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Resumen del libro

Family ties prove deadly in the brilliant new Jesse Stone novel from New York Times-bestselling author Robert B. Parker.

The body in the trunk was just the beginning.

Turns out the stiff was a foot soldier for local tough guy Reggie Galen, now enjoying a comfortable "retirement" with his beauti ful wife, Rebecca, in the nicest part of Paradise. Living next door are Knocko Moynihan and his wife, Robbie, who also happens to be Rebecca's twin. But 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.

Stressed by the case, his failed relationship with his ex-wife, and his ongoing battle with the bottle, Jesse needs something to keep him from spinning out of control. When private investigator Sunny Randall comes into town on a case, she asks for Jesse's help. As their professional and personal relationships become intertwined, both Jesse and Sunny realize that they have much in common with both their victims and their suspects-and with each other.

Biografía del autor

Robert B. Parker (Springfield, 1932-Cambridge, 2010) fue uno de los autores más prolíficos de novela negra. En 1973 publicó la primera de ellas, El manuscrito Godwulf (SN, 255), en la que presentaba a Spenser, el detective privado que iniciaría la serie que le hizo famoso y le convirtió en un referente del género negro estadounidense. El personaje fue llevado a la pequeña pantalla en los años ochenta y gozó de una gran popularidad. Parker fue autor también de otras sagas policiacas, como la de la detective Sunny Randall y la del policía Jesse Stone, y en 1989 aceptó terminar la novela inacabada de Raymond Chandler La historia de Poodle Springs, y en 1991 escribió una secuela para El sueño eterno.