Jesse Stone Novels: Book 1After a busted marriage kicks his drinking problem into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dumps him, the thrity-five-year-old Stone's future looks bleak. So he's shocked when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise recruits him as police chief. He can't help wondering if this job is a genuine chance to start over, the kind of offer he can't refuse. Once on board, Jesse doesn't have to look for trouble...
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