Audio Book Description:
The last time Jesse Stone, police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts, saw Wilson "Crow" Cromartie, the Apache hit man wasracing away in a speedboat afterexecuting one of the most lucrative and deadly heists in the town`s history. Crow managed toescape with a boatload of cash, never to be seen again. Untilnow. When Crow shows up in Jesse`s office some ten years after the crime, it`s not to turn himself in. Crow is on anotherjob, and this time he`s askingfor Jesse`s help-by asking him to stay out of his way. Crow`s mission is simple: find young Amber Francisco and bring her back to her father, Louis, inFlorida. It should be an easy payday fora pro like Crow, but there are complications. Amber, now living in squalorwith her mother, Fiona, is mixedup with members of a Latino gang. And when Louis orders Crow to kill Fiona before heading back with Amber, he can`tfollow through. Crow may be a bad guy,but he doesn`t kill women. It`sup to Jesse to provide protection. Meanwhile, Jesse`s on-again, off-again relationshipwith ex-wife Jenn picks up steam as sheinvestigates the gang problem for her TV station. As she and Jess dig deeper, the danger escalates. The life of a teenagegirl hangs in the balance, andsaving Amber could be the miracle Jesse and Jenn need for themselves, too.
