"True to his practice of exceeding his own standards with each new
novel, Atkins gives Robert B. Parker's 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 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 protege,
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.