LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Selleck's sixth turn for CBS as crimefighter Jesse Stone is bittersweet: The movie is airing less than five months after the death of Robert Parker, the novelist who created Stone.

"Jesse Stone: No Remorse," which aired on Sunday evening, was dedicated to Parker. The author wasn't involved with the production but saw the finished film before his heart attack in January, Selleck said.

Parker had given his blessing to the new Stone project as he had to the others, Selleck said. Parker appreciated the TV movies' fidelity to his storytelling, according to the actor.

In "Jesse Stone: No Remose," Stone moonlighted on a serial murder case in Boston after being suspended from his job as police chief of a Massachusetts town. Kathy Baker and William Devane co-starred in the CBS TV movie.