So he’s shocked when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise recruits him as police chief. He finds he must test his mettle and powers of command to emerge a local hero - or the deadest of dupes. Night Passage is the 1st novel in the Jesse Stone series of books from American author Robert Parker 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. His past worked in his favor, as certain citizens of Paradise would rather have. Item 121464 ISBN: 0399143041 Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Jesse Stone, a fired alcoholic homicide cop from L.A., accepts a job offer as Chief of Police in the small community of Paradise, Massachusetts. Against all this, Jesse stands utterly alone, with no one to trust even he and the woman he's seeing are like ships that pass in the night. Shelves: e-book, 2021, crime, crime-drama, mystery-shelf. 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. Log in Create account × SummaryĪfter a busted marriage kicks his drinking problem into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dumps him, 35-year-old Jesse Stone's future looks bleak. In Night Passage, Parker sets the bar even higher, with the introduction of Jesse Stone, a hero cut from different cloth. He cant help wondering if this job is a genuine. So hes shocked when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise recruits him as police chief. In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account. With his hallmark sharp wit and taut action, Parker has created in the Spenser series the standard against which all contemporary detective novels are measured, and a character considered the paragon of private eyes. After a busted marriage kicks his drinking problem into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dumps him, 35-year-old Jesse Stones future looks bleak.

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