Family ties prove deadly in this brilliant Jesse Stone novel from New York Times bestselling author Robert B. Parker. 
The body in the trunk was just the beginning. 
Turns out the stiff was a foot soldier for local tough guy Reggie Galen, now enjoying a comfortable "retirement" with his beauti­ful wife, Rebecca, in the nicest part of Paradise. Living next door are Knocko Moynihan and his wife, Robbie,...

The murder of a notorious public figure places police chief Jesse Stone in the harsh glare of the media spotlight in this New York Times bestseller.
When the body of controversial talk-show host Walton Weeks is discovered hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone finds himself at the center of a highly public case, forcing him to deal with small-minded local officials and national media...

Investigating a murder that was staged to look like a suicide, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder follows scanty clues to a long-ago tragedy, a case that is complicated by a second suspicious suicide and the acquittal of the man responsible for killing agent John Tomasetti's family.

Surprised by the murder of a man he met the night before at an AA meeting, Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone follows leads to one of the wealthiest families in town to identify the victim and his mysterious agenda.

Painters Mill Police Chief Kate Burkholder investigates the violent, cross-bow shooting death of a hardworking, engaged young Amish man as her own wedding date draws near.

When Christy Reed receives information suggesting that her sister, who she thought dead in a house fire, is actually alive, she begins an investigation with the aid of FBI special agent Lance McGregor.

Investigating a house fire that was set to cover up a murder, Chief of Police Jane Hardy is horrified by accusations directed at her son and must confront the ghosts of her past in order to prove his innocence.

When her first love is accused of murdering a beloved Amish bishop 10 years ago, chief of police Kate Burkholder, forced to confront a painful episode from her past, discovers a dark side to the victim, in this complex case that puts her own life in danger.

An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. But a horribly mutilated corpse yields up few answers. And a suspicious rash of subsequent "suicides" suggests that a different kind of terror is stalking the youth of Heartsdale, Georgia--a nightmare that is coming to prey on Sara Linton's loved ones.

"Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone investigates the murder of a young woman and the kidnapping of a young man from a wealthy family, only to find connections to his own troubled past"-- Provided by publisher.