- Fiction, Private investigators, Private investigators in fiction, Spenser (Fictitious character)
Spenser is called in to investigate the murder of a reporter working on a story about the cocaine trade. Threats by the local police and a Columbian produce dealer lead Spenser to dig deeper.
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Classical in form, earnest, cool and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Robert B. Parker
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Penguin, Delacorte Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140105896
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