Part of Spenser
First published 2025
Vic Hale built his empire on controversy. The bombastic podcaster commands a massive audience with his inflammatory rhetoric, and he's about to ink the biggest contract in online broadcasting history. Then Spenser walks into his world. The Boston detective works for Daniel Lopez, a young man convinced that Hale is his biological father. The claim threatens everything Hale has built. His lucrative new deal hangs in the balance. Someone decides the secret is worth killing for. Bodies start appearing, each connected to the mystery of Daniel's parentage. Spenser must navigate the dangerous intersection of family secrets and public scandal. He races to uncover the truth before the podcaster or his potential son becomes the next victim. The case forces Spenser to confront how far people will go to protect their carefully constructed lives.
Genres: mystery, crime, adult-fiction, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful
Tropes: moral-ambiguity, mystery-investigation, secret-revealed
Setting: Boston
Period: 21st-century
352 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Content warnings: death, murder