The iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser returns in an outstanding new addition to the New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins.Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriots marquee players—a hard-nosed linebacker whos earned his reputation as one of the toughest guys in the league. When off-field violence repeatedly lands Heywood in the news, his slick agent hires Spenser to find the men who he says have been harassing his client.Heywoods troubles seem to be tied to a nightclub shooting from two years earlier. But when Heywoods nine-year-old son, Akira, is kidnapped, ransom demands are given, and a winding trail through Bostons underworld begins, Spenser puts together his own all-star team of toughs. It will take both Hawk and Spensers protégé, Zebulon Sixkill, to watch Spensers back and return the child to the football stars sprawling Chestnut Hill mansion.
