n nEscaping the pressures of big-city policing, Maxine Benson is happy to be appointed police chief in the resort town of Port Ainslie.n nMaxs biggest challenge is to overcome skepticism at her ability to deal with major crimes--like the murder of Billy Ray Edwards. Few people mourn Billy Rays passing. He was a bully and was also intent on derailing the biggest development project in the towns history. But murders murder, and Max is ready to solve it on her own and prove her worth to the townspeople. And maybe even to herself.n