Parker, Robert B.  (, 1932-2010) <br/><br/>
The professional 
/ Robert B. Parker 
 - New York  : G.P. Putnam's Sons  , c2009. 
 - 289 p.  ; 24 cm. 
<br/><br/> The latest (after Rough Weather) in the long-running Spenser series finds the wisecracking Boston PI employed by a bevy of beautiful women to investigate a handsome gigolo with a habit of seducing and blackmailing young wives of wealthy older men. Fists and literary allusions fly, accompanied by psychological commentary courtesy of Spenser's longtime girlfriend, Susan Silverman. Many series regulars make cameos as Spenser unravels the gigolo's blackmail scheme only to uncover other tangled webs of influence and victimization. The dialogue crackles, and the plot moves quickly as Spenser discovers once again how sex, greed, and stupidity can disrupt the best laid plans, and how a personal moral code can be quite separate from social conventions or legal authority. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780399155949 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009024270 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Spenser (Fictitious character)<br/>Private investigators----Fiction<br/>Rich people---Crimes against----Fiction<br/>Adultery ----Fiction<br/>Extortion ----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Boston (Mass.)----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Mystery fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3566.A686  / P75 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>MYS PAR