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Small Vices

by Robert B. Parker · 1997 · 384 pages

Book 24 of the Spenser series

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Ellis Alves is no angel. But his lawyer says he was framed for the murder of college student Melissa Henderson...and asks Spenser for help.

From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich-kid, tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice may die with him...

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Genre
mysterycrimedetectiveprivate investigatorthriller
Themes
private investigator
Setting
1990sbostonmassachusettscalifornianew england
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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