There's nothing like Martha's Vineyard on these crisp autumn
days, after the season has ended. Now that the
"off-islanders" are finally off the island, ex-Boston cop
J.W. Jackson is free to relax, fish, and make future plans
with his lady love Zee. But the natives are getting
seriously restless this fall, with animal rights activists
squaring off against deer slayers and environmentalists
butting heads with land developers. Things have reached the
boiling-over point -- and it's not long before verbal arrows
become real ones. And when a most unlikely victim is caught
in the lethal crossfire, Jackson can't just sit by idly with
a fishing pole in his hand. Someone has to lead the hunt for
a killer, and J.W.'s the man -- even if there's a chance
that he won't live to see next summer.