Book description
Fourteen-year-old Mattie Sullivan has approached Spenser for help,
asking him to find her mother's killer. But her mother, Julie Sullivan,
was killed some four years back; and a local man, Mickey Green, was
convicted of her murder that very same year. Mattie is, by all
appearances, an emotionally damaged kid. But she's also gruff,
street-smart and fearless - qualities close to Spenser's heart. As such,
he agrees to look into Mickey Green's case: figuring the least he can do
is force Mattie to face the facts, and put an end to her denial. But
Mattie's instincts are correct. And soon Spenser realizes that it's not
her, but the record on her mother's killing, which needs to be set
straight. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Sullivan has approached Spenser for
help, asking him to find her mother's killer. But her mother, Julie
Sullivan, was killed some four years back; and a local man, Mickey
Green, was convicted of her murder that very same year. Mattie is, by
all appearances, an emotionally damaged kid. But she's also gruff,
street-smart and fearless - qualities close to Spenser's heart. As such,
he agrees to look into Mickey Green's case: figuring the least he can do
is force Mattie to face the facts, and put an end to her denial. But
Mattie's instincts are correct. And soon Spenser realizes that it's not
her, but the record on her mother's killing, which needs to be set
straight.
