The iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser returns in an outstanding new addition to theย New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins.
Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriotsโ marquee playersโa hard-nosed linebacker whoโs earned his reputation as one of the toughest guys in the league. When off-field violence repeatedly lands Heywood in the news,ย his slick agent hires Spenser to find the men who he says have been harassing his client.
Heywoodโs troubles seem to be tied to a nightclub shooting from two years earlier. But when Heywoodโs nine-year-old son, Akira, is kidnapped, ransom demands are given, and a winding trail through Bostonโs underworld begins, Spenser puts together his own all-star team of toughs. It will take both Hawk and Spenserโs protรฉgรฉ, Zebulon Sixkill, to watch Spenserโs back and return the child to the football starโs sprawling Chestnut Hill mansion. A controversial decision from Heywood only ups the ante as the clock winds down on Akiraโs future.