Spenser #32
Cold Service
Spenser quickly learns that the Ukrainian mob is responsible for the hit, but finding a way into their tightly knit circle is not nearly so simple. Their total control of the town of Marshport, from the bodegas to the police force to the mayor's office, isn't just a sign of rampant corruption-it's a form of arrogance that only serves to ignite Hawk's desire to get even. As the body count rises, Spenser is forced to employ some questionable techniques and even more questionable hired guns while redefining his friendship with Hawk in the name of vengeance.
305 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1,2005
This edition
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305 pages, Hardcover
- Published
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March 8, 2005 by Putnam Adult
- ISBN
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9780399152405
- ASIN
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0399152407
- Language
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English
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Spenser
Spenser—his first name is never officially revealed—is a fictional private detective in Boston in a series of detective novels initially written by the American mystery writer Robert B. Parker and later by Ace Atkins. He lives in Beacon Hill. He is also f...
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Susan Silverman
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Tony Marcus
Another of the old crime bosses in Boston. Owns a club, Buddys Fox. Into drugs for college kids. One of his guys is Ty-Bop. He shows up in both Spenser and Jesse Stone.more...
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Hawk
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Rita Fiore
A criminal lawyer with Cone, Oakes. Spensers lawyer. Red hair. A pit bull in court. She likes Spenser. In Kickback, a younger attorney in the firm is Megan Mullen. She gets a civil case in Jesse Stone #2. Loves to play tennis.more...
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Henry Cimoli
He operates a boxing and fitness club in Boston on the waterfront. The Harbor Health Club. Spenser and Hawk train at the club....
About the author
Robert Brown Parker 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. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies was also produced based on the character. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited as reviving and changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.
Parker also wrote nine novels featuring the fictional character Jesse Stone, a Los Angeles police officer who moves to a small New England town; six novels with the fictional character Sunny Randall, a female private investigator; and four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. The first was Appaloosa, made into a film starring Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen.
