Night Passage — Robert B. Parker

The author of the bestselling Spenser novels introduces a new hero ... Meet Jesse Stone, who has left the LAPD in disgrace and found himself the new chief of police in Paradise, Massachusetts--a town that's a lot less idyllic than it sounds...

Jesse Stone has left the LAPD behind and carried the burden of a recent divorce and a drinking problem cross-country to Paradise, Massachusetts. He is offered the job of police chief there--much to his surprise, since he was drunk at the interview. He soon finds out why, when he's caught between corrupt town leaders, a local militia group, and a murderer on the loose.

But Stone just might surprise his bosses--and do the job he was hired to do. Because he may have left his entire life behind in California. But he didn't leave his soul...