Night and Day / Robert B. Parker / 289 pages / Deceased Author Challenge

Paradise police chief Jesse Stone is called to investigate a most unusual case and an all too common one with an unusual modis operandi.  The local high school principal has called all her female charges together to check their underwear...and a riot ensues...  A peeping Tom (Nighthawk) has escalated to home invasion.  Jesse consults his Ozzie Smith poster for advice on how to proceed.  Mr. Parker brings Susan in from his Spenser novels and highlights Jenny and Jesse's troubled relationship as well as Jesse's budding relationship with Sonny Randall. As always, Mr. Parker has written an engaging mystery and detective spiced with romance, humor, interesting characters, and creative problem solving.