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Taming a Sea-Horse

Taming a Sea-Horse

CrimeHardboiled
Pages
288
Published
1987
Language
English

Synopsis

Boston private investigator Spenser takes on a case that pulls him into the city's criminal underworld — a missing woman, a ruthless mob boss, and a past that refuses to stay buried. Told in Parker's signature lean, hard-hitting prose, the novel blends gritty detective work with a wry sense of humor as Spenser navigates betrayal, violence, and the choices that define a man's loyalty.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

GrittyTenseDarkMysterious
Anti-HeroRevengeMorally GreyMystery Box

Genres

Crime Hardboiled Noir

About the author

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Robert B. Parker

Robert B. Parker (1932–2010) was an American crime novelist best known for creating Spenser, the wisecracking Boston private investigator at the center of 40 novels beginning with The Godwulf Manuscript (1974). He also created the Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall detective series and, starting with Appaloosa, a series of Westerns featuring Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. He served in the US Army in Korea and earned a PhD in English from Boston University, and in 2002 the Mystery Writers of America n...

Characters

SpenserProtagonist
April KyleSupporting
HawkSupporting
All characters in Taming a Sea-Horse