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Former policeman J.W. Jackson, now a fisherman in Martha's Vineyard, has a fight with a state environmental officer over the closure of a beach during a film shoot. When the officer is murdered, Jackson is a suspect and must clear his name.

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.

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.

"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.

Tiring of his temporary solitude while his wife and children are away visiting relatives, J. W. Jackson accepts a job tracking down the stalker of a reclusive man who is being harassed for not wanting to sell his valuable home property.