Description

When fourteen-year-old Mattie Sullivan hires Spenser to find the person who murdered her mother four years earlier, the Boston private investigator takes on a case that is as personal as it is dangerous. Living in a troubled housing project while caring for her younger twin sisters and an alcoholic grandmother, Mattie has few resources—and nowhere else to turn. As Spenser follows a trail of buried secrets and long-standing resentments, he must protect a vulnerable family while pursuing justice for a crime the city has largely forgotten. Written in the hard-boiled tradition, the novel combines sharp dialogue, moral conviction, and gritty urban suspense in a compelling continuation of the beloved detective series.

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Quercus

Published Jan 1, 2012

310 pages

ISBN: 9781780879857

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Details

First Published

2012

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for Robert B. Parker's Lullaby by Ace Atkins.

Violence
Death/Grief
Substance Use