Robert B. Parker's Payback

Street-wise and sassy PI Sunny Randall returns in the latest Robert B.

Parker novel by Mike Lupica. PI Sunny Randall has often relied on her best friend, Spike, in times of need.

Now their roles are reversed. His 20-year old niece, a junior at Taft University, has committed suicide, and Spike wants to know why.

The search will send them digging into the life of a girl embroiled in secrets of her own, her sorority, the university, and even in Spike s own family... secrets that will eventually put both Sunny and Spike in more danger than they ve ever faced.