A New York Times Bestselling Author -- When fourteen- year- old Mattie Sullivan asks Spenser to look into her mother's murder, he's not completely convinced by her claim that the police investigation four years ago was botched. Mattie is gruff, street- smart, and wise beyond her years, left to care for her younger siblings and an alcoholic grandmother in a dilapidated apartment in South Boston. But Mattie's need for closure and her determination to make things right hit Spenser where he lives.
