<p><b>From the author behind the upcoming Hollywood all-star film A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES - the second brilliant novel in the Matthew Scudder series</b><br><br>The Spinner is dead, bashed on the head and left to rot in a river. There are three suspects. <br><br>Henry Prager has paid enough for the sins of his daughter, and begs Scudder not to destroy his shaky business or the fragile girl''s reformed life. <br><br>Beverly Etheridge cheerfully admitted all the sex acts Scudder had seen in the photos and she promises to show him a few more. <br><br>Theodore Huysendahl offers Scudder enough money to choke even a blackmailer''s greed, a proposition no sane man would turn down. <br><br>Scudder''s code of honour demands that one of them will pay...</p>