<b>Paradise is rocked by the mayor's untimely death in the latest novel starring legendary police chief Jesse Stone.</b> <p/>The town of Paradise receives a tragic shock when the mayor is discovered dead, his body lying in a shallow grave on a property on the lake. It's ostensibly suicide, but Jesse Stone has his doubts...especially because the piece of land where the man was found is the subject of a contentious and dodgy land deal. <p/>Two powerful moguls are fighting over the right to buy and develop the prime piece of real estate, and one of them has brought in a hired gun, an old adversary of Jesse's: Wilson Cromartie, aka Crow. Meanwhile, the town council is debating if they want to sacrifice Paradise's stately character for the economic boost of a glitzy new development. Tempers are running hot, and as the deaths begin to mount, it's increasingly clear that the mayor may have been standing in the wrong person's way.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Mike Lupica<br><b>Publisher:</b> G.P. Putnam's Sons<br><b>Published:</b> 08/23/2022<br><b>Pages:</b> 352<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.46lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.50h x 4.24w x 0.91d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780525542131