Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies

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Nick and Laurie Kostas are a hard-working couple from Saugus, Massachusetts. They made their millions the old-fashioned way-they earned it. After deciding to retire early and selling off their snow removal business to a competitor, the couple believe they're headed to sunny Florida and a life of ease. But not before a friend introduces them to a money manager, a man who's described as a financial wizard who won't only keep their cash safe but will put it to work and earn big. M. Brooks Wells' resume is impressive- a masters in tax law from Harvard, experience as an officer for the CIA, and a long list of celebrity clients including movie stars and famous athletes. There's only one problem- he soon disappears, along with the couple's ten million. Enter Spenser, who quickly discovers that everything about Wells is phony. His name, his resume, and client list are nothing but an elaborate fraud. Following a trail from Boston to Atlanta, Spenser tracks the man and his less impressive identity and a growing list of victims connected to a Georgia megachurch. It turns out Wells has close ties to the church and one of its prominent members, the founder of a shadowy paramilitary contracting company. It will take Spenser and a few of his go-to gunmen, Hawk, Vinnie Morris, and Teddy Sapp, to untangle the financial web, fight the contractors, and get to the truth.

ROBERT B. PARKER was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring police chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole-Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010. ACE ATKINS is the Edgar-nominated author of nineteen books, including the forthcoming Quinn Colson novel The Innocents. Selected by the Robert B. Parker estate to continue the Spenser novels, most recently the New York Times-bestsellers Robert B. Parker's Kickback and Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot.

Praise for Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies "Atkins, a longtime Spenser fan, understands the character and what makes him tick. He knows Spenser's world and the people who inhabit it. He writes with the same spare style as Parker and peppers the narrative with the same wry wit."--Fort Worth Star Telegram "A taut, suspenseful story line drives Edgar-finalist Atkins's sixth Spenser novel...which deepens the relationship between the Boston PI and his significant other, therapist Susan Silverman."--Publishers Weekly "Atkins really hit his stride as steward for Parker's characters."--Booklist Praise for Ace Atkins and the Spenser Series "Handpicked by the Parker estate to be the keeper of the flame for the Spenser franchise, award-winning author Ace Atkins rises flawlessly to the occasion. In addition to the signature dialogue, all the familiars are fully resurrected: Susan, the sexy shrink; Pearl, the wonder dog; Hawk, the wonder sidekick; good cop Quirk, and, of course, Spenser himself, that consummate knight errant for the twenty-first century."--Kirkus Reviews "It's a feat when a writer creates characters who live and breathe on the page and make readers care and keep coming back for more. To manage that with someone else's characters, let alone with an icon like Spenser, is a minor miracle. Ace Atkins pulls it off."--Chicago Sun-Times "Atkins does a wonderful job with the characters created by Parker."--Booklist "Classic Spenser--the Spenser of wry wit, tasty food and drinks, hard workouts and lethal confrontations...Once again, Atkins has delivered a thriller that evokes the best of Parker's Spenser series, not least the punchy back-and-forth of the dialogue."--Associated Press "Atkins has done a splendid job of capturing the voice of the late Robert B. Parker."--Publishers Weekly