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Boston PI Spenser investigates the perfect murder in this New York Times bestselling mystery in Robert B. Parker’s acclaimed series.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...“Among the best Spensers...Parker's at the top of his game!”—Boston Globe

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.

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in This Novel, Boston Detective Spenser Is Investigating The Inexplicable Murder Of A Respected Wife, Mother, And Educator. To Solve The Crime, Spenser Takes A Trip To South Carolina To Look Into The Victim's Past, Only To Find Danger And Yet Another Perplexing Question, Which, When Answered, Will Break The Case Wide Open. David Dukes's Interpretation Of Spenser Emphasizes His Laconic, Uncooperative Nature, Yet Spenser's Practical Kindness To A Bereaved Cop And General Fellow Feeling For Underdogs Comes Through. Dukes Is Less Successful With Attractive And Intelligent Susan, The Love Of Spenser's Life, Whom He Portrays With Few Nuances-a Drawling Pace And Soft Voice Is About All The Personality She Gets. He Provides Creditable Southern Accents To Color The South Carolina Portion Of The Book But Is Less Successful With The Upper-crust Family Of The Dead Olivia: The Husband's Speech Is Characterized By A Slow Pretentiousness, The Son's, By The Thick Consonants Of A Street Thug. Not An Essential Purchase.-juleigh Muirhead Clark, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Lib., Colonial Williamsburg Fdn., Va Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Boston PI Spenser investigates the perfect murder in this New York Times bestselling mystery in Robert B. Parkers acclaimed series. 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 murdererand finding more secrets than meet the eye... Among the best Spensers...Parker's at the top of his game! Boston Globe 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 nothing is what it seems--not even the victim. "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 ..."--(from cover, p. [4]) "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..."--BOOK COVER LOUDON TRIPP, WEARING a seersucker suit and a Harvard tie, sat in my office on a very nice day in September and told me he'd looked into my background and might hire me. Spencer is hired by Loudon Tripp to find his wife's murderer. Tripp doesn't believe she was a victim of random violence