Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot (Spenser)

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 who€s 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.

Heywood€s troubles seem to be tied to a nightclub shooting from two years earlier. But when Heywood€s nine-year-old son, Akira, is kidnapped, ransom demands are given, 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 prot©g©, Zebulon Sixkill, to watch Spenser€s back and return the child to the football star€s sprawling Chestnut Hill mansion. A controversial decision from Heywood only ups the ante as the clock winds down on Akira€s future.