�Robert B. Parker is that rarity�a prolific author whose books are consistently original, suspenseful and fascinating. His crackling dialogue is always fresh and smart-alecky. You�re happily hooked before you know it.�-ForbesHeidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well connected�and she needs Spenser�s help. In a most unlikely request, Heidi, a notorious gold digger recently separated from her latest husband, recruits the Boston P.I. to accompany her to her private island, Tashtego, for her daughter�s wedding. Spenser is unsure of what his role as personal bodyguard will entail, but he consents when it�s decided that he can bring his beloved Susan Silverman along. It should be a straightforward job for Spenser: show up for appearances, have some drinks, and spend some quality time with Susan. Yet when his old nemesis Rugar�the Gray Man�arrives on Tashtego, Spenser realizes that something is amiss. With a hurricane-level storm brewing outside, the Gray Man jumps into action, firing fatal shots into the crowd of wedding guests and kidnapping the bride�but Spenser knows that the sloppy guns-for-hire abduction is not Rugar�s style. Unable to prevent the attack, Spenser will stop at nothing to recover the kidnapped bride and figure out how the Gray Man is connected. It�s up to Spenser to decide who the real enemy is . . . before more people end up dead.