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Jesse Stone is the lead character in a series of detective novels written by Robert B. Parker. They were among his last works, and the first series in which the novelist used the third-person narrative. The series consists of nine books, starting with ''Night Passage'' (1997) and ending with ''Split Image'' (2010), which Parker completed before his death in January 2010 but did not live to see published. The series was initially continued by Michael Brandman. In April 2014, Reed Farrel Coleman assumed the writing of the series. The novels have been adapted as nine TV films. The first eight films were commissioned by CBS, and aired from 2005 to 2012. A ninth film was picked up by the Hallmark Channel, and aired on October 18, 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=‘Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise’ Debuts Oct. 18 on Hallmark Channel )〕 The character begins the series at about 35 years old. He is a former minor league baseball shortstop whose career was cut short by a shoulder injury. He was raised in Arizona and California.〔(Robert B. Parker interview )—Penguin Group (Canada)〕 He was asked to resign from his job as a homicide detective for the LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division because of a drinking problem that began after his divorce from his beautiful wife, Jennifer.〔Parker, Robert (2006). ''Blue Screen''. New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 0-399-15351-9〕 Showing up drunk to an interview for a job as police chief for the small town of Paradise, Massachusetts (loosely based on the real town of Marblehead, Massachusetts), Stone is hired because the corrupt president of the town board of selectmen thinks he will be easy to control. Stone quickly notices that the town has big league crimes, struggling with the mob, white supremacists, wildly errant wives and a triple homicide, and that his job will be more difficult than he expected. But, he proves up to the task, beginning with making a corruption case against the town council president and arresting him. The series chronicles Stone's cases as chief of the Paradise Police Department, as well as his struggles with alcohol and his complicated relationship with his ex-wife Jenn. He is respected and well liked by the police officers in the town police department. He develops a good working relationship and friendship with the State Police Homicide Commander, Captain Healy. The character of Jesse Stone, a deeply troubled man, was a departure for the author. Parker, comparing Stone to Spenser, the protagonist of his first series and the one for which he was best known, said, "Jesse is a much more damaged individual who is coming to terms with himself as he goes along."〔 There is some overlap of characters with the Spenser books, notably with Healy and Sunny Randall, and (in ''Night and Day'') indirectly with Susan Silverman. ==Novels== By Robert B. Parker: # ''Night Passage'' (September 1997) ISBN 978-0-399-14304-5 # ''Trouble in Paradise'' (September 1998) ISBN 978-0-399-14433-2 # ''Death in Paradise'' (October 2001) ISBN 978-0-399-14779-1 # ''Stone Cold'' (October 2003) ISBN 978-0-399-15087-6 # ''Sea Change'' (February 2006) ISBN 978-0-399-15267-2 # ''High Profile'' (February 2007) ISBN 978-0-399-15404-1 # ''Stranger In Paradise'' (February 2008) ISBN 978-0-399-15460-7 # ''Night and Day'' (February 2009) ISBN 978-0-399-15541-3 # ''Split Image'' (February 2010) ISBN 978-0-399-15623-6 By Michael Brandman: # ''Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues'' (September 2011) ISBN 978-0-399-15784-4 # ''Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice'' (September 2012) ISBN 978-0-399-15949-7 # ''Robert B. Parker's Damned If You Do'' (September 2013) ISBN 978-0-399-15950-3 By Reed Farrel Coleman # ''Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot'', G.P. Putnam (September 2014) ISBN 978-0-399-16945-8 # ''Robert B. Parker's The Devil Wins'', G.P. Putnam (2015) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jesse Stone (character)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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