However, Genest can’t help but leave his calling card by writing the word "slut" on Tammy’s corpse to further taunt Jesse. Hathaway also orders Jo Jo Genest to murder Carson's mistress, Tammy Portugal, after she demands he leave his wife for her. Hathaway later becomes concerned that Carson will talk and dispatches corrupt police officer Lou Burke to kill Carson. It is Hathaway who orchestrates the payoff and termination of the previous police chief, Tom Carson, after Carson learns of the money laundering operation. Soon after, Genest proceeds to taunt Stone by vandalizing a police car and killing the station cat as well as writing the word "slut" on both.Īlong with being the Board of Selectman chair, Hathaway is also a wealthy bank owner and leader of "The Freedom’s Horsemen", a local militia group. During the confrontation, Stone kicks Genest in the groin. Genest is a huge body builder, who assists local gangsters in a money laundering operation and also provides muscle for Hathaway. Shortly after arriving in Paradise, he meets Jo Jo Genest while responding to a domestic dispute. The novel begins with Stone’s cross country road trip to Paradise during which the disintegration of his marriage is detailed through flashbacks.
They get more than they bargain for in Stone. He later learns that this is because the corrupt Board of Selectman chair, Hasty Hathaway, is looking for a lush that they can push around. Despite showing up to the interview intoxicated, he is hired as chief of police for the small town of Paradise, Massachusetts.
They divorce and after his drinking leads to his termination from the LAPD he decides to get as far away from his now ex-wife as possible. LA homicide detective Jesse Stone, who already has a penchant for drinking, really begins to hit the bottle after he discovers his wife, actress Jenn Stone, is having an affair with her agent.
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