Cheap Shot Book Review

I have really been enjoying the series and told my mom that she really needed to get back and read the rest of these new books.  The new author is doing a great job at keeping the series going.  This book keeps with the fast tempo and lots of action of all of the other books and really had me on the edge of my seat.  Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot (Spenser) by Ace Atkins is the 42nd book in the series but one of the newer ones by Ace Atkins.  I hope that you check out this book for yourself and enjoy as much as I did.

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 protégé, 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.

This was a tough book because it was about the abduction of a child.  It was hard to go through and wonder the whole book if the child was dead or alive.  Even knowing that Spenser was going to work his hardest to bring closure for the family, didn't make me feel better about the uncertainty.  Kinjo, a famous football player, got his son taken and was trying to get him back.  They went a week without even getting a call and then there were a few false leads on the kidnapping.  Spenser was using both Hawk and Z in order to work all the leads.  They were fired so many times that I lost track but they continued to work because they weren't going to let anything happen to the child.  You have to pick up the book for yourself to see what happens... hope I haven't left you in too much suspense.  I probably need to go to a much lighter book for the next one that I read to take a break from this heavy one.  I hope that you check out this book and the rest of the series.  I know that you will enjoy it as much as I have.