Police Chief Jesse Stone is shocked when Wilson "Crow" Cromartie, an Apache hit man who escaped Stone's grasp ten years ago, arrives in his office warning Jesse to stay out of his way as he searches for a missing woman whose father wants her back and is willing to risk anything to help her escape from the violent gang she's involved with.
In the winter of 1879, Wyatt Earp travels to Tombstone, Arizona, becomes deputy sheriff, meets his legendary contemporaries--Doc Holliday, Clay Allison, Bat Masterson, and his love, Josie Marcus--and develops a deadly feud with Johnny Behan.
Spenser puts his life in danger after he fails his assignment to protect the person responsible for handing over ransom money for a stolen painting and decides to track down the thieves and retrieve the masterpiece on his own.
Spenser is called in to investigate when actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of raping and murdering a young woman, and as Spenser tries to uncover the truth, he forms an unusual alliance with Jumbo's bodyguard, a young Native American known as Sixkill.
Spenser, a Boston private eye, agrees to help a former client, a young prostitute who is now a well-established madam, discover who is trying to blackmail her and uncovers connections with local kingpin Tony Marcus.
