This like-new hardcover is near fine, no marks, pages are tight and appear unread, the book is tight, square, and unmarked. Dust cover is unmarked, pink cloth boards, and pink lettering on the spine of the book. Trouble in Paradise by Robert B. Parker, published in 1998, is the second novel in the Jesse Stone series. The series features Jesse Stone, a former LAPD homicide detective who becomes the police chief of the small coastal town of Paradise, Massachusetts. In Trouble in Paradise, Jesse Stone faces a new threat to the idyllic town of Paradise. A charismatic and ruthless criminal named James Macklin arrives in town with a bold plan to rob the wealthy residents of Stiles Island, an exclusive community off the coast of Paradise. Macklin and his gang use intimidation and violence to set their plan in motion, but Jesse is determined to stop them.