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SUMMARY: A New York Times Bestseller In 1974, a revolutionary group called the Dread Scott Brigade held up the Old Shawmut Bank in Boston's Audubon Circle, and Emily Gordon was shot and killed. The perpetrators have remained at large for nearly three decades. Enter Paul Giacomin, the closest thing to a son Spenser has. When Paul's friend Daryl Gordon -- daughter of Emily -- seeks closure about her mother's death, they turn to Spenser. During a 1974 holdup in a Boston bank by a revolutionary group calling itself the Dread Scott Brigade, Emily Gordon is shot and killed. Nobody saw who shot her and the perpetrators have remained at large for three decades. Emily's daughter decides she needs closure regarding her mother's death so she turns to Spenser to find the answers In 1974, a revolutionary group holds up a bank, shooting and killing a clerk. Thirty years later, her daughter seeks closure about her mother's death and turns to Spenser for help A woman is murdered, and 28 years later her daughter wants Spenser to find out whodunit.