Night passage

Praise for the Jesse Stone novels by “America’s mystery maestro” (Forbes) . . .

Night Passage

“Jesse Stone is a complex and consistently interesting new protagonist.”—Newsday

“The reigning champion of the American tough-guy detective novel, heavyweight division . . . The man has rarely composed a bad sentence or an inert paragraph. [Night Passage] proves no exception.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Stu

“A fast-paced, character-driven tale that practically reads itself.”—The Raleigh News & Observer

“A first-rate, engrossing book.”—The Florida Times-Union

“A genuine page-turner.”—Hartford Courant

High Profile

“Crisply etched characters . . . smooth, lean prose. There is a level of narrative tension—and plain polished professionalism—below which Parker is incapable of descending. High Profile will repay a quick read with . . . the wit, suspense, and psychological sophistication readers who know Parker’s work happily associate with him.”—The Boston Globe

“It’s easy to overlook how fine the writing is because Parker’s style rarely calls attention to itself, going down so easy that you can forget you are reading. His books are not so much read as inhaled.”—The Associated Press

“Parker’s most complex, ambitious novel in years. Great reading from an old hand who hasn’t lost his touch.”—Booklist (starred review)

“Robert B. Parker’s books . . . are always delightful page-turners. High Profile is no exception.”—The Tampa Tribune

“The [Jesse Stone] series deserves its own praise. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal

Sea Change

“A stu

“A triumph.”—Boston Herald

“Crackles with wisecracks.”—Forbes

“Parker is dead-on here . . . the story swirls from whodunit into an absorbing whydunit.”—Booklist

“Strong enough to rank near [Parker’s] best.”—Kirkus Reviews

Stone Cold

“If Spenser is the invincible knight, the timeless hero of American detective fiction, then Jesse Stone is the flawed hero of the moment, a man whose deficiencies define his humanity . . . You want to cheer.”—The New York Times Book Review

“First-rate . . . Parker is in roaring good form in this one.”—The Boston Globe

“Moves like a speeding bullet. Parker doesn’t waste a word.”—Orlando Sentinel

“Parker illuminates the dark-cornered minds of sociopaths. Prose as clear and potent as a fine vodka.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Parker adroitly manages to keep the suspense quotient high.”—The Washington Post Book World

Death in Paradise

“[Parker’s found] the pitch-perfect voice for a guy who is straining every muscle to cut down on the booze, hang on to his new job as police chief and not get rattled by the body of a teenage girl.”—The New York Times

“One of the master’s best . . . A page-turner . . . as good as it gets.”—The Washington Post Book World

“Dead-on.”—St. Petersburg Times

“Hard-hitting . . . and brutally frank . . . Death in Paradise is a tough, clear-eyed, sardonic look at life and the raw deals it can dish out.”—The Providence Sunday Journal

Trouble in Paradise

“This book is so good, there’s not enough R’s in terrific.”—The Kansas City Star

“Tough and tight.”—Publishers Weekly

“A blast of the page-turning energy [Parker’s] famous for.”—New York Post

“You’ve got to like Stone . . . Harks back to Spenser and, before him, Sam Spade.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Parker’s plot is built like a smooth-ru

“Parker’s new series continues explosively . . . Parker does an excellent job of building tension and weaving several subplots into an explosive finale.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

THE SPENSER NOVELS

Sixkill

Painted Ladies

The Professional

Rough Weather

Now & Then

Hundred-Dollar Baby

School Days

Cold Service

Bad Business

Back Story

Widow’s Walk

Potshot

Hugger Mugger

Hush Money

Sudden Mischief

Small Vices

Chance

Thin Air

Walking Shadow

Paper Doll

Double Deuce

Pastime

Stardust

Playmates

Crimson Joy

Pale Kings and Princes

Taming a Sea-Horse

A Catskill Eagle

Valediction

The Widening Gyre

Ceremony

A Savage Place

Early Autumn

Looking for Rachel Wallace

The Judas Goat

Promised Land

Mortal Stakes

God Save the Child

The Godwulf Manuscript

THE JESSE STONE NOVELS

Split Image

Night and Day

Stranger in Paradise

High Profile

Sea Change

Stone Cold

Death in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

Night Passage

THE SUNNY RANDALL NOVELS

Spare Change

Blue Screen

Melancholy Baby

Shrink Rap

Perish Twice

Family Honor

THE VIRGIL COLE/EVERETT HITCH NOVELS

Blue-Eyed Devil

Brimstone

Resolution

Appaloosa

ALSO BY ROBERT B. PARKER

A Triple Shot of Spenser

Double Play

Gunman’s Rhapsody

All Our Yesterdays

A Year at the Races

   (with Joan H. Parker)

Perchance to Dream

Poodle Springs

   (with Raymond Chandler)

Love and Glory

Wilderness

Three Weeks in Spring

   (with Joan H. Parker)

Training with Weights

   (with John R. Marsh)

Night Passage

Robert B. Parker

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NIGHT PASSAGE

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PRINTING HISTORY

G. P. Putnam’s Sons hardcover edition / September 1997