Jesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise. Stone's old habits die hard as he continues to indulge his two favorite things: Scotch whiskey and women. After a series of murders—the first ever in Paradise—and a high school girl is raped, he's forced to face his own demons in order to solve the crimes.
Natalie, a gifted New York photographer, has a troubled past reflected in her art. When she struggles to make ends meet in the city, her agent, arranges an assignment in Boston for a considerable sum of money. Unable to turn it down in her dire straits, Natalie takes the job -- only to find that her estranged gay brother, Roy, is the employer. Roy wants to mend their broken past, but must convince her to stay long enough to do so.
1873년, 미국 메인 주의 외딴 섬 스머티노즈에서 노르웨이 이민자인 아넷과 카렌이 도끼로 잔인하게 살해되는 사건이 발생한다. 유일한 생존자였던 마렌은 살인마를 피해 동이 틀 때까지 바닷가 바위 밑에 몸을 숨겨 목숨을 부지하게 되고, 항해를 떠났던 남편 존과 오빠 이반에 의해 다음 날 아침에 구출된다. 그녀는 이 참혹한 사건의 범인으로 잠시 그녀의 집에 머물렀던 루이스 와그너를 지목한다.
그러나 살인사건의 현장에는 루이스 와그너가 살인을 했다는 증거도 없고, 목격자의 증언 역시 일치되지 않아 의혹은 커져만 간다. 결국 사건은 수많은 의문을 남긴 채 루이스 와그너는 사형선고를 받고, 2년 후 교수형에 처해진다. 100년 후, 4명의 남녀가 사건의 진실을 밝히기 위해 섬에 도착하는데..
Howard Spitz is a cranky, has-been detective novelist out of money and out of luck - until he meets eight-year-old Samantha, who convinces him he has what it takes to write children's books.
After telling his class about the ghost of Captain Kidd and his buried treasure on George’s Island, George is placed in a foster home. George and another foster child, Bonnie, flee to the island on Halloween but when they’re followed by adults Captain Kidd’s ghost is awakened.
During a police strike in Nova Scotia's capital city, a gang of hoodlums end up unintentionally causing the owner of a gay bar to be killed. This escalates into a string of murders with a lone survivor trying to not be next.
