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"When islanders clash with Saberfox, a powerful development agency, year-round residents J.W. Jackson and his wife Zee become embroiled in the conflict. After someone tries to kill a top company executive, J.W. begins to scrutinize the inner workings of Saberfox. It seems someone on the island is trying to stop the company by whatever means possible, and J.W. needs to prove he is not the guilty party before he also becomes a target."--Container.

Local cases of arson on a slumlord's property in Martha's Vineyard become personal to J.W. Jackson when an unidentified victim is possibly an old friend of his.

Spending the winter at Martha's Vineyard with his family, retired cop J.W. Jackson is asked to help an old friend sneak back into his Vineyard home and discovers that the friend has been targeted for a past involvement in a dangerous mission.

Meeting the mysterious Mahsimba, who is searching for two priceless soapstone figures missing from his African homeland, J.W. Jackson becomes alarmed when his wife, Zee, becomes infatuated with the stranger, whose search pits him against powerful and dangerous forces in Martha's Vineyard's art world.