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Spenser novels volume 35
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English
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Spenser knows something's amiss the moment Dennis Doherty walks into his office. The guy's aggressive yet wary, in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his wife Jordan's abnormal behavior, Spenser agrees. A job's a job, after all. Not surprisingly, Spenser catches Jordan with another man, tells Dennis what he's found out, and considers the case closed. But a couple of days later, all hell...
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Sunny Randall mysteries volume 2
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English
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Boston P.I. Sunny Randall, comes to the aid of three very different women in three very dangerous situations. One is for business. One is for a friend. One is for family. And all could be fatal...
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Spenser novels volume 28
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English
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Spenser heads to Potshot, Arizona when he is hired to investigate the murder of a recent L.A. transplant. The once rough and tumble small town has been transformed by the wealthy Los Angeles residents looking for a quiet place to relax. The peace is threatened when a gang starts harassing the town, and it soon escalates into murder.
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Spenser novels volume 12
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English
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In the detective business, Spenser sometimes has to bend the law. Other times, to break it. But he lives by his own inviolate rules. And he loves just one woman -- even though she is the one woman he's just lost. So when Susan's desperate letter arrives, Spenser doesn't think twice. His best friend, Hawk, faces a life sentence. And Susan has gotten herself into even bigger trouble. Now Spenser has to free them both...even if it means breaking his...
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Spenser novels volume 10
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English
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The adoring wife of a senatorial candidate has a smile as sweet as candy and dots her "i's" with little hearts. A blond beauty, she is the perfect mate for an ambitious politician, but she has a little problem with sex and drugs--a problem someone has managed to put on videotape. The big boys figure a little blackmail will put her husband out of the race. Until Spenser hops on the candidate's bandwagon. But getting back the tape of the lady's X-rated...
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Spenser novels volume 11
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English
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The most dangerous man to cross is one who isn't afraid to die. But the most deadly is one who doesn't want to live. And Spenser has just lost the woman who made life his #1 priority. So when a religious sect kidnaps a pretty young dancer, no death threat can make Spenser cut and run. Now a hit man's bullet is wearing Spenser's name. But Boston's big boys don't know Spenser's ready and willing to meet death more than halfway.
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Spenser novels volume 14
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English
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Spenser is called in to investigate the murder of a reporter working on a story about the cocaine trade. Threats by the local police and a Columbian produce dealer lead Spenser to dig deeper.
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Sunny Randall mysteries volume 6
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English
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When a serial murderer dubbed "The Spare Change Killer" by the Boston press surfaces after three decades in hiding, the police immediately seek out the cop, now retired, who headed the original task force: Phil Randall. As a sharp-eyed investigator and a doting parent ("You're smart. You're tough. You, too, are a paradigm of law enforcement perfection, and you're my kid"), Phil calls on his daughter, Sunny, to help catch the criminal who eluded him...
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Spenser novels volume 9
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English
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Spenser tracks down a young high school dropout who has run away from home to a life of prostitution.
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Spenser novels volume 24
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English
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When Spenser is hired to uncover the truth about a coed's murder, he finds twisted cops, spoiled rich kids, and an assassin's bullet.
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Spenser novels volume 8
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English
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TV reporter Candy Sloan has eyes the color of cornflowers and legs that stretch all the way to heaven. She also has somebody threatening to rearrange her lovely face if she keeps on snooping into charges of Hollywood racketeering. Spenser's job is to keep Candy healthy until she breaks the biggest story of her career. But her star witness has just bowed out with three bullets in his chest, two tough guys have doubled up to test Spenser's skill with...
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Spenser novels volume 21
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English
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Spenser and Hawk solve the murder of an actor during the performance of a politically controversial play.
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Spenser novels volume 30
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English
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Boston private detective Spenser finds himself at odds with mobster Sonny Karnofsky when his investigation of the decades-old murder of Emily Gordon, gunned down during a bank heist, turns up links to the killing of Karnofsky's daughter.
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Spenser novels volume 29
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English
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Spenser, hired to find evidence to prove that Mary Smith, the trophy wife of wealthy Nathan Smith, did not kill her husband, becomes suspicious when a young woman, recently fired from Smith's bank, also turns up dead.
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Spenser novels volume 22
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English
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Hawk, is off in Burma, leaving Spenser on his own when longtime pal Frank Belson of Boston Homicide needs help. Belson's beautiful young bride, Lisa St. Claire, has disappeared. When Belson is wounded in an ambush that may be related to Lisa's disappearance, Spenser undertakes the search.
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Spenser novels volume 26
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IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Spenser almost gets himself killed trying to help out friends when he agrees to check out the reasons why Robinson Nevins was denied tenure at the university, while also attempting to come to the aid of K. C. Roth, a stalking victim who finds Spenser very much to her liking.
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Spenser novels volume 20
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English
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Spencer is hired by Loudon Tripp to find his wife's murderer. Tripp doesn't believe she was a victim of random violence.
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Spenser novels volume 16
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English
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Spenser, a hard-boiled Boston private eye, investigates when the leading college basketball forward appears to be shaving points.
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Spenser novels volume 18
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English
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Paul Giacomin enlists Spencer's help in localing his mother who has vanished. As they follow her trail, they are faced with a confrontation that may threaten their lives.
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Spenser novels volume 19
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English
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Spencer and his cohort Hawk investigate a murder in the housing projects of Boston and are drawn into a world of violence and hate.
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