True to his practice of exceeding his own standards with each new novel, Atkins gives Robert B. Parkers long-running series one of its best installments to date Bookreporter.com with the Spencer novel, Cheap Shot...Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriots marquee players—a hard-nosed linebacker whos 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 Heywoods nine-year-old son, Akira, is kidnapped, 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.
