The "Death In Paradise" I'm writing about here is a Jesse Stone novel by Robert B. Parker. Stone is settling into his job as Chief of Police of Paradise and seeing his ex-wife, Jenn, on a weekly basis but that doesn't preclude him from having other romantic interests. He's also playing baseball with a group of guys in town -- one of his favorite past times -- so life seems good until the body of a teenage girl is found in the town lake.
Billie Bishop was known as a girl who "put out" at her local high school -- which was not in Paradise so how did she end up dead there? A senior boy's class ring around her neck leads to her identity and parents who do not acknowledge her as their daughter. When they kicked their middle daughter out of the house, she was no longer their daughter.
Billie was shot and dumped in the lake with a concrete block to weigh her down but eventually her body floated to the surface and she was discovered. Stone is not happy about this girl's death and sets out to discover what happened to her and who murdered her. This is a very satisfying Jesse Stone mystery in terms of the murder inquiry itself and glimpses into Stone's personal struggles with alcohol and his love for his ex-wife. pazt
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