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Description edit
When the star of a poorly rated stage production is shot mid-scene, Spenser and his sidekick, Hawk, comb the shabby waterfront town and find a cast of likely suspects among the underworld. Reprint. K. PW.
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Characters edit
- Dr. Susan Silverman: Spenser's long time girlfriend. She is a psychologist and his sounding board.
- Vinnie Morris: The 'gun' for Gino a mobster but also a friend of Spenser's who helps him in some cases.
- Hawk: Spenser's friend and backup. Hawk is a handsome and dangerous black man.
- Jocelyn Colby: An actress with the Port City Theater Company, part of the cast of the play being performed when Craig Sampson, one of the actors, is shot on stage. Tall, beautiful, with amethyst eyes
- Demetrius "Jimmy" Christopholous: Artistic Director of the Port City Theater Company, he hires Spenser (via Susan, who is on the board of the theater) to investigate a stalker
- Craig Sampson: the Port City Theater Company actor shot during a performance of Handy Dandy
- Lonnie Wu: Port City Chinese tong mobster, married to Rikki Wu
- Herman Leong: Boston police detective, Quirk's "Chinatown guy"
- Rikki Wu: member of the board of the Port City Theater Company, married to Lonnie Wu
- Healy: Massachusetts State Police Homicide Commander
- Kwan Chang: Chinese tong, like the mob but more so
- Mei Ling: a Harvard student of Chinese descent, hired by Spenser as a translator
- Eddie Lee: "Fast" Eddie Lee, head of the tong in Boston's Chinatown, big time mobster; also brother of Rikki Wu
- DeSpain: Port City chief of police, former state cop, tough man
- Rikki Wu: wife of Lonnie Wu, member of the Port City Theater Company board;
- Deirdre: Add a description of this character.
- Jimmy Christopholous: "Jimmy" is the English version of "Demetri" that the Port City Theater Company Art Director likes to go by
- Spenser: Hard boiled detective (The series is based on the adventures of this character)
- Lee Farrell: Boston Police detective; recurring character
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
The last time I'd worked in Port City had been in 1989 when an important software tycoon had hired me to retrieve his wife, who had run off with a fisherman named Costa.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 21 of 41 in The Spenser Novels. (standard series)
Preceded by Paper Doll, and followed by Thin Air.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert B. Parker (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: G P Putnam
Country: US
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0399139206
Page Count: 270
Publisher: G P Putnam
Country: US
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0399139206
Page Count: 270
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Robert B. Parker: Author's website
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