REED FARREL COLEMAN

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 assassin Mr. Peepers, must keep his emotions in check long enough to get through the wedding day of his loyal protégé, 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 Hangman's Sonnet. That same morning, an elderly Paradise woman dies while her house is being ransacked. What are the thieves looking for? And what's the connection to Terry Jester and the mysterious missing tape? Jesse's 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

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?

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 oído hablar. Pero entre las pocas posesiones de Tyrone Byrson está un viejo recorte de periódico 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, comenzó a escribir en el instituto, pero no se planteó convertirlo en profesión hasta después de haber participado en un curso de ficción criminal en el Brooklyn College. Su primera novela, Life Goes Sleeping, se publicó en 1991. Antes de dedicarse por entero a escribir, Reed trabajó de comercial para una empresa de alimentos infantiles, de vendedor de coches, de encargado de una agencia de transportes aéreos, de camarero, de taxista y de camionero. Conoció 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.

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."