Hugger Mugger: 27 (Spenser)

Author: Parker, Robert B.

Brand: G.P. Putnam's Sons

Color: Gold

Binding: paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 352

Release Date: 01-06-2001

Part Number: 9780425179550

Details: Product Description


"It's easy to see why Parker's snappy banter and cynical eye have kept fans turning pages for 25 years . . . his wisecracks, combined with Parker's shorthand flair for scathing characterization, make for a satisfying read," said
Entertainment Weekly of last year's
Hush Money. Now Parker presents Spenser with a deceptively dangerous and multi-layered case: Someone has been killing racehorses at stables across the south, and the Boston P.I. travels to Georgia to protect the two-year-old destined to become the next Secretariat.

When Spenser is approached by Walter Clive, president of Three Fillies Stables, to find out who is threatening his horse
Hugger Mugger, he can hardly say no: He's been doing pro bono work for so long his cupboards are just about bare. Disregarding the resentment of the local Georgia law enforcement, Spenser takes the case. Though Clive has hired a separate security firm, he wants someone with Spenser's experience to supervise the operation.

Despite a veneer of civility, Spenser encounters tensions beneath the surface southern gentility. The case takes an even more deadly turn when the attacker claims a human victim, and Spenser must revise his impressions of the whole Three Fillies organization--and watch his own back as well.

With razor-sharp dialogue, eloquently spare prose, and some of the best supporting characters to grace the printed page,
Hugger Mugger is grand entertainment.


Review


"Brisk..crackling...
HuggerMugger finishes strong, just like a thoroughbred should." —
Entertainment Weekly
"A winner...The famous dialogue is polished to a high shine...Terrific." —Kirkus Reviews


About the Author


Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring police chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole–Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.

EAN: 9780425179550

Package Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English