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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.
In 1985, Spenser was made into a successful television series, Spenser for Hire, which starred Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, and Barbara Stock. In 1994, Parker collaborated with Japanese photographer Kasho Kumagai on a coffee-table book called Spenser's Boston , exploring the city through Spenser's "eyes" via high quality, four-color photos.
Pages in category "Spenser (novel series)" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... The Godwulf Manuscript; H. Hugger Mugger (novel) Hundred ...
Painted Ladies, first published in 2010, is the 39th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. Spenser investigates the theft of a famous painting from the Hammond Museum . [ 1 ]
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.
Mortal Stakes is the third Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, first published in 1975.The story centers on the Boston private eye being hired by the Red Sox to find out if their lead pitcher, Marty Rabb, is on the take.
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.