New York: Putnam, (2013). SIGNED first edition - After the death of Robert B. Parker in 2010, Southern crime fiction writer Ace Atkins was selected to continue the Spenser series - this is the second novel in that continuation. Reviewer Paul Saltzman commented that Atkins "has stayed true to [Parker's] voice and his literate, dialogue-driven vision while keeping his characters compelling and allowing them to grow." Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, team up to help his old trainer. SIGNED and dated on the title page. Publisher's letter laid in. Basis for the Mark Wahlberg-Winston Duke film ÒSpenser Confidential.Ó 306 pp.