Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot (Spenser);

€œTrue 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 prot©g©, 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.