Grace, a scheming runaway, JJ, her foster care sister, and Mick, the son of a petty thief, become entangled in the investigation of a teen prostitute's murder in a small, corrupt Montana town.
California PI Kinsey Millhone investigates the death of Audrey Vance, a woman she helped arrest for shoplifting, and antagonizes just about everyone, including Audrey's fianc?, several loan sharks, a stone-cold killer, and a hapless burglar who knows more than is healthy for him.
Former drug addict Noah Galloway's worst fears are realized when he is arrested for an arson fire in which twenty-six people were killed six years earlier, and he persuades reclusive defense lawyer Andy Carpenter to take his case, based on their shared loved for Carpenter's dog Tara, and though Noah confesses to the crime, he also swears he does not remember anything about the night of the fire, and Carpenter stalls for time while giving his team a chance to mount an investigation that grows deadlier every day.
Petty thief John Shannon responds to a mysterious text message and finds a chance at redemption and the opportunity to live a new life, but as he settles into his job, finds love, and starts to be a better man, his past catches up to him and he must choose between the life he gave up and the hope of a bright future.
Lawyer Andy Carpenter finds himself roped into defending a New York Giants star running back who police find holed up in his house with a gun, and the dead body of a New York Jets receiver. Getting his unwanted client off won't be easy, especially when drug lords become involved, putting Andy's lifeand the lives of those he cares abouton the line. 4th in the series.
Robin runs an exotic pet store and, to help pay the bills, works in a bar. It's at the bar that she meets Freddy, who then turns up dead and Robin, who owes someone a favor, must investigate his death.
Seventeen-year-old Avery can remember nothing to explain her parents' violent death in the woods where they live, but after meeting Ben, a mysterious new neighbor, she begins to believe some of the stories she has heard about creatures of the forest.
Discusses the disappearance of Chandra Levy in 2001 and subsequent search and investigation, including her possible involvement with Congressman Gary Condit, and examines the role of the media in complicating the details of the case and the impact of several mistakes made by law enforcement.
Boston private investigator Carlotta Carlyle, unable to get anyone to share information about why her mob-connected boyfriend Sam Gianelli has been indicted for a murder that is keeping him out of the country, decides to take a simple job checking out a fiance for a nervous bride-to-be, but when the young woman is found dead, Carlotta suddenly finds herself under suspicion and in over her head.
