Robert B. Parkers The Bitterest Pill..., Reed Farrel Coleman
Robert B. Parkers The Bitterest Pill..., Reed Farrel Coleman
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Robert B. Parker's The Bitterest Pill

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Author: Reed Farrel Coleman

Narrator: James Naughton

Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/10/2019

Synopsis

The opioid epidemic has reached Paradise, and Police Chief Jesse Stone must rush to stop the devastation in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker's 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 town's best and brightest future leaders and its most vulnerable down-and-out teens, it's 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 they'd kill to protect.

About The Author

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Monnie on July 01, 2019

4.5 stars, actually. When I finished Colorblind," the previous book in this series, I wasn't sure how much I liked the "new" police chief of small-town Paradise. After all, Jesse Stone had sold his spacious coastal home and moved into a condo, discovered a grown son he never knew he had, given up boo......more

Goodreads review by Scott on October 12, 2019

I have been reading Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone series since its beginning. Jesse is the Chief of Police in the small town of Paradise, outside of Boston. Jesse’s background includes a once promising baseball prospect until suffering a career ending injury. He became a dedicated police officer in......more

Goodreads review by Rick on September 15, 2019

It's hard not to like Chief Jesse Stone and his crew in Paradise MA. This one is about curtailing the use of narcotics in his town's high school. Thank you to Reed Farrel Coleman fr continuing the series.......more

Goodreads review by Mike on March 23, 2020
Goodreads review by npaw on October 07, 2019

I prefer that Jesse Stone keeps drinking. I’m into his character and for me he’s an alcoholic and I’m just not sure he’s the same clean and sober. Same with the whole kid thing (just isn’t working for me but maybe in time). I still like him but I usually read one of these in a weekend and it took me......more

Quotes

"Exceptional...Coleman stays faithful to the spirit of Parker’s characters without sticking to the status quo."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The sixth novel by Coleman in the Jesse Stone series, based on characters created by Robert B. Parker, may be his best."—Booklist

“It cannot be overstated enough just how great Reed Farrel Coleman has been for this franchise….It’s obvious that Coleman’s take on the universe is his own, and yet the characters still read true to who Parker created….Coleman’s hard-boiled style suits these characters and this universe perfectly….A suspense-filled plot that moves pretty quickly, building steam as it chugs along towards a surprise ending that longtime fans of this series will appreciate.”—The Real Book Spy

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