The Godwulf Manuscript

robert b. parker

New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser series of crime thrillers—Book 1 in the series“The toughest, funniest, wisest, private eye in the field these days.”—Houston ChronicleSpenser earned his degree in the school of hard knocks, so he is ready when a Boston university hires him to recover a rare, stolen manuscript. He is hardly surpised that his only clue is a radical student with four bullets in his chest. The cops are ready to throw the book at the pretty blond coed whose prints are all over the murder weapon but Spenser knows there are no easy answers. He tackles some very heavy homework and knows that if he doesn't finish his assignment soon, he could end up marked “D”—for dead.

Genres mysteryfictioncrimedetectivemystery thrillerthrilleraudiobooksuspensenoirhard boiled

null pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 2,1973

Series

Spenser

Places

boston massachusetts, massachusetts,

This edition

Format: null pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published: January 1, 1996 by Dell Publishing
ISBN
ASIN: B0DSZTXYBL
Language: English

Characters More characters

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...
Brenda Loring

In Bye Bye Baby, Spenser mentions her as a woman from his past. She first appeared in #1 - Godwulf Manuscript....
Vince Haller

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Terry Orchard

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Lowell Hayden

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Joe Broz

One of the old-time crime lords. He passed away a few years before Spenser #43, Kickback. Didnt get along with Spenser. His son is Gerry.more...

About the author

robert b. parker

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database named Robert B. Parker.
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.