"When the President of the United States vacations on Martha's Vineyard, his daughter, sixteen-year-old Cricket Callahan, yearns for a Roman holiday of sorts, far from the Secret Service agents who regulate her every move."--BOOK JACKET. "While fishing alone on South Beach early one August morning, sometime investigator and full-time food and fishing enthusiast J. W. Jackson sees a teenage girl strolling along the shore. They chat, and he lets her...

In Martha's Vineyard, former policeman and philosopher J. W. Jackson is hired to protect an actress, famous for protesting sexism by baring her breasts at the Academy Awards. The actress is receiving threatening letters from a killer.

Returning home from a clamming expedition, J.W. Jackson finds that his wife Zee and young daughter had been attacked by intruders, and later discovers that the crime has ties to Tom Rimini, the troubled husband of J.W.'s first wife, Carla

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

Retired policeman J. W. Jackson hoped to escape big city violence when he moved to Martha's Vineyard. But even this idyllic place has its share of troubles.

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.