Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.

The ex-cop detective, Kinsey Millhone, helps a young man who muddled his memory after being forced off the edge of a canyon, but three days later he is dead.

Trisha McFarland goes on a hike with her mother and older brother, but wanders off into the forest to escape their bickering. She has only her wits for navigation and her Walkman, tuned to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox games and the gritty performances of her hero, Tom Gordon.

A beautiful young woman is dead in the bathroom of her home. Her husband-a promising young cop named Archie Wildcraft-is shot in the head but still alive. It looks like an attempted murder/suicide, but something tells Detective Merci Rayborn that there's more to the story. When the suspect vanishes from his hospital bed, he draws Merci into a manhunt that leaves the entire department questioning her abilities and her judgment. Is Archie's flight the...