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The Godwulf Manuscript

The Godwulf Manuscript

CrimeHardboiled
Pages
175
Published
1974
Language
English

Synopsis

When a prestigious Boston university loses a priceless medieval manuscript, they hire Spenser, a private investigator who relies on his wits and his fists. The case turns deadly when a student is found murdered, leaving a young woman framed for the crime. Spenser must navigate campus politics and the city's criminal underworld to find the real killer before he becomes the next target.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

GrittyTense

Genres

Crime Hardboiled Mystery

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
All characters in The Godwulf Manuscript