The front / Cornwell, Patricia Daniels

Dispatched by the district attorney to a declining Massachusetts neighborhood to address a case related to a new public relations campaign, state investigator Win Garano suspects a deeper agenda and becomes involved with a loosely organized association of vigilante police officers, in a case during which he is assisted by his intuitive grandmother.

Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano is dispatched to Watertown by District Attorney Monique Lamont to look into a cold case that just may be the Boston Strangler's first victim, but he runs up against opposition from the Front, an unofficial coalition of police departments who are suspicious of Lamont, her minions, and her motivations.