Spenser novels
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Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 2
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Appie Knoll is the kind of suburb where kids grow up right. But something is wrong. Fourteen-year-old Kevin Bartlett disappears. Everyone thinks he's run away--until the comic strip ransom note arrives. It doesn't take Spenser long to get the picture: an affluent family seething with rage, a desperate boy making strange friends ... friends like Vic Harroway, body builder. Mr. Muscle is Spenser's only lead and he isn't talking except with his fists....
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Mortal stakes , Spenser novels volume 3
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Author
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Spenser novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
The Boston PI gets tangled in Cape Cod's criminal underworld in this Edgar Award-winning mystery from the New York Times-bestselling author.
Cape Cod businessman Harvey Shepard is in over his head. He lost a quarter million on a shady real estate deal, the loan shark is circling, and now he needs a private investigator to find out where his wife, Pam, disappeared to. Spencer takes the case, but finding Pam isn't the hard part-the hard part is finding...
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The Judas goat , Spenser novels volume 5
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Looking for Rachel Wallace , Spenser novels volume 6
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A savage place , Spenser novels volume 8
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Ceremony , Spenser novels volume 9
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Author
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Spenser novels volume 11
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
When a religious sect kidnaps a pretty young dancer, no threat of death can make Spenser cut and run.
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A Catskill eagle , Spenser novels volume 12
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Taming a sea-horse , Spenser novels volume 13
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Playmates , Spenser novels volume 16
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18) Pastime
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Series
Spenser novels volume 18
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Emotionally scarred Paul Giacomin begs Spenser, a tough-guy private eye, to help rescue his mother, and the request sets Spenser off on an emotional and dangerous journey.
19) Double deuce
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Series
Spenser novels volume 19
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Hawk has been hired by the residents of Double Deuce, a Boston housing project, to help find the killer of a young mother and her infant daughter. As Hawk confronts gang leader Major Johnson, a replica of himself as a teenager, he learns that this was no random killing, but premeditated murder. Spenser, meanwhile, struggles with giving up his independence and moving in with Susan.
20) Paper doll
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Series
Spenser novels volume 20
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English
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Boston aristocrat Loudon Tripp hires Spenser to investigate his wife's murder, and Spenser soon uncovers high-class scandals and a corpse that might not be dead after all.
21) Walking shadow
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Series
Spenser novels volume 21
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
PI Spenser of Boston investigates a stalking, the victim of which is a theatre company director, a probe that leaves him cold until an actor is gunned down. At that he swings into action, clashing with the Chinese Mafia and narrowly missing being killed himself.
22) Thin air
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Series
Spenser novels volume 22
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful woman is kidnaped, leaving PI Spenser of Boston to probe the mysteries of her past. She is Lisa St. Claire, disk jockey and wife of a Boston policeman, a woman with a history of drugs and prostitution. The abductor turns out to be a former Latino lover.
23) Chance
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Series
Spenser novels volume 23
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
When big-time Boston hoodlum Julius Ventura approaches Spenser and his redoubtable sidekick, Hawk, about locating his only daughter's missing husband, it's clear he's not telling them the whole truth about the blushing bride and ardent groom.
24) Small vices
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Series
Spenser novels volume 24
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
When a street kid with a rap sheet full of petty larcenies is convicted for the murder of a wealthy co-ed, Spenser delves into the bizarre world of the ultra-rich to prove his innocence.
25) Sudden mischief
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Series
Spenser novels volume 25
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
When Susan's ex-husband, Brad, appears after a decades-long absence, nearly broke and the object of a sexual-harassment suit, Spenser reluctantly agrees to help. As he investigates the circumstances surrounding the suit, he discovers that fund-raiser Brad is swimming in very deep water: mobsters, who were using his fund-raising campaigns to launder money, have discovered he was cooking the already cooked books and aren't at all pleased. The deeper...
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Hush money , Spenser novels volume 26
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27) Hugger mugger
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Series
Spenser novels volume 27
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Spenser is back and embroiled in a dangerous and multi-layered case. Someone has been killing racehorses at stables across the south, and Walter Clive, president of Three Fillies Stables, hires him to find out who. Spenser goes to Georgia to protect Hugger Mugger, a two-year-old destined to become the next Secretariat. Disregarding the resentment of the local Georgia law enforcement, he takes the case. Despite the.
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Widow's walk , Spenser novels volume 29
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30) Back story
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Spenser novels volume 30
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English
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In 1974, a revolutionary group holds up a bank, shooting and killing a clerk. Thirty years later, her daughter seeks closure about her mother's death and turns to Spenser for help.
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Bad business , Spenser novels volume 31
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35) Now and then
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Series
Spenser novels volume 35
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English
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Description
When Spenser's client, Dennis Doherty, Doherty's wife, and her lover are found dead, Spenser tries to right the wrongs by avenging his client's death.
36) Rough weather
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Series
Spenser novels volume 36
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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Description
Heidi Bradshaw, a gold digger recently separated from her latest husband, recruits Boston P.I. Spenser to be a stand-in husband and protector at her daughter's wedding; when Spenser's nemesis Rugar--the Gray Man--arrives at what should be a joyous occasion, Spenser realizes something is amiss.
37) The professional
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Series
Spenser novels volume 37
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When the wives of very wealthy men who have had an affair with the same man are first black-mailed, then start turning up dead, Spenser is called in to investigate.
38) Painted ladies
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Series
Spenser novels volume 38
Language
English
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Description
Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Boston PI Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen.
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Series
Spenser novels volume 40
Language
English
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"Spenser takes up a seemingly open and closed cold case at the behest of a street-wise 16 year old girl, who believes her mother's murderers went free. As Spenser digs deeper into the mystery, he finds a much more dangerous and complex mystery than he bargained for"--
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Series
Spenser novels volume 41
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A heavy-handed developer is trying to buy up Henry's condo on Revere Beach and sends thugs to move the process along. Soon Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, find a trail leading to a mysterious and beautiful woman, a megalomaniacal Las Vegas kingpin, and plans to turn to a chunk of land north of Boston...
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Series
Spenser novels volume 42
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English
Appears on list
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It's December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner. He's confronted in his office by a homeless boy named Slide who has found refuge with an organization named Street Business, which gives shelter and seeks job opportunities for the homeless and lost. Slide's mentor, Jackie Alvarez, is being threatened, but it's not a simple case of intimidation; the trail leads to a dangerous drug kingpin, whose hold on the at-risk...
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Series
Spenser novels volume 43
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Kinjo Heywood is a hard-nosed linebacker for the New England Patriots who's earned his reputation as one of the toughest guys in the league. When off-field violence repeatedly lands Heywood in the news, his agent hires Spenser to find the men who he says have been harassing his clinet. Heywood's troubles seem to be tied to a nightclub shooting from two years earlier. When Heywood's nine-year old son, Akira, is kidnapped, ransom demands are given,...
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Series
Spenser novels volume 44
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank Twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he could be brought up on criminal charges, but that's exactly what happened. This is Blackburn, Massachusetts, where zero tolerance for minors is a way of life. Leading the movement is tough-as-nails Judge Joe Scali, who gives speeches about getting tough...
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Series
Spenser novels volume 45
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast, lighting up Boston’s South End and killing three firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later, as the city prepares to honor their sacrifice, there are still no answers about how the deadly fire started. Most at the department believe it was just a simple accident: faulty wiring in a century-old building. But Boston firefighter Jack McGee, who lost his best friend in the...
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Spenser novels volume 46
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English
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Boston PI Spenser and right hand Hawk follow a con man's trail of smoke and mirrors in the latest entry of the iconic crime series. After conning everyone from the cable news shows to the local cops, it looks like the grifter's latest double cross may be his last. Connie Kelly thought she'd found her perfect man on an online dating site. He was silver-haired and handsome, with a mysterious background working for the C.I.A. She fell so hard for M....
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Spenser novels volume 47
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English
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"The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen, Gentlemen in Black by a Spanish master, arrives at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's help....
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Series
Spenser novels volume 48
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Gabby Leggett left her Boston family with big dreams of making it as a model/actress in Hollywood. Two years later, she disappears from her apartment. Her family, former boyfriend, friends - and the police - have no idea where she is and no leads. Leggett's mother hires Spenser to find her, with help of his former apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, now an L.A. private eye. Spenser barely has time to unpack before the trail leads to a powerful movie studio...
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Spenser novels volume 49
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English
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Ten years ago, Spenser helped a teenage girl named Mattie Sullivan find her mother's killer. Now Mattie is a college student with a side job working for the tough but tender private eye. In her first big case, Mattie links the exploitation of dozens of girls to an eccentric billionaire and his sadistic henchwoman. Spenser and trusted ally Hawk must again watch out for Mattie as she unravels a massive sex-trafficking ring that will take them from Boston...
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Spenser novels volume 50
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English
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Description
Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking on the establishment with her progressive agenda. Tough, outspoken, and driven, the young congresswoman has ignited a new conversation in Boston about race, poverty, health care, and the environment. Now facing her second campaign, she finds herself not only fighting a tight primary with an old guard challenger but also contending with numerous death threats coming from hundreds...
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Series
Spenser novels volume 51
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Spenser investigates the past secrets of an elusive tech billionaire in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker's beloved series, and the first written by celebrated writer Mike Lupica. Andrew Crain has it all: a brilliant scientist and astute businessman, his groundbreaking work with lithium has made him one of the world's richest men. He is universally adored and admired; that is, until Crain's beautiful wife, Laura, comes to Spenser hoping...
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Series
Spenser novels volume 52
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Spenser is waiting out the latest Boston snowstorm when he gets word that Rita Fiore has been shot. Rita's always been a tricky one: flirting with Spenser for years, she's an ever-present figure that transcends friendship in Spenser's circle. But at the end of the day, Rita is family. And family will always be protected. Both a pit bull in the courtroom and provocateur outside it, Rita is no stranger to controversy. But as one of the city's toughest...