The Recurring Cast
Character · Paradise and Sunny · 12 books

Jesse Stone

Former LAPD detective, police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts · Robert B. Parker

Jesse Stone is a former LAPD detective, police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts.

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Character facts

First appearance
Night Passage (1997)
Latest appearance
Split Image (2010)
Books
12 (9 as lead, 2 major, 1 minor)
Series
Jesse Stone, Spenser, Sunny Randall
Author
Robert B. Parker
Circle
Paradise and Sunny

Where to meet Jesse Stone

Jesse Stone first appears in Night Passage (1997), as the lead, book 1 of the Jesse Stone series.

Buy Night Passage

Every book with Jesse Stone

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1997LNight Passagelead · Jesse StoneBuy
  2. 1998LTrouble in Paradiselead · Jesse StoneBuy
  3. 2001LDeath in Paradiselead · Jesse StoneBuy
  4. 2003·Back Storyminor role · SpenserBuy
  5. 2003LStone Coldlead · Jesse StoneBuy
  6. 2006LSea Changelead · Jesse StoneBuy
  7. 2006MBlue Screenmajor role · Sunny RandallBuy
  8. 2007LHigh Profilelead · Jesse StoneBuy
  9. 2007MSpare Changemajor role · Sunny RandallBuy
  10. 2008LStranger in Paradiselead · Jesse StoneBuy
  11. 2009LNight and Daylead · Jesse StoneBuy
  12. 2010LSplit Imagelead · Jesse StoneBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Molly CraneOfficer in Paradise9
Suitcase SimpsonOfficer in Paradise9
Sunny RandallBoston private investigator and former cop5
RosieSunny’s bull terrier2