Thin Air
Robert B. Parker
 Belson returns home one night to find his young wife, Lisa, missing, with no clue as to her whereabouts. He suspected that she may have left him, but circumstances seem to indicate she was kidnapped. Shortly after confiding in Spenser, Belson is shot returning home one night. Since he is unable to search for her himself as he is hospitalized, Spenser undertakes the search himself. The investigation leads him to the impoverished town of Proctor where he has to undercover details of Lisa's life previous to meeting Belson to discover where she might be now.