Robert B. Parker's Big Shot

Police Chief Jesse Stone finds himself in the crosshairs of a rich hedge fund manager dead set on making Paradise Jesses personal Hell, in this latest installment of Robert B. Parkers beloved series.

Fresh off an acquittal in a multi-billion-dollar fraud case, Ramsey Devlin doesnt think the law applies to him. This becomes apparent when Jesse finds him passed out, drunk, and on the side of the road in a Maclaren worth more than most peoples homes. After Devlin takes a swing at him and Jesse swiftly dumps him in the drunk tank, Jesse realizes hes made an enemy.

Devlin makes it his lifes mission to use his money and influence to provoke Jesse. And thanks to a few big campaign donations, hes got Jesses nemesis, Gary Armistead, the mayor of Paradise, on his side. Devlins even got Molly Crane, Jesses deputy chief, wanting to act on her violent urges.

Jesse has every reason to want Devlin out of his town. But when he vanishes, and bloodstains are found on the carpet of his monstrous seaside mansion, Jesse finds himself the main suspect in Devlins disappearance. Suspended from his position as chief, Jesse must solve the case and prove his own innocence... or he might be the one to wind up behind bars.