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Description edit
From the bestselling author of Crimson Joy. Spenser's out to make war, not love, as he goes after Boston's entire X-rated industry. Pretty teenager April Kyle has disappeared into the city's darkest underworld, and to rescue her, Spencer pits muscle and wit against bullets and bullies. Part of... read more
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Characters edit
- Dr. Susan Silverman: Spenser's long time girlfriend. She is a psychologist and his sounding board.
- Hawk: Spenser's friend and backup. Hawk is a handsome and dangerous black man.
- Harry Kyle: Add a description of this character.
- Mitchell Poitras
- Cataldo
- Tony Marcus: Mobster/hitman
- Amy Gurwitz
- Mcneely
- Spenser: Hard boiled detective (The series is based on the adventures of this character)
- Mrs. Ross
- Velma
- Angelo
- Suze
- Frank Belson: Continuing character - Sargent in Boston Homicide and friend of Spenser
- Phil
- Michelle
- Patricia Utley: High price madam
- Henry Cimoli: Runs the gym Spencer and Hawk use - The Harbor Health Club
- Sonny
- Eddie
- Hal
- Hummer
- Vince
- April Kyle: Pretty teenager who has disappeared
Quotes edit
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“The greatest good for the greatest number. Democracy. Western civilization. Humanism. A working definition of ethical behavior.”
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“If you only do it when it’s easy, is it worth doing?”
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There’s lots of kinds of prostitution. Metaphorically the kinds are almost limitless. Everyone who does things for money instead of pride, I suppose.”
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“But perhaps being dehumanized is a kind of sedative for someone full of self-hate. It’s a way of desensitizing yourself, and of course, your every experience tells you that the rest of the world is pretty lousy too.”
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“Has anyone ever told you,” I said, “that you coalesce reality?”
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“It’s where you lose me, this arcane male thing. It’s like a set of rituals from a religion that no longer exists, the rules of a kingdom that disappeared before memory. It can’t be questioned or explained, it simply is—like gravity or inertia.”
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“You may have heard it rumored that adolescent children have to reject their parents in order to establish an identity of their own.”
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It’s a way to be valuable, even if only as a commodity, a product.”
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“I can’t put the profession ahead of the people it’s supposed to serve,” Susan said. “It would be like teachers who care more about education than students.”
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On a coffee table was a briefcase in black leather that said MITCHELL POITRAS in gold embossing on the top. I opened it. It was full of correspondence on stationery headed Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Education. The letters were full of gobbledygook about Chapter 762 and Title IX and programs impacting student populations, and people developing the pedagogical strategies, and a lot of stuff much less exciting than that. Most of them were addressed to Poitras. His title was Executive Coordinator, Student Guidance and Counseling Administration.
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Hawk wanted in. “I want to see what this dude Poitras is like, babe,” he said. “Always admired that streak of intellectual curiosity in you, Hawk.” “Only go this way, one time,” Hawk said.
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Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"She's a goddamned whore" Harry Kyle said.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 9 of 39 in The Spenser Novels. (standard series)
Preceded by A Savage Place, and followed by The Widening Gyre.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert B. Parker (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: US
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0440011515
Page Count: 182
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: US
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0440011515
Page Count: 182
Awards edit
- Shamus Award (Finalist, 1983: Best P.I. Hardcover)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Robert B. Parker: Author's website
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