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He finds he must test his mettle and powers of command to emerge a local hero--or the deadest of dupes..
Against all this, Jesse stands utterly alone, with no one to trust--even he and the woman he\'s seeing are like ships passing in the night.
For what is on the surface a quiet New England community quickly proves to be a crucible of political and moral corruption--replete with triple homicide, tight Boston mob ties, flamboyantly errant spouses, maddened militiamen and a psychopath-about-town who has fixed his violent sights on the new lawman.
Once on board, Jesse doesn\'t have to look for trouble in Paradise: it comes to him.
He can\'t help wondering if this job is a genuine chance to start over, the kind of offer he can\'t refuse.
So he\'s shocked when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise recruits him as police chief.
After a busted marriage kicks his drinking problem into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dumps him, thirty-five-year-old Jesse Stone\'s future looks bleak.
Parker introduces readers to police chief Jesse Stone in the first novel in the beloved mystery series--a New York Times bestseller.
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