Paper Doll (novel)
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Author | Robert B. Parker |
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Language | English |
Series | Spenser |
Genre | Detective fiction |
Publisher | Putnam |
Publication date | 1993 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 223 pp |
ISBN | 0-399-13818-8 |
OCLC | 26635630 |
813/.54 20 | |
LC Class | PS3566.A686 P33 1993 |
Preceded by | Double Deuce |
Followed by | Walking Shadow |
Paper Doll is the 20th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The story follows the Boston-based PI Spenser as he tries to solve the apparently random killing of the well-regarded wife of a local businessman.
Plot
[edit]The novel's hero is Spenser, a private investigator in Boston. Spenser, who served as an infantryman in the 1st Infantry Division during the Korean War[1] and as a former State trooper, is hired by Boston aristocrat Loudon Tripp to investigate his wife's murder, and Spenser soon uncovers upper-class scandals and a corpse who might not be dead after all.
Recurring characters
[edit]- Spenser
- Hawk
- Dr. Susan Silverman, Ph.D.
- Lt. Martin Quirk, Boston Police Department
- Sgt. Frank Belson, Boston Police Department
- Detective Lee Farrell
- Wayne Cosgrove
- Henry Cimoli
Mentioned but not seen
- Paul Giacomin
- Vinnie Morris
References
[edit]- ^ Robert B. Parker, Paper Doll, G.P. Putnam & Son, 1993, page 1: "You fought in Korea. Were you an officer?".