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Zusatztext Praise for Rough Weather “ Rough Weather is bliss.”— The Spectator “Comically acerbic...the reader is treated to all the familiar pleasures...Spenser sitting in his office overlooking Berkeley Street in Boston; the knock on the door announcing a client; Spenser's rapier repartee with client and suspects; the return of his love! Susan! given a larger role here; the always amusing interplay with the mercurial Hawk! Spenser's muscle; and Parker's graceful descriptions of interiors! meals! and clothes.”— Booklist “As usual! Parker's crisp! unadorned style is superb. Parker remains a major figure in American crime fiction.”—Associated Press “Robert B. Parker at his very best with a great suspenseful mystery enhanced by the hero’s even greater love for Susan...The storyline is fast-paced from the moment the Gray Man arrives in a shockingly fumbled caper! but it is the dry-witted Spenser who turns the tale into a thriller’s thriller.”—Midwest Book Review Informationen zum Autor Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring police chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole-Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010. Klappentext A high society wedding ends unhappily ever after in this mystery starring Boston PI Spenser-"the timeless hero of American detective fiction" (The New York Times Book Review). Hired as a bodyguard at an exclusive wedding, Spenser witnesses an unexpected crime: the kidnapping of the young bride, which opens the door for murder, family secrets, and the reappearance of an old nemesis. Zusammenfassung A high society wedding ends un happily ever after in this mystery starring Boston PI Spenser—“the timeless hero of American detective fiction” ( The New York Times Book Review ). Hired as a bodyguard at an exclusive wedding! Spenser witnesses an unexpected crime: the kidnapping of the young bride! which opens the door for murder! family secrets! and the reappearance of an old nemesis. ...
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Praise for Rough Weather
Rough Weather is bliss. The Spectator
Comically acerbic...the reader is treated to all the familiar pleasures...Spenser sitting in his office overlooking Berkeley Street in Boston; the knock on the door announcing a client; Spenser's rapier repartee with client and suspects; the return of his love, Susan, given a larger role here; the always amusing interplay with the mercurial Hawk, Spenser's muscle; and Parker's graceful descriptions of interiors, meals, and clothes. Booklist
As usual, Parker's crisp, unadorned style is superb. Parker remains a major figure in American crime fiction. Associated Press
Robert B. Parker at his very best with a great suspenseful mystery enhanced by the hero s even greater love for Susan...The storyline is fast-paced from the moment the Gray Man arrives in a shockingly fumbled caper, but it is the dry-witted Spenser who turns the tale into a thriller s thriller. Midwest Book Review
