β Scribed by Robert B. Parker
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Spenser tracks a mystery woman who refuses to rest in peace, in Robert B. Parker's most beguiling thriller yet. Sam Spade. Philip Marlowe. Lew Archer. Spenser. Like his legendary predecessors, the tough and classy Boston PI has become an American institution. With Paper Doll, Robert B. Parker takes Spenser down a sinister path, where every welcome masks a warning and identity is paper-thin. Hired by Loudon Tripp, an aggrieved Boston aristocrat who believes the brutal street slaying of his wife, Olivia, to be something other than random violence, Spenser immediately senses Tripp's picture-perfect version of his family's life is false. For starters, the victim's reputation is far too saintly, while her house is as lived-in as a stage set and her troubled children don't appear the product of a happy home. Spenser plunges into a world of grand illusion, peopled by cardboard cutouts, including: a distinguished public servant with plenty to hide; a wealthy executive whose checks bounce; a sleepy southern town seething with scandal; and the ambiguous Olivia herself. Consummately mysterious and smokily sensual, Paper Doll is Parker and Spenser at their compelling best.
Library : General
Universes : Spenser Mysteries [05]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780425141557
Mysteries
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### From Publishers Weekly Spenser fans will delight in the Boston PI's latest adventure, after Pastime and Double Deuce , as Parker, restraining a penchant for arch characterization, returns his attention to plotting. Spenser is hired by Boston Brahmin Loudon Tripp to find the murderer of his conv
SUMMARY: Olivia Nelson appears to be the perfect wife and mother. So why was the socialite bludgeoned to death with a hammer? The police say it was random violence; Olivia's husband hires Spenser to prove otherwise. But the truth turns out to be as elusive as needles in a haystack. It's a case where
SUMMARY: Olivia Nelson appears to be the perfect wife and mother. So why was the socialite bludgeoned to death with a hammer? The police say it was random violence; Olivia's husband hires Spenser to prove otherwise. But the truth turns out to be as elusive as needles in a haystack. It's a case whe
She was a model wife and mother, bludgeoned with a hammer on the streets of Beacon Hill. Spenser's searching for a motive and a murderer--and finding more secrets than meet the eye...
She was a model wife and mother, bludgeoned with a hammer on the streets of Beacon Hill. Spenser's searching for a motive and a murdererβand finding more secrets than meet the eye... Olivia Nelson appears to be the perfect wife and mother. So why was the socialite bludgeoned to death with a hammer?
### From Publishers Weekly Spenser fans will delight in the Boston PI's latest adventure, after Pastime and Double Deuce , as Parker, restraining a penchant for arch characterization, returns his attention to plotting. Spenser is hired by Boston Brahmin Loudon Tripp to find the murderer of his conv