Robert B. Parker's Payback
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4.3 • 280 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In her latest thrilling adventure, PI Sunny Randall takes on two serpentine cases that converge into one deadly mystery.
PI Sunny Randall has often relied on the help of her best friend Spike in times of need. When Spike's restaurant is taken over under a predatory loan agreement, Sunny has a chance to return the favor. She begins digging into the life of the hedge fund manager who screwed Spike over - surely a guy that smarmy has a skeleton or two in his closet - and soon finds this new enemy may have the backing of even badder criminals.
At the same time, Sunny's cop contact Lee Farrell asks her to intervene with his niece, a college student who reported being the victim of a crime but seems to know more than she's telling police. As the uncooperative young woman becomes outright hostile, Sunny runs up against a wall that she's only more determined to scale.
Then, what appear to be two disparate cases are united by a common factor, and the picture becomes even more muddled. But one thing is clear: Sunny has been poking a hornet's nest from two sides, and all hell is about to break loose.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in a post-Covid near future, Edgar finalist Lupica's twisty third entry in Parker's Sunny Randall franchise (after 2020's Grudge Match) faithfully captures the character of the Boston PI. Sunny's best friend, Spike, has been cheated out of his restaurant by hedge fund hotshot Alex Drysdale, who offered him a financial lifeline during the pandemic, but the fine print essentially put the restaurateur in default right after he signed the loan papers. Sunny vows to restore Spike's business, but her aggressive tactics result in a threatening visit from an unnamed man, followed by receipt of a photo of her father with a red dot superimposed on his forehead. She's also occupied assisting a police detective friend, whose college student niece, Emily Barnes, has been assaulted, but isn't fully forthcoming about the attack. To her surprise, Sunny finds a link between Alex and Emily, and the ante gets upped when someone involved in her inquiries is shot to death. Lupica makes smart-mouthed Sunny as fully realized as Parker's better-known gumshoe, Spenser. Readers are sure to look forward to her next outing.
Customer Reviews
Payback
A very good Parkeresque Whodunit. Written in the Parker traditional method with frequent twists and laughs. Five stars all the way.