| Product Summary | | Format: CD | | ISBN: 9781597770156 | | Publisher: Ingram Pub Services | | Publish Date: 4/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 31247886 | | Item#: R4CTGG | | Dimensions (in Inches) 5.5H x 6L x 1T |
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In his 20th appearance, P.I. Spenser is investigating a crime where the defendant has already been tried, convicted, and punished. So why do the defense attorney and the prosecutor both feel squeamish enough to hire Spenser to reinvestigate? Although Ellis Alves, the career criminal who was convicted of raping and killing Melissa Henderson, has committed many crimes, the murder of the college student may not be one of them. Alves may be taking the rap for someone desperate and ruthless enough to murder anyone who tries to dismantle a successful frame job, even our favorite cat-with-nine-lives private dick. Could Spenser have finally met his match? A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1997.
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"It's a tribute to Parker's professionalism that he takes a device as old as Sherlock Holmes--the death and rebirth of a detective--and infuses it with renewed urgency and moral weight, showing the thoroughbred form that put him and Boston on the p.i. map in the first place." 12/15/1997New York Times Book Review
"Mr. Parker has written a powerful piece about the defeat and reclamation of a hero, but I wouldn't say that Spenser's dance with death teaches the old knight to act his age." 04/13/1997 Washington Post Book World
"`Small Vices' the 24th Spenser novel, is terrific....The action scenes here are some of the most suspenseful that Parker has ever written..." - Maureen Corrigan 04/20/1997 |
| Author Bio| Robert B. Parker | | Robert B. Parker is best known for his mystery novels featuring Private Detective Spenser. While investigating homicides and tracking down serial killers, Detective Spenser travels throughout Boston and New England in search of answers. Not surprisingly, Robert Parker has spent most of his life in New England. In 1954, Parker graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. In 1957 he received his master's degree in English from Boston University. In addition to writing mystery novels, Parker has worked as an Army radioman, a technical and advertising writer, and a college English teacher. |
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