- Private investigators, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Spenser (Fictitious character)
"Boston P.I. Spenser returns - heading west to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Arizona, a former mining town reborn as a paradise for Los Angeles millionaires looking for a place to escape the pressures of their high-flying lifestyles.
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Classical in form, contemporary, resolved and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Robert B. Parker
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 315
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons, Chivers Press, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780425182888
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