ABOUT THE BOOK

After a busted marriage kicks his drinking problems into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dump him, 35-year-old Jesse Stone's future looks bleak. He is shocked, however, when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise hires him as their police chief. Once on board he doesn't have to look for trouble in Paradise - it comes to him. 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. He finds he must test his mettle and powers of command to emerge a local hero - or the deadest of dupes.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"Nobody does it better than Parker" - The Sunday Times

"Filled with light, shade, texture and complexity, Trouble in Paradise is the work of a master" - Boston Globe

"If you want non-stop action, awesome characters and overall kick-ass entertainment you need to read Parker" - Janet Evanovich

"Parker's sentences flow with as much wit, grace and assurance as ever, and Stone is a complex and consistently interesting new protagonist." - Newsday

"The best writer of this kind of fiction in the business today" - New Republic

"Vintage Parker" - Denver Post