{"product_id":"robert-b-parkers-kickback-paperback","title":"Robert B. Parker's Kickback - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAce Atkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePI Spenser, knight-errant of the Back Bay, takes on corruption in the justice system in this stellar \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling thriller in Robert B. Parker's series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank Twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he could be brought up on criminal charges, but that's exactly what happened. This is Blackburn, Mass., where zero tolerance for minors is a way of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Leading the movement is tough-as-nails judge Joe Scali, who gives speeches about coming down hard on today's wild youth. But Dillon's mother, who knows other Blackburn kids who are doing hard time for minor infractions, isn't buying Scali's line. She hires Spenser to find the truth behind the draconian sentencing. From the Harbor Islands to a gated Florida community, Spenser and trusted ally Hawk follow a trail through the Boston underworld with links to a shadowy corporation that runs New England's private prisons. They eventually uncover a culture of corruption and cover-ups in the old mill town, where hundreds of kids are sent off to for-profit juvie jails.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert B. Parker\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAce Atkins \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which--\u003ci\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Ones\u003c\/i\u003e--were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (he also has a third Edgar nomination for his short story, \"Last Fair Deal Gone Down\"). In addition, he is the author of several \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the\u003ci\u003e St. Petersburg Times\u003c\/i\u003e, a crime reporter for the\u003ci\u003e Tampa Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and, in college, played defensive end for the undefeated Auburn University football team (for which he was featured on the cover of \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e). He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.6 x 4.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694571950143,"sku":"9780425278871","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/db5a7866e9bc3b021b63ee2319283b7c.webp?v=1765001589","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/robert-b-parkers-kickback-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}