Part of Spenser, book 36
First published 2008
Spenser takes what should be easy money working security at a lavish high society wedding. The private investigator expects nothing more challenging than keeping uninvited guests away from the champagne. Instead, he watches the bride disappear in broad daylight, snatched away in what appears to be a carefully planned kidnapping. The crime pulls Spenser into a web of wealthy family dysfunction where old money hides new secrets. As he digs deeper into the bride's disappearance, bodies start turning up and a familiar enemy from his past emerges to complicate the investigation. The case forces Spenser to navigate the treacherous waters of Boston's elite, where family loyalty and criminal enterprise often overlap. What began as a simple protection job becomes a deadly game where the stakes keep rising and the truth proves more dangerous than anyone anticipated.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: Boston
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
294 pages · Hardcover · Putnam Adult