Bad Business (2004) (edit title/settings)

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• Dr. Susan Silverman: Spenser's long time girlfriend. She is a psychologist and his sounding board.
• Damn O'mara: (Darrin), advisor to Ellen.
• Gavin: Director of Security
• Hawk: Spenser's friend and backup. Hawk is a handsome and dangerous black man.
• Bernie Eisen: Chief Operating Officer
• Bob Cooper: Chief Executive Officer
• Marlene Rowley: Hired Spenser to check up on her husband Trenton Rowley.
• Cecile: Add a description of this character.
• Lance Devaney: Another PI that Spenser encounters also doing surveillance.
• Trent Rowley: Marlenes husband and executive at Kinergy.
• Healy: Continuing character in series, Head of State Police Homicide.
• Vinnie Morris: The 'gun' for Gino a mobster but also a friend of Spenser's who helps him in some cases.
• Adele
• Frank Belson: Continuing character, homicide detective in Boston PD.
• Marty Siegel
• Rita Fiore: Boston attorney, continuing character.
• Frampton
• Jerry Francis: Detective
• Ellen Eisen: Wife of Bernard Eisen and liaison of Trenton Rowley.
• Elmer O'neill
• Big Wilma: Long time rich wife of President of Kinergy.
• Darrin O'mara: Life coach for Ellen Eisen and others in Kinergy.
• Mr. Spenser: Hard boiled detective (The series is based on the adventures of this character)
• Mark: Marlene's personal trainer.
• Kinergy: The company that many main characters work for.
• Oakes

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• “Only in circumstances where love is unbidden by law or convention, can it truly be given and received.”

  Marlene

• “question—why are there so many more horses’ asses than there are horses?”

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• “Only in circumstances where love is unbidden by law or convention can it truly be given and received.”

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• characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s

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• “I have a Ph.D.,” Susan said. “From Harvard. If I had done postdoctoral work I wouldn’t be able to speak at all.”

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• “Are you familiar, Mr. Spenser, with the ancient tradition of courtly love?” “Love is available only without the coercion of marriage?” I said.

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• “You ever read Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde?” I said.

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• I had two books with me: Simon Schama’s book, Rembrandt’s Eyes, which was too big to carry around places except when I was doing surveillance in a car. The other was a much smaller book called Genome, in case I had to kill time on foot.

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• Pearl eyed a man and woman walking by in funny hats. Her whole body stiffened with the desire to bark at them. Mine too. But we had both been urged repeatedly not to, and we were both practicing restraint.

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• “Good heavens,” Susan said, “a variation on Pascal’s wager.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Tulsa
• Boston, MA
• Arlington
• Waltham

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Back Story, and followed by Cold Service.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Robert B. Parker (Author)

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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.

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Robert B. Parker: Author's website

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