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008			120515s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2009024270
020			_a9780399155949
050	0	0	_aPS3566.A686 _bP75 2009
082	0	0	_aMYS PAR
100	1		_aParker, Robert B. _d(, 1932-2010)
245	1	4	_aThe professional _c/ Robert B. Parker
260			_aNew York _b: G.P. Putnam's Sons _c, c2009.
300			_a289 p. _c; 24 cm.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aSpenser (Fictitious character)
650		0	_aPrivate investigators _x--Fiction
650			_aRich people _x-Crimes against _v--Fiction
650			_aAdultery -- _vFiction
650			_aExtortion -- _vFiction
651			_aBoston (Mass.) _v--Fiction
655		7	_aMystery fiction
942			_cMO
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