A high-class New York madam hires Spenser to find a missing hooker, But when Spenser tracks down April Kyle, he uncovers the murder of yet another prostitute. N

Susan's letter came from California: Hand was in jail, and she was on the run. Twenty-four hours later, Hawk is free, because Spenser has sprung him loose—for

“Ebullient entertainment.”—Time A hotshot reporter is dead. He'd gone to take a look-see at “Miami North”—little Wheaton, Massachusetts—the bigges

The essays in this collection show how the conventions of realism were transformed by new ideas about gender and race.

When Molly's fisherman father brings her a magical white pony from the sea, the townspeople, who think it will bring them good luck, take it away from her and l