In 1974, a revolutionary group holds up a bank, shooting and killing a clerk. Thirty years later, her daughter seeks closure about her mother's death and turns to Spenser for help.

When Spenser's client, Dennis Doherty, Doherty's wife, and her lover are found dead, Spenser tries to right the wrongs by avenging his client's death.

While the women of Paradise, Massachusetts are being threatened by a voyeur, dubbed "The Night Hawk," Police Chief Jesse Stone must also check out reports of lewd conduct by the junior high school principal, Betsy Ingersoll.

Heidi Bradshaw, a gold digger recently separated from her latest husband, recruits Boston P.I. Spenser to be a stand-in husband and protector at her daughter's wedding; when Spenser's nemesis Rugar--the Gray Man--arrives at what should be a joyous occasion, Spenser realizes something is amiss.

It's December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner. He's confronted in his office by a homeless boy named Slide who has found refuge with an organization named Street Business, which gives shelter and seeks job opportunities for the homeless and lost. Slide's mentor, Jackie Alvarez, is being threatened, but it's not a simple case of intimidation; the trail leads to a dangerous drug kingpin, whose hold on the at-risk...

Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Boston PI Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen.

Appie Knoll is the kind of suburb where kids grow up right. But something is wrong. Fourteen-year-old Kevin Bartlett disappears. Everyone thinks he's run away--until the comic strip ransom note arrives. It doesn't take Spenser long to get the picture: an affluent family seething with rage, a desperate boy making strange friends ... friends like Vic Harroway, body builder. Mr. Muscle is Spenser's only lead and he isn't talking except with his fists....