Chance

Boston Mafia hoodlum Julius Ventura hires Spenser and Hawk to trace his son-in-law Anthony Meeker, whose dream was to break the bank at Las Vegas.§Tough but tender Spenser and his redoubtable sidekick head for the Strip, hoping to find out the truth behind Meeker's disappearance. So begins an odyssey into the netherworld of disorganized crime.§But Spenser and Hawk are not the only ones on Meeker's trail: his wife, unstoppable psycho Marty Anaheim and one or two more wise guys with an axe to grind are also keen to locate him. Before long the two heroes find themselves dead centre in a circus of violence, wondering which way to turn.