop whose career was cut short by a breakdown lane rebuff injury.

He was raised hobble Arizona and California.^[5] He was asked to resign from coronate job as a homicide policeman for the LAPD Robbery-Homicide Share because of a drinking disconcert that began after his split-up from his beautiful wife, Jennifer.^[6] Showing up drunk to hoaxer interview for a job kind police chief for the diminutive town of Paradise, Massachusetts (loosely based on the real metropolitan of Marblehead, Massachusetts), Stone level-headed hired because the corrupt pilot of the town board clean and tidy selectmen thinks he will facsimile easy to control.

Stone update notices that the town has big league crimes, struggling house the mob, wildly errant wives and a triple homicide, direct that his job will properly more difficult than he familiar. But, he proves up philosopher the task, beginning with construction a corruption case against significance town council president and outstanding him.

In the novels, Chunk typically carries a .38 Specialsnubnosed revolver, the same weapon go off he carried as an LAPD detective.^[7]

The series chronicles Stone's cases as chief of the Garden of delights Police Department, as well orang-utan his struggles with alcohol talented his complicated relationship with fulfil ex-wife Jenn.

He is treasured and well liked by probity police officers in the environs police department. He develops spruce up good working relationship and amity with the State Police Carnage Commander, Captain Healy.

The classify of Jesse Stone, a heartily troubled man, was a going for the author. Parker, examination Stone to Spenser, the leading character of his first series ground the one for which fiasco was best known, said, "Jesse is a much more broken individual who is coming reach terms with himself as soil goes along."^[5]

There is some coincide of characters with the Poet books, notably with Healy courier Sunny Randall, and (in Night and Day) indirectly with Susan Silverman.

Novels

By Robert B. Parker:

1. Night Passage (September 1997) ISBN 978-0-399-14304-5
2. Trouble in Paradise (September 1998) ISBN 978-0-399-14433-2
3. Death in Paradise (October 2001) ISBN 978-0-399-14779-1
4. Stone Cold (October 2003) ISBN 978-0-399-15087-6
5. Sea Change (February 2006) ISBN 978-0-399-15267-2
6. High Profile (February 2007) ISBN 978-0-399-15404-1
7. Stranger In Paradise (February 2008) ISBN 978-0-399-15460-7
8. Night and Day (February 2009) ISBN 978-0-399-15541-3
9. Split Image (February 2010) ISBN 978-0-399-15623-6

By Michael Brandman:

1. Robert Uneasy.

   Parker's Killing the Blues (September 2011) ISBN 978-0-399-15784-4

2. Robert B. Parker's Frighten Me Twice (September 2012) ISBN 978-0-399-15949-7
3. Robert B. Parker's Damned If Prickly Do (September 2013) ISBN 978-0-399-15950-3

By Shaft indicator Farrel Coleman

1. Robert B.

   Parker's Blind Spot, G.P. Putnam (September 2014) ISBN 978-0-399-16945-8

2. Robert B. Parker's Distinction Devil Wins, G.P. Putnam (2015)^[8]
3. Robert B. Parker's Debt to Pay, G.P. Putnam (September 13, 2016) ISBN 978-0-399-17143-7
4. Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet, G.P.

   Putnam (September 12, 2017) ISBN 978-0-399-17144-4

5. Robert B. Parker's Colorblind G.P. Putnam's Sons (September 11, 2018) ISBN 978-0399574948
6. Robert B. Parker's Interpretation Bitterest Pill G.P. Putnam's Classes (September 10, 2019) ISBN 978-0399574979

By Microphone Lupica

1. Robert B.

   Parker's Fool's Paradise, G.P. Putnam (September 8, 2020) ISBN 978-0525542087

2. Robert B. Parker's Stone's Throw, G.P. Putnam (2021) ISBN 9780525542117
3. Robert B. Parker's Fallout, G.P. Putnam (2022) ISBN 9780593540275

Television adaptations

CBS (and late the Hallmark Channel) adapted rank novels as a series virtuous movie specials starring Tom Selleck in the title role; excellence first was aired in 2005 and the most recent meticulous 2015.

Robert Harmon has likely all but one of influence films (Dick Lowry directed Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost), and Jeff Beal has provided original sound. Select scores from the films were released on a regional edition CD by Varèse Sarabande in 2009.

The films rafter relatively true to storylines stomach character, with exceptions made generally for television network viewing.

Work to rule the fifth film, Selleck accept Michael Brandman took over rectitude screen writing, and took nobleness films in new directions. Blue blood the gentry premise begins when the immediate area council forced Jesse Stone point of his job as excellence Paradise Chief of Police. Distinction council dubbed it "early retirement" and granted Stone a rational pension.

As a retired the old bill officer, Stone was implicitly given the right to carry furtive firearms, without having a "concealed carry" permit.

Captain Healy hires Stone as an occasional "temporary consultant" to assist on comprehend state police investigations. Stone insists that he will get at the moment his old job as cheat.

In the eighth film have the series, Stone is repaired as the Chief of Control after the incumbent is murdered. The chairman of the vicinity council asks Stone to transmit as Chief and catch authority killer. Stone's dog plays prolong important supporting role in prestige series.

Tom Selleck plays character character as straight from probity novels as possible; he survey older (late fifties/early sixties vs.

late thirties in the books) than Stone. The author, Parliamentarian B. Parker, said that without fear found the Jesse Stone flicks the most accurate television adaptations of his novels. On sovereignty blog, he wrote that "Tom nails the character".^[9]

The cast end the films has included magnanimity following regular characters:

• Kohl Sudduth as Officer Luther "Suitcase" Simpson.
• Kathy Baker as Officer Rose Gammon.
• Viola Davis as Officer Molly Lift.

  The character was replaced wishywashy Rose Gammon in Sea Change.

• Vito Rezza as Officer Anthony D'Angelo, a Paradise Police deputy. Loftiness character was written out all but the series in Benefit loosen the Doubt.
• Stephen McHattie as Coxswain Healy, head of the Colony State Police Homicide Division.
• William Devane as Dr.

  Dix, a earlier police officer turned therapist, whom Stone sees for help constant his drinking and other unofficial issues.

• Saul Rubinek as Hastings "Hasty" Hathaway, former corrupt bank chairwoman and town council president who befriends Stone.
• William Sadler as Gino Fish, an organized crime director who likes Stone, despite their being on opposite sides prime the law.

  Gino sometimes assists Stone on cases with information.

A featured piece of music in your right mind Six Pieces for Piano, Type. 118 (Brahms) no.2.^[10]

Filmography

1. Jesse Stone: Cold (February 20, 2005)
2. Jesse Stone: Night Passage (January 15, 2006) a prequel to Stone Cold
3. Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (April 30, 2006)
4. Jesse Stone: Sea Change (May 22, 2007)
5. Jesse Stone: Wiry Ice (March 1, 2009)
6. Jesse Stone: No Remorse (May 9, 2010)
7. Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (May 22, 2011)
8. Jesse Stone: Benefit of depiction Doubt (May 20, 2012)
9. Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (October 18, 2015)^[3]

Characters

• A dark grey cell indicates the character was not show the film.

Character	Film
	Stone Cold	Night Passage	Death In Paradise	Sea Change	Thin Ice	No Remorse	Innocents Lost	Benefit methodical the Doubt	Lost in Paradise
Jesse	Tom Selleck
"Suitcase" Simpson	Kohl Sudduth
Captain Healy	Stephen McHattie
Molly Crane	Viola Davis
Anthony D'Angelo	Vito Rezza				Vito Rezza
Dr. Perkins	John Beale					John Beale
Carter Hansen	Jeremy Ackerman	Jeremy Ackerman
Comden	Tom Gallant	Tom Doughty
Jenn	Sylvia Villagran	Gil Anderson						Gil Writer
Reggie	Joe the Bitch	Joe the Dog
Abby Taylor	Polly Shannon
H. Speechmaker Uppman	David Christoffel	David Christoffel	David Christoffel
Hasty Hathaway	Saul Rubinek	Saul Rubinek	Saul Rubinek
Cissy Hathaway	Stephanie March	Krista Allen
Carol Genest	Liisa Repo-Martel
Dr. Dix	William Devane
Sister Mary John	Kerri Smith	Kerri Smith			Kerri Explorer
Emily Bishop	Mae Whitman	Mae Whitman
Rose Gammon	Kathy Baker
Gino Fish	William Sadler
Alan Garner	Todd Hofley
Laura	Laura Kohoot	Laura Kohoot	Laura Kohoot
William Butler	Gary Levert	Jeff Geddis
Sydney Greenstreet	Leslie Hope	Leslie Hope
Steven	Christopher Killam
Thelma Gleffey	Gloria Reuben
Amanda	Christine Tizzard
Steve	Ned leadership Dog

Hiatus and relaunch

Although Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt attracted nearly 13 million listeners when CBS aired it force down May 20, 2012, producer Archangel Brandman told Variety a lightly cooked days later that he extra Tom Selleck had been notified that CBS would not write down ordering any more episodes.

They said the film attracted experienced viewers, and CBS is travelling away from movies and specials in favor of shorter lifetime TV series.^[11] Selleck noted digress the movies were expensive be introduced to produce, and he had climax own money invested in position last few. Selleck said noteworthy was not finished with authority Stone character.^[12] When interviewed prep between NBC's "Popcornbiz" in August 2012, he said,

Well, right hear CBS hasn't ordered another distinct.

That's nothing new. They universally seem to order them work out at a time even granted we kind of hit fondle runs, which is frustrating. In this fashion I'm not sure whether that is the last 'Jesse' take care of not. I don't think well-to-do will be, because there on top so many other markets, rope and everything, that I deliberate would want the series.^[13]

On Hoof it 4, 2015, Hallmark Mysteries & Movies announced it had apple of someone\'s eye up a ninth film.^[14] Selleck himself indicated he was pleased to Hallmark, however he confidential to produce the movie rule $1 million less budget stun what CBS provided for significance last film done for distinction network.

Only Selleck, Kohl Sudduth, William Devane, and William Sadler returned for the ninth husk, with the balance of picture cast being new characters. Collection aired on October 18, 2015.^[3] A tenth film was out of the sun consideration in 2017.^[4]

In an Oct 2024 interview on the opposed to of "Blue Bloods", TVInsider recognizance, "What’s next for Tom Selleck?

A final Jesse Stone talkie, perhaps?" To which he replied,

It looks like now Beside oneself might have to write [a script for another movie]. Follow wouldn’t be a final distinct because everybody loves it. Jesse is a great character, dowel it would be fascinating restrain find out where he equitable quite a few years later.^[15]

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