Robert B. Parker's Cheap shot : a Spenser novel

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Title:

Robert B. Parker's Cheap shot : a Spenser novel

Alternate title:

Cheap shot

Author:

Atkins, Ace, author.

Series:

Spenser ;

Series Number:

41.

Summary:

Investigating the perpetrators of violent off-field incidents who compromised the public image of a star linebacker before kidnapping his young son, Spenser assembles a team of associates to comb through the underworld of Boston.

Edition:

Berkley premium edition.

Physical Description:

370 pages : map ; 20 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Spenser (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Private investigators -- Fiction.

Football players -- Fiction.

Kidnapping -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Berkley Books,

Publication Date:

2015

2014

ISBN:

9780425275191

Publication Information:

2015

New York : Berkley Books, 2015.

Call Number:

ATKINS

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

"Atkins gives Robert B. Parker's long-running series one of its best installments to date" (Bookreporter.com) as Spenser investigates the kidnapping of a football player's son.

Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriots' marquee players--a hard-nosed linebacker who's earned his standing as one of the toughest guys in the league. He may be worth millions but his connection to a nightclub shooting two years before is still putting a dangerous spin on his life, and his career.

When Heywood's nine-year-old son, Akira, is kidnapped, and a winding trail through Boston's underworld begins, Spenser puts together his own all-star team of toughs. It will take both Hawk and Spenser's protégé, Zebulon Sixkill, to watch Spenser's back. Because Heywood's next unpredictable move puts everyone in jeopardy as the clock winds down on Akira's future.

Author Notes

Ace Atkins was a correspondent for The St. Petersburg Times and a crime reporter for The Tampa Tribune. He received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for a feature series based on his investigation into a forgotten murder of the 1950s. The story became the core of his novel White Shadow. He is the author of approximately 20 books including The Ranger, The Lost Ones, and Lullaby.

In 2011, he was selected by the Robert B. Parker estate to continue the adventures of Boston's private eye, Spenser. His books include Robert B. Parker's Wonderland, Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot, and Robert B. Parker's Kickback.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In Atkins's assured third Spenser novel (after 2013's Robert B. Parker's Wonderland), New England Patriots linebacker Kinjo Heywood, who suspects he's being followed, hires PI Spenser to look into the perceived threats. Someone may be unhappy that Heywood, who was implicated in a shooting at a Manhattan nightclub, emerged from the investigation with only a weapons violation. The star's reputation as a dirty player also could be behind the harassment, with opposing teams potentially seeking to rattle him just as the season gets underway. When Heywood's seven-year-old son, Akira, is kidnapped, Spenser works frantically to bring Akira back safely, despite sometimes working at cross-purposes from the boy's father. Because the "old Italian and Irish crews" that Spenser used to know are no more, he has to turn to new underworld sources for information. Atkins's gift for mimicking the late Robert B. Parker could lead to a long run, to the delight of Spenser devotees. Agent: Helen Brann, Helen Brann Agency. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.