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. Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case. Jesse Stone: Stone Cold. Thomas William "Tom" Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor and film producer, best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum on the 1980s television show Magnum, P.I.. Although the Jesse Stone movie series largely plays out in chronological order, there is a slight timeline anomaly: Jesse Stone: Night Passage.. As noted above, Night Passage was the second movie to be released, but chronologically it is the first in the series. Image: ©CBS. Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Jesse Stone in chronological order. I’m a big fan of Tom Selleck and he does a great job portraying the troubled cop who struggles with a drinking problem. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like there will be, though that apparently has little to do with author Robert B. Parker's death. There have been nine Jesse Stone movies to date, each one featuring Tom Selleck as Stone. User Score: 0. After hard-drinking Jesse Stone is hired as police chief of the idyllic seaside town of Paradise, Mass., it doesn't take long for him to uncover the dark side of Paradise in this made-for-TV movie based on the writings of Robert B. Parker. In a quiet coastal town in Massachusetts, jaded police chief Jesse Stone maintains a low profile -- but when a corpse washes ashore and multiple assailants rape a high school student, the former big-city cop jumps into action. In a quiet coastal town in Massachusetts, jaded police chief Jesse Stone maintains a low profile -- but when a corpse washes ashore and multiple assailants rape a high school student, the former big-city cop jumps into action. NR. He also plays Jesse Stone in a series of … 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,753 Parker wrote nine Jesse Stone novels, which feature an ex LAPD cop who fights crime in a small New England town. Directed by Robert Harmon. Follow. Michael Brandman, who produces the Jesse Stone telefilms for CBS along with series star Tom Selleck, told "Variety" magazine in the spring, shortly after the most recent one aired, that CBS doesn't want to make any more. When a series of murders takes place, he's forced to face his own demons in order to solve the crimes. Jesse Stone: Stone Cold. With Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Leslie Hope. Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise. Jesse Stone: Night Passage. USER EDITOR. Sunday 9:00 PM on Hallmark Channel Premiered Feb 20, 2005 Between Seasons. Jesse Stone is a former L.A. detective who left behind the big city to become the police … chief of a quiet New England town. Jesse Stone. No Editor.