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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.
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. The investigation quickly takes him into a deeper, and more dangerous, blackmail plot involving pimps, a high class madam ...
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.
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 ...
The president of the University of Florida says more than 500 police officers will be on hand when white nationalist Richard Spencer speaks on Thursday. University, Florida city brace for speech ...
First edition (publ. Delacorte Press) Valediction is the 11th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 1984.. Spenser, a private investigator in Boston, who served as an infantryman in the 1st Infantry Division during the Korean War [1] and as a former State trooper, investigates the kidnapping of a young dancer by a religious sect. [2]