Spenser es contratado para encontrar a la esposa fugitiva de un rico hombre de negocios. Basado en una historia del novelista de Spenser, Robert B. Parker.

El apartamento de Spenser se incendia, pero se le permite mudarse a una antigua estación de bomberos como agradecimiento por salvar la vida de un bombero. Mientras tanto, Spenser y Hawk son contratados para proteger la vida de un testigo del gran jurado. Cuando empieza a parecer que alguien de dentro puede estar intentando matar al testigo, y que éste puede no ser quien dice ser, las cosas se complican.

Spenser mata a un aspirante a ladrón al frustrar un robo. Él y Susan acogen a los dos hijos del hombre mientras investigan su pasado. Susan descubre que está embarazada.

Spenser investiga el aparente suicidio de una joven monja y tropieza con un casero corrupto.

Spenser ha sido contratado por un director de orquesta para encontrar a su hija que se ha escapado con su novio. Cuando los encuentra, ella le cuenta que su padre ha estado abusando de ella. Spenser le cuenta entonces a su padre lo que ella le ha dicho y él lo niega. Cuando Spenser se marcha, llama a Hawk, que una vez hizo un trabajo para él, para que vuelva a hacerlo.

Spenser is hired to protect a woman's identical twin sister from assassins, only to discover his employer suffers from a split personality.

Spenser tropieza con una banda de ladrones mientras investiga el robo de una reliquia en un museo.

The wife of a kidnapped oil tycoon hires Spenser to deliver $1 million in ransom money to a ring of terrorists while police have the drop-off area surrounded.

Spenser investiga a un policía corrupto implicado en el atraco a una amiga de Susan.

Marital infidelity and suspected involvement in a gambling ring lead to Lt. Quirk's suspension. Belson is shot during a raid. Spenser works to clear Quirk's name and catch Belson's would-be killer.

Spenser and Hawk blame themselves for failing to protect their respective clients from the clutches of the underworld, and vow to settle the score with a big-time racketeer and his henchmen.

A young ex-con named Louis Harper steals from his boss, John Brady. Brady hires Spenser to prove it and Harper hires Hawk to protect him from leg-breakers. Spenser and Hawk team up to solve Louis' murder.

Spenser tries to protect a former Russian ballerina, when she hires him to help her find stolen papers, but he gets more than he bargained for once he discovers that she is a person of interest to dueling government agents employed by American and Russian forces.

Spenser is going skiing with Susan, but when he picks her up at Smithfield High School where she works, he finds out one of her students died of a heroin overdose. Spenser gets hired by the superintendent and goes undercover as a teacher at her school to find out where the drugs are coming from. He obviously gets into it with the dealers.

A deaf woman hires Spenser to find a man she had been corresponding with who had gone missing. As Spenser investigates, he realizes that the missing man is somehow involved with a gang of thieves who are trying to kill Spenser in revenge for busting up their diamond heist.

Spenser searches for the father of an undocumented boy killed by an unhinged unemployed man. The trail leads Spenser into a conspiracy involving the exploitation of undocumented workers on the waterfront.

Spenser is hired by the fashion model wife of a rich bank owner who says her life is in danger. After multiple attempted murders and one successful murder, Spenser realizes that the wife is not the target. When the wife's past comes to light, the investigation takes a whole new direction.

Detective Belson's ex-partner is murdered during his daughter's wedding reception. The dead cop is suspected of being involved in criminal activities, so Lt. Quirk asks Spenser to investigate the dead man and find out if Belson is dirty too.

Spenser witnesses an ex convict murder a 19 year girl then kill himself. The girl's wealthy younger sister hires Spenser to find out why her sister was killed. Clues lead Spenser to a crusading preacher that had a secret relationship with the 19 year old.

When Spenser is trying to locate a runaway. The girl meets a psychotic man but Spenser saves her but the man escapes. He then wants to get back at Spenser and he starts by holding Susan hostage.

En colaboración con una atractiva reportera de televisión, Spenser investiga la razón por la que un edificio recién construido se haya derrumbado matando a un niño. Se sospecha de la empresa constructora después de que las muestras de datos muestren resultados sospechosos sobre la resistencia del núcleo de hormigón.