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Spenser loves just one woman, even though she's the one he's just lost. So when her desperate letter arrives, he doesn't think twice. He has to free his best friend from a life sentence, and get Susan out of trouble.
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Classical in form, resolved, earnest and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Robert B. Parker
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 311
- Publisher
- Penguin, Viking, Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780816138920
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