Parker Robert B.

'I spotted the girl even before she knocked on my door'. Mattie Sullivan is not Spenser's typical client. For a start, she's just fourteen. Nor is her request a typical one — to take a case that's already been solved. But this kid is wiser than her years. And this case is less clear-cut, and far more dangerous, than it appears.

When his buddy Hawk is beaten within an inch of his life, Spenser infiltrates a ruthless mob in the name of friendship — and revenge.