Ed London is the type of private investigator that you call to clean up the mess when your mistress turns up dead. But after he dumps a body in Central Park, it appears this case is still alive and kicking.

Spenser searches for a kidnapped wife of a Boston police detective, and is led to a barrio in a Massachusetts mill town, where he thinks she is being held hostage by a former lover.

Former US Marine Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily - and his staff of investigators use the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases. In L.A., Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multimillion-dollar gambling...

The guest at a gathering of the greatest chefs in the world, Nero Wolfe discovers that a murderer is in their midst.