Small Vices
by Robert B. Parker
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In his 20th appearance, P.I. Spenser is investigating a crime where the defendant has already been tried, convicted, and punished. So why do the defense attorney and the prosecutor both feel squeamish enough to hire Spenser to reinvestigate? Although Ellis Alves, the career criminal who was convicted of raping and killing Melissa Henderson, has committed many crimes, the murder of the college student may not be one of them. Alves may be taking the rap for someone desperate and ruthless enough to murder anyone who tries to dismantle a successful frame job, even our favorite cat-with-nine-lives private dick. Could Spenser have finally met his match? A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1997.
Editions of Small Vices
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Publisher Berkley Pub Group |
Date 1998 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher New Star Media Inc |
Date 1997 |
Price $4.03 |
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Publisher Ingram Pub Services |
Date 2006 |
Price $17.66 |
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Putnam Pub Group |
Date 1997 |
Price $1.00 |
Very Good |
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Publisher Wheeler Pub Inc |
Date 1997 |
Price $4.52 |
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Publisher New Millenium Audio |
Date 2002 |
Price None Available |
Publisher Notes
While probing the murder of coed Melissa Henderson, a crime in which Ellis Alves is the prime suspect, Spenser finds himself the target of an assassin and must play dead to find out who wants him off the case. Read by Burt Reynolds.
Media Reviews
"It's a tribute to Parker's professionalism that he takes a device as old as Sherlock Holmes--the death and rebirth of a detective--and infuses it with renewed urgency and moral weight, showing the thoroughbred form that put him and Boston on the p.i. map in the first place."
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