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Violence
A lot
Significant action violence including gunfights, surveillance operations, and deliberate lethal confrontations
Language
Some
Hard-boiled language throughout
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic content between Spenser and female characters encountered during the investigation
Substance Use
Barely any
Drinking in social settings
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moral questions about vigilante justice and extrajudicial killing
What this book is about
A millionaire whose family was killed by terrorists in a London restaurant bombing hires Spenser to find the survivors and exact justice outside the law. The trail leads Spenser across Europe with a hired team, culminating in a tense showdown at the Montreal Olympics. Fast-paced and morally complex, it is one of Parker's most action-heavy Spenser novels.
Notes for sensitive readers
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international terrorist themes
vigilante justice premise
multiple deaths
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