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"Ebullient entertainment."--Time
A hotshot reporter is dead. He'd gone to take a look-see at "Miami North"--little Wheaton, Massachusetts--the biggest cocaine distribution center above the Mason-Dixon line.
Did the kid die for getting too close to the truth . . . or to a sweet lady with a jealous husband?
Spenser will stop at nothing to find out.
Praise for Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels
"Like Philip Marlowe, Spenser is a man of honor in a dishonorable world. When he says he will do something, it is done. The dialogues zings, and there is plenty of action . . . but it is the moral element that sets them above most detective fiction."--Newsweek
"Crackling dialogue, plenty of action and expert writing . . . Unexpectedly literate--[Spenser is] in many respects the very exemplar of the species."--The New York Times
"They just don't make private eyes tougher or funnier."--People
"Parker has a recorder's ear for dialogue, an agile wit . . . and, strangely enough, a soupçon of compassion hidden under that sardonic, flip exterior."--Los Angeles Times
"A deft storyteller, a master of pace."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Spenser probably had more to do with changing the private eye from a coffin-chaser to a full-bodied human being than any other detective hero."--The Chicago Sun-Times
"[Spenser is] tough, intelligent, wisecracking, principled, and brave."--The New Yorker
A hotshot reporter is dead. He'd gone to take a look-see at "Miami North"--little Wheaton, Massachusetts--the biggest cocaine distribution center above the Mason-Dixon line.
Did the kid die for getting too close to the truth . . . or to a sweet lady with a jealous husband?
Spenser will stop at nothing to find out.
Praise for Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels
"Like Philip Marlowe, Spenser is a man of honor in a dishonorable world. When he says he will do something, it is done. The dialogues zings, and there is plenty of action . . . but it is the moral element that sets them above most detective fiction."--Newsweek
"Crackling dialogue, plenty of action and expert writing . . . Unexpectedly literate--[Spenser is] in many respects the very exemplar of the species."--The New York Times
"They just don't make private eyes tougher or funnier."--People
"Parker has a recorder's ear for dialogue, an agile wit . . . and, strangely enough, a soupçon of compassion hidden under that sardonic, flip exterior."--Los Angeles Times
"A deft storyteller, a master of pace."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Spenser probably had more to do with changing the private eye from a coffin-chaser to a full-bodied human being than any other detective hero."--The Chicago Sun-Times
"[Spenser is] tough, intelligent, wisecracking, principled, and brave."--The New Yorker
| ISBN-13 | 9780440200048 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0440200040 |
| Weight | 0.35 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 4.20 x 0.81 x 6.74 In |
| List Price | $9.99 |
| Format | - |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 320 pages |
| Publisher | Dell |
| Published On | 1988-06-10 |
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