- Fiction, Private investigators, Spenser (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories
When two people are shot outside of a housing project, Spenser and Hawk must battle street gangs and lethal drug dealers in order to track the killer.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Robert B. Parker
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Penguin, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Ulverscroft
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399137211
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