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2. The Godwulf Manuscript - Wikipedia

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   Set in the early 1970s, this novel serves as the introduction to Spenser, a private investigator in Boston.Spenser, who served as an infantryman in the 1st Infantry Division during the Korean War [1] and as a former State trooper, is hired by Bradford W. Forbes, the president of an unnamed university (heavily implied to be Northeastern, the university at which Parker himself taught at the time ...

3. Spenser (character) - Wikipedia

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   Spenser is a fictional private investigator created by the American mystery writer Robert B. Parker. He acts as the protagonist of a series of detective novels written by Parker and later continued by Ace Atkins and Mike Lupica. [1] His first appearance was in the 1973 novel The Godwulf Manuscript.

4. Robert B. Parker - Wikipedia

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   Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser.

5. Small Vices - Wikipedia

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   Spenser: Small Vices, is a made-for-TV movie starring Joe Mantegna as Spenser. [1] Mantegna subsequently reprised the role in Spenser: Thin Air and Spenser: ...

6. A Catskill Eagle - Wikipedia

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   Spenser receives a letter from Susan, explaining that his friend and associate, the gun for hire and fellow military veteran [2] Hawk, is in jail and she needs help. It soon transpires that she has begun a relationship with wealthy heir, Russell Costigan, whose father is a powerful figure in their hometown.

7. Spenser (film series) - Wikipedia

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   Robert B. Parker had a significant role in the development of the TV movies (all three films were adapted by Parker, with his wife co-authoring Walking Shadow) as opposed to the earlier Spenser: For Hire. Nonetheless, he felt that the movies didn't get it right, not because of the performances but because of the limited budget.

8. Paper Doll (novel) - Wikipedia

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   The novel's hero is Spenser, a private investigator in Boston.Spenser, who served as an infantryman in the 1st Infantry Division during the Korean War [1] and as a former State trooper, is hired by Boston aristocrat Loudon Tripp to investigate his wife's murder, and Spenser soon uncovers upper-class scandals and a corpse who might not be dead after all.

9. A Man Called Hawk - Wikipedia

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   A Man Called Hawk is an American action drama series, starring Avery Brooks, that ran on ABC from January 28 to May 13, 1989. The series is a spin-off of the crime drama series Spenser: For Hire, and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land, the fourth in the series of Spenser novels by mystery writer Robert B. Parker.