Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives on the range are inexorably redirected.

Jesse调查一位年轻朋友的可疑死亡，而警察部队正在处理一位傲慢的新警察局长，他是一位市议员的女婿。

被马萨诸塞州天堂镇议会停职的警察局长杰西·斯通（Jesse Stone）开始为他的朋友、州凶杀案指挥官希利（Healy）兼职，调查波士顿的一系列谋杀案，让罗斯（Rose）和手提箱（Suitcase）独自处理天堂的犯罪狂欢。杰西把精力投入到工作中，努力赶走他的双胞胎恶魔：酒和女人。当他的调查导致臭名昭著的黑帮老大吉诺·费什，杰西的追捕变得危险。

警察局长杰西·斯通现在掌管着马萨诸塞州天堂这个安静的海滨村庄。当波士顿地区一起残忍的谋杀案的事实不成立时，杰西展开了一场充满惊喜、不太可能的嫌疑人和严重危险的调查。尽管人们普遍认为这起谋杀案是由一名被监禁的连环杀手所为，但杰西怀疑另一名杀手在逃，并决心将其绳之以法。

杰西·斯通（Jesse Stone）调查了一名十几岁女孩的谋杀案，该女孩的尸体被发现漂浮在当地的一个湖中，这让他与波士顿暴徒发生了冲突，并进入了一个利用问题青少年的畅销书作家的富裕世界。