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Night Passage - Robert B. Parker

By Robert B. Parker

Release Date: 1997-09-22

Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers

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Robert B. Parker introduces readers to police chief Jesse Stone in the first novel in the beloved mystery seriesā€”a New York Times bestseller.

After a busted marriage kicks his drinking problem into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dumps him, thirty-five-year-old Jesse Stoneā€™s future looks bleak. So heā€™s shocked when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise recruits him as police chief. He canā€™t help wondering if this job is a genuine chance to start over, the kind of offer he canā€™t refuse.

Once on board, Jesse doesnā€™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 corruptionā€”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. Against all this, Jesse stands utterly alone, with no one to trustā€”even he and the woman heā€™s seeing are like ships passing in the night. He finds he must test his mettle and powers of command to emerge a local heroā€”or the deadest of dupes.

Night Passage - Robert B. Parker

By Robert B. Parker

Release Date: 1997-09-22

Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers

4 (572 ratings)
Read Download
Robert B. Parker introduces readers to police chief Jesse Stone in the first novel in the beloved mystery seriesā€”a New York Times bestseller.

After a busted marriage kicks his drinking problem into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dumps him, thirty-five-year-old Jesse Stoneā€™s future looks bleak. So heā€™s shocked when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise recruits him as police chief. He canā€™t help wondering if this job is a genuine chance to start over, the kind of offer he canā€™t refuse.

Once on board, Jesse doesnā€™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 corruptionā€”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. Against all this, Jesse stands utterly alone, with no one to trustā€”even he and the woman heā€™s seeing are like ships passing in the night. He finds he must test his mettle and powers of command to emerge a local heroā€”or the deadest of dupes.

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Split Image

High Profile

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God Save the Child

The Professional

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Death in Paradise

Walking Shadow

Mortal Stakes

Paper Doll

Stone Cold

A Catskill Eagle

Pale Kings and Princes

A Savage Place

Crimson Joy

The Widening Gyre

Cold Service

Ceremony

Blue-Eyed Devil

Stranger In Paradise

Valediction

Stardust

Playmates

Small Vices

Back Story

Night and Day

Rough Weather

Taming a Seahorse

Bad Business

School Days

Now and Then

Appaloosa

Double Deuce

Pastime

Potshot

Hush Money

Thin Air

Sudden Mischief

Resolution

Perish Twice

Family Honor

Brimstone

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