{"product_id":"9781101546352","title":"Night Passage (Jesse Stone Series #1)","description":"After a busted marriage kicks his drinking problem into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dumps him, the thirty-five-year-old Jesse Stone's future looks bleak. So he's shocked when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise recruits him as police chief. He can't help wondering if this job is a genuine chance to start over, the kind of offer he can't refuse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce on board, Jesse 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. Against all this, Jesse stands utterly alone, with no one to trust; even he and the woman he's seeing are like ships that pass in the night. He finds he must test his mettle and powers of command to emerge a local hero—or the deadest of dupes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the flagship volume in a new series featuring a complex and engaging sleuth, \u003ci\u003eNight Passage\u003c\/i\u003e is cause for celebration.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134099833072,"sku":"9781101546352","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101546352_p0.jpg?v=1763688075","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101546352","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}