A Catskill Eagle (1985) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Mr. Spenser: Hard boiled detective (The series is based on the adventures of this character)
• Hawk: Spenser's friend and backup. Hawk is a handsome and dangerous black man.
• Dr. Susan Silverman: Spenser's long time girlfriend. She is a psychologist and his sounding board.
• Russell: Son of Jerry and Grace. Spoiled, hedonistic and Susan's lover.
• Rachel Wallace: Spenser took the job to be her body guard in "Looking for Rachel Wallace." She is an author of a few controversial books
• Ives: Add a description of this character.
• Dr. Hilliard
• Grace
• Jerry Costigan: A very rich and dangerous businessman/criminal. On the CIA's hit list as an international weapons trafficer.
• Buddy Holly
• Leo
• Frank Belson: Continuing character - Sargent in Boston Homicide and friend of Spenser
• Dixon
• Doreen
• Plante
• Mckinnon
• Tyler Costigan
• Chico
• Henry Cimoli: Runs the gym Spencer and Hawk use - The Harbor Health Club
• Paul
• Gary
• Curley
• Meg
• Yvonne

Quotes edit see section history

• “If t'were be done, t'were well it be done quickly. ~ Shakespeare”

  Spenser

• “Death is the mother of beauty. ~ Poem by Wallace Stevens”

  Spenser

• “"Cherchez la femme" ~ a French phrase which literally means "look for the woman." In the sense that, when a man behaves out of character or in an otherwise apparently inexplicable manner, the reason may be found in his trying to cover up an illicit affair with a woman, or to impress or gain favour with a woman.”

  Either Quirk or Ives; the speaker is not clearly defined.

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• “The ways of the Lord are often dark,” I said. “But never pleasant.”

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• “But what’s going to happen tomorrow grows out of what happened yesterday,”

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• You do the best you can and you deal with the consequences. It’s all there is.”

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• “Costigan appears to be fearful that America will be overrun by Americans.

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• “‘Death is the mother of Beauty,’” I said. Susan raised her eyebrows, like she did when something puzzled her. “Poem by Wallace Stevens,” I said. “The possibility of loss is what makes things valuable.”

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• “‘Only where love and need are one,’” I said. “And the next line?” she said. “‘And the work is play for mortal stakes,’” I said.

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• She never learned to value herself as a person, only as someone else’s person.

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• “Both our opinions are rooted in our experience,” I said. “Both of them are true, it’s just that we’ve had different experiences.”

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• She’s… what is the phrase Jerry used about her once… often wrong, but never uncertain.

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• We’re not going to ask the feds to help us. The people I’ve talked with would have trouble finding Rin Tin Tin at a cat show.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Mill River
• California
• Connecticut
• Boise
• San Francisco
• Washington
• Transpan
• Boston
• Charlestown
• Moon Face
• Cambridge

First Sentence edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Valediction, and followed by Taming a Seahorse.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Robert B. Parker (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Shamus Award (Finalist, 1986: Best P.I. Hardcover)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( P ) › Parker, Robert B.
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Hard-Boiled
• Books › Literature & Fiction

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Robert B. Parker: Author's website

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