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The cases and adventures of the police forces in and around Sparta, Mississippi.

Stella Stevens is Sheriff of a western town, and her daughters, three by different men, inherited their skills, magic and gambling, and the youngest is a tomboy and cowboy. Together they help their mother, with the help of the housekeeper, friend, scared, and green Deputy, catch a band of outlaws. The best line in the movie is delivered by her youngest daughter, Missy Wilder, "I can ride, rope, and shoot better than any Deputy you're paying wages to!"

Althea Tibbs is kidnapped and taken hostage by the prime suspect in a serial murder investigation.

Gillespie and Tibb's reluctant investigation of a bigamy case becomes absurd with the accused's half dozen wives, and serious when he is found dead in his cell.

Gillespie is asked by a condemned prisoner to be present at his execution.

When two local locksmiths uncover a cocaine fencing operation, all evidence points to the personal staff of Virgil Tibbs' former high school rival.

Tibbs gets a long overdue dose of self-satisfaction when the Sparta Police close in on the masterminds of the drug trafficking operation.

Wilson Sweet puts his job on the line when he takes a personal stake in the case of a 13-year-old drug addict.

Racial tensions boil over in Sparta when a married, white woman has an extramarital affair with a black businessman.

A man hosting his annual high stakes poker game is murdered.

Chief Gillespie reluctantly accepts visiting Sparta native Virgil Tibbs as his new Chief of Detectives in the midst of a high-profile murder investigation.

Gillespie and Tibbs learn to get used to each other's working habits and bond as workers and friends to solve the murder.

Despite compelling evidence, Gillespie refuses to believe that his best friend used another person's playful gunfire to cover up for the murder of his alcoholic wife.

When Virgil's estranged aunt is eyewitness to a teenager killed in a botched arrest, her resentment for Virgil clouds her better judgement as to what really happened.

Hawk is framed for the attempted murder of Marty Quirk. There is a new gun in town named Tyrone Blackwell. Name looks good on a tombstone.

Spenser has just relocated and out of no where, former clients are accusing of trying to shake them down. Spenser is oblivious to what they are talking about. Later a D.A. is threatening to take action against him.

A young man is found floating in the water. When he wakes up, he claims to have no memory of who he is. Spenser tries to help him. Later, he becomes the prime suspect in a murder. But he claims he can't be a killer.

Rita asks Spenser to help a youth she's coaching at a youth center. Spenser discovers that the boy is working for a Fagin like criminal.

A man who witnessed the murder of a bank officer is now confessing to the crime.

A vigilante named Sammy writes a book and angers the Boston mob. Turns out the Feds, the mob and Hawk all want Sammy dead for different reasons. William H Macy makes an early cameo and Spenser must tie all the loose ends together.

Spenser helps a young woman search for her father, but has to convince Rita and the police that she is innocent of two attempts on her father's life.

A man under investigation for insider trading on the stock market is killed before he can turn state's evidence.

Spenser searches for the murderer of a war hero whose forthcoming book promised an expose of a Vietnamese crime boss.

A video director with gambling debts has passed on a drinking problem to his 16-year-old daughter.

Spenser must solve the murder of a good friend, Joe Kelly. He is killed riding as Paul Revere in an annual celebration. There is more to Joe than Spenser knows.