Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
DVD cover
GenreCrime film
Based onDeath in Paradise
by Robert B. Parker
Screenplay by
Directed byRobert Harmon
Starring
Music byJeff Beal
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerSteven J. Brandman
CinematographyDavid Gribble
EditorChris Peppe
Running time87 minutes
Production companiesSony Pictures Television; Brandman Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseApril 30, 2006 (2006-04-30)

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise is a 2006 American made-for-television crime film directed by Robert Harmon and starring Tom Selleck, Viola Davis, and Kohl Sudduth. Based on the 2001 novel Death in Paradise by Robert B. Parker, the film is about a small town police chief and struggling alcoholic who investigates the murder of a teenage girl whose body is found floating in a lake. The case brings the former LAPD homicide detective into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled teens, and the violent world of a Boston mobster. Filmed on location in Nova Scotia, the story is set in the fictitious town of Paradise, Massachusetts.

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise is the third in a series of nine television films based on Parker's Jesse Stone novels. The film first aired on the CBS television network April 30, 2006.