Jesse is called out to a local run-down motel where a young prostitute has been murdered. She has no ID, but for some reason looks familiar to Stone. The motel owner claims to know nothing about her, which turns out to be a big lie. Stone turns to Boston mob contact, Gino Fish, as a way to find out who the victim is and gets directed to two of the major pimps in the area, who, Fish advises, are serious competitors. Thomas Walker has been running prostitutes for some time, using coercion, drug addiction, and imprisonment as his MO. Fat Boy Nelly, a gay pimp, prefers a more collegial model of doing business and, obviously, does not require that the females prostitutes have sex with him. The victim, as Jesse learns, was Janice Becquer, a local girl he had counseled many years back. Stone feels some responsibility for her death as a result, and continues to pursue finding the killer, even after he has sufficiently pissed off one of the pimps, Walker, to the point that Walker is threatening to kill him.
In a parallel story line, Jesse's former accountant and friend, Donnie Jacobs, has wandered off from his nursing home and when Jesse finds him, Donnie says he is being treated badly by the staff of the home. Stone's investigation turns up a pattern of drugging and "parking" troublesome patients and even restraining them to their beds. Because this national syndicate has skated on similar charges in other locations, Jesse takes the novel approach of sending the health, fire and building safety departments after them. Jesse makes powerful new enemies--and some friends as well-- in the process of trying to find justice for those who cannot defend themselves.
If you have liked this series (in book or TV form) you will not be disappointed with this story.
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