Everything you need to understand or teach The Widening Gyre by Robert B. Parker.
Boston-based private detective Spenser goes to work for a conservative senatorial candidate named Meade Alexander, allegedly to protect him from some vague threats he has received. However, Meade reveals that Spenser will be investigating a blackmail tape showing Ronni, Meade's wife, having an affair with an anonymous man. Meade's opponent in the political race, Robert Browne, is high on Spenser's suspect list because Browne is on the payroll of Boston mafioso...
The Widening Gyre Lesson Plans contain 96 pages of teaching material, including: