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Summary: Apache Indian hit man Wilson "Crow" Cromartie returns to police chief Jesse Stone's Paradise, MA, to find the young daughter of his client. But trouble ensues when the daughter is involved in a Latino gang, and the father demands the mother killed. With Jesse's ex-wife reporting on the gang, danger escalates all around the young girl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PARParker, Robert B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2008
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Summary: Struggling with a high-profile case involving the murders of a controversial talk-show host and a young woman, Paradise police chief Jesse Stone becomes increasingly frustrated by the lack of interest on the part of the victims' families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2007
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Summary: When a woman's partially decomposed body washes ashore in Paradise, MA, police chief Jesse Stone is forced into a case far more difficult that it initially appears. Identifying the woman is just the first step in what proves to be a treacherous and emotionally charged investigation. But someone-- Jesse-- has to speak for the dead, even if it puts him in harm's way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2005
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Summary: A hard-edged former Los Angeles cop becomes police chief in a small New England town and goes up against the mob as he investigates the murder of a teenage girl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 2001
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Summary: Jesse Stone investigates the murder of a woman, who is found in a cove near Paradise, Massachusetts. This leads to a world of wealth and depravity centered on a couple of yacht owners from Florida and their crowd.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2006
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Summary: A mysterious couple is carefully choosing victims, stalking them, and nailing them with two simultaneous shots. As Jesse desperately tries to find some connection between the victims, he hopes the link will help him identify the killers. A heavy drinker, still in love with his ex-wife, Jesse is fighting personal demons, but now he is under increasingly intense pressure. As the death count...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2003
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Summary: What initially appears to be a low-level mob hit takes on new meaning when a high-ranking crime figure is found dead on Paradise Beach. Jesse Stone and private investigator Sunny Randall team up to solve two cases involving the gunshot murder of Petrov Ognowski and a religious cult holding an 18-year-old girl against her will.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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Summary: What initially appears to be a low-level mob hit takes on new meaning when a high-ranking crime figure is found dead on Paradise Beach. Jesse Stone and private investigator Sunny Randall team up to solve two cases involving the gunshot murder of Petrov Ognowski and a religious cult holding an 18-year-old girl against her will.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2010
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Summary: Two cousins are driven to extremes by the power of love, as one helps his terminally ill wife commit suicide at her request, and the other becomes involved in a passionate affair with his wife's new assistant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1997
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PICGenova, Lisa.
Summary: "From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova comes a powerful new novel that does for Huntington's Disease what her debut Still Alice did for Alzheimer's. Joe O'Brien is a forty-four-year-old police officer from the Irish Catholic neighborhood of Charlestown, Massachusetts. A devoted husband, proud father of four children in their twenties, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2015
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Summary: Patrol officer Joe O'Brien is third-generation Irish in Charlestown. A tough cop with a soft interior, a loving wife and four adult children, Joe is diagnosed with Huntington's disease. As Joe's symptoms worsen and he's eventually stripped of his badge and more, Joe struggles to maintain hope and a sense of purpose, while his daughter Katie and her siblings must find the courage to either live...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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Summary: Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are newly plagued by what seems like a completely senseless murder. Sofia Suarez, a widow and nurse who was universally liked by all her neighbors, lies in her own home, brutally bludgeoned. But anything can happen behind closed doors, and Sofia seemed to have plenty of secrets in her last days, making covert phone calls to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022
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Summary: Joe O'Brien is a 44-year-old police officer, devoted husband, proud father of four adult children. Joe begins experiencing strange physical and emotional symptoms. The neurologist diagnoses Huntington's Disease. It is a neurodegenerative disease with no cure, and is genetic. As Joe's symptoms worsen, he struggles to maintain his identity and sense of purpose. Each family member must reexamine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Genova 2015Hoffman, Alice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2000
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Summary: Dispatched by the district attorney to a declining Massachusetts neighborhood to address a case related to a new public relations campaign, state investigator Win Garano suspects a deeper agenda and becomes involved with a loosely organized association of vigilante police officers, in a case during which he is assisted by his intuitive grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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Summary: "Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles are newly plagued by what seems like a completely senseless murder. Sofia Suarez, a widow and nurse who was universally liked by her neighbors, lies bludgeoned to death in her own home. But anything can happen behind closed doors, and Sofia seemed to have plenty of secrets in her last days, making covert phone calls to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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Summary: Winston Garano is the investigator for the case of a young British woman murdered more than forty years ago. Janie Brolin was raped and left for dead in 1962, and assumed to be a victim of the Boston Strangler. Unbeknownst to Winston, this case will take him on a journey that will test his limits, uncover ancient secrets, and even endanger his own life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CORCornwell, Patricia Daniels.
Summary: Dispatched by the district attorney to a declining Massachusetts neighborhood to address a case related to a new public relations campaign, state investigator Win Garano suspects a deeper agenda and becomes involved with a loosely organized association of vigilante police officers, in a case during which he is assisted by his intuitive grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CORHogan, Chuck.
Summary: The town of Black Falls isn't dying so much as it is quietly fading away. No supermarket. No traffic lights. No hope. Donald Maddox has returned to his hometown after fifteen years, a man with no law-enforcement background--indeed, no background at all--who finds himself employed as an auxiliary patrolman on a local police force known to inspire more fear than trust in its citizenry. But when a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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Summary: When a body is discovered at the lake in Paradise, Police Chief Jesse Stone is surprised to find he recognizes the murder victim-- he had been at the same AA meeting as Jesse the evening before. Otherwise there is no clue to the man's identity. He isn't a local, doesn't have ID on him, nor does any neighboring state have a reported missing person matching the man's description. Their single...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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Summary: When a visiting actress becomes the subject of a death threat, Jesse and the rest of the Paradise Police Department go on high alert. When Jesse witnesses a horrifying collision caused by a distracted teenage driver, the political repercussions of her arrest bring him into conflict with the local selectmen, the DA, and some people with very deep pockets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2012
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Summary: When a visiting actress becomes the subject of a death threat, Jesse and the rest of the Paradise police department go on high alert. And when Jesse witnesses a horrifying collision caused by a distracted teenage driver, the political repercussions of her arrest bring him into conflict with the local selectmen, the DA, and some people with very deep pockets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2012