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Painted Ladies

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Painted Ladies
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert B Parker
By (author) Robert B. Parker
SeriesThe Spenser Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 137
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9781849161336
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Quercus Publishing
Imprint Quercus Publishing
Publication Date 7 July 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A hunt for a stolen painting turns into a murder investigation for Spenser, Robert B. Parker's legendary private eye. Private Detective Spenser is on his easiest job yet. Art professor Ashton Prince has hired him to help recover a stolen painting. The thieves will return it in exchange for a ransom. All Spenser has to do is accompany Prince, just in case. And collect his fee. But, as Prince walks away from the exchange towards Spenser's car carrying the wrapped painting, it explodes. Prince is gone, and with him, Spenser's cash. Starting to investigate, Spenser discovers Prince's past is far from squeaky clean, but nothing warrants going to such unusual lengths to kill him. Who did it, and why?

Author Biography

Born and raised in Massachusetts, Robert B. Parker completed a Ph.D. in English at Boston University. He married his wife Joan in 1956. He began writing his Spencer novels while teaching at Boston's North-eastern University in 1971. In 1997 he wrote his first Jesse Stone novel, Night Passage. Parker was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2002.

Reviews

Spenser is the sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read private eye around today * The Cincinnati Post * Parker's at the top of his game! * Boston Globe * Robert B Parker's Spenser is one of the best private detectives in fiction * Sunday Telegraph *