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Spenser novels volume 37
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A knock on Spenser's office door can only mean one thing: a new case. This time the visitor is a local lawyer with an interesting story. Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at the Boston law firm of Shaw & Cartwright, and over the years she's developed a friendship with wives of very wealthy men. However, these rich wives have a mutual secret: they've all had an affair with a man named Gary Eisenhower- and now he's blackmailing them...
5) Sixkill
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On location in Boston, bad-boy actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of the rape and murder of a young woman. From the start the case seems fishy, so the Boston PD calls on Spenser to investigate. Things don't look so good for Jumbo, whose appetites for food, booze, and sex are as outsized as his name. He was the studio's biggest star, but he's become its biggest liability.
In the course of the investigation, Spenser encounters Jumbo's bodyguard:...
In the course of the investigation, Spenser encounters Jumbo's bodyguard:...
7) Spare change
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Sunny Randall works with her father, a retired police officer who headed a task force to find a killer three decades previous. This same killer has resurfaced, but Sunny discovers that she may be the target.
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"What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank Twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he could be brought up on criminal charges, but that's exactly what happened. This is Blackburn, Massachusetts, where zero tolerance for minors is a way of life. Leading the movement is tough-as-nails Judge Joe Scali, who gives speeches about getting tough...
11) Rough weather
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Spenser is hired to escort a known gold digger to a wedding on her private island. When he arrives, a man masquerading as Spenser's nemesis kidnaps the bride and shoots several guests. Spenser must solve this before more people die.
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Spenser novels volume 50
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When an outspoken young congresswoman running for re-election faces numerous death threats, her chief of staff reaches out to Spenser for security and he soon crosses paths with an extremist group called The Minutemen.
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Spenser novels volume 49
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In the latest thriller featuring the legendary Boston PI, Spenser and his young protégé Mattie Sullivan take on billionaire money manager running a network of underaged girls for his rich and powerful clients.
14) School days
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Lily Ellsworth hires Spenser to investigate her grandson's supposed involvement in a school shooting.
16) Now and then
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Spenser novels volume 35
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Mere days after Spenser tells a client that his wife is cheating on him, three people are found murdered and Spenser finds himself in the middle of a dangerous operation.
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Spenser novels volume 45
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"Boston PI Spenser faces a hot case and a personal crisis in the latest adventure in the iconic New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins. The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast, lighting up Boston's South End and killing three firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later, as the city prepares to honor their sacrifice, there are still no answers about how the deadly fire started. Most at the department...
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Faced with nothing but dead ends in her boyfriend Sam Gianelli's secret indictment for murder, Boston P.I. Carlotta Carlyle goes back to basics and takes a case for a nervous bride-to-be who wants to make sure her fiancé is being faithful. Simple enough, but when her client turns up dead, Carlotta catches the kind of break she wished she hadn't.
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"Iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate a decades-long unsolved crime of dangerous proportions. The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable...
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