ABOUT THE BOOK

In 1974, a revolutionary group calling itself The Dread Scott Brigade held up the Old Shawmut Bank in Boston's Audubon Circle. Money was stolen. And a woman named Emily Gordon, a visitor in town cashing traveler's checks, was shot and killed. No one saw who shot her. Despite security-camera photos and a letter from the group claiming responsibility, the perpetrators have remained at large for nearly three decades.

Enter Paul Giacomin, the closest thing to a son Spenser has. Twice before, Spenser's come to the young man's assistance; and now Paul is thirty-seven, his troubled past behind him. When Paul's friend Daryl Gordon-daughter of the long-gone Emily-decides she needs closure regarding her mother's death, it's Spenser she turns to. The lack of clues and a missing FBI intelligence report force Spenser to reach out in every direction-to Daryl's estranged, hippie father, to Vinnie Morris and the mob, to the mysterious Ives-testing his resourcefulness and his courage.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

'An intriguing look at the psychology of manipulation combined with a knockout plot that builds to a truly creepy, hair-raising climax' - Booklist

Praise for Robert B Parker

'Parker's dialogue is always cutting and laugh out loud funny' - Donna Leon, The Sunday Times

'I fell in love with his books' - Helen Hunt

'Very readable, slick and professional.' - Evening Standard

'If you want non-stop, awesome characters and overall kick-ass entertainment, you need to read Parker.' - Janet Evanovich

'Robert B Parker's Spenser is one of the best private detectives in fiction.' - The Sunday Telegraph

'Parker has gone into brilliant overdrive.' - The Literary Review