A wildly entertaining novel... Fast-paced and thrilling with just the right amounts of humor and pathos * Criminal Element * In this latest in his continuation of Robert B. Parker's beloved Spenser series, Atkins continues to do the late author proud... The talented Atkins delivers another engrossing thriller * Booklist * Atkins channels Parker, mixing the wisecracks with world-weariness in similar fashion * Times & Sunday Times Crime Club * Pacey, engrossing, with a palpable sense of danger and flurries of action * Herald * Gripping, fast paced and satisfying * NB Magazine *