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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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Spenser: Small Vices, is a made-for-TV movie starring Joe Mantegna as Spenser. [1] Mantegna subsequently reprised the role in Spenser: ...
Lullaby is the 41st novel featuring Robert B. Parker's fictional detective Spenser. It is the first official Spenser novel not written by Parker, but by Ace Atkins . Atkins was asked to write the novel after Parker's death in 2010.
This novel is a bit different from most other Spenser novels as it tells the story concurrently not only from Spenser's point of view, but also from Lisa St. Claire's. Parker had done this once before in Crimson Joy, where we also get the point of view of the serial killer that Spenser is tracking.
Robert B. Parker starts the Boston-based Spenser book series with his debut crime novel The Godwulf Manuscript. New books