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 Hush Money - Robert B. Parker
 Hush Money - Robert B. Parker ... 2000-03-09 by No Exit PressNewest Review: ... blackmail and kidnapping he is asked to look into why a Professor was declined tenure and help a lady with a stalker. ... more ... Alongside his slightly unhinged pal Hawk, Spenser enters a world of words and secrets. Are academics any better than the usual scum that he has to work with and is Spenser smarter than he looks? Some quick investigating soon shows that not everything is calm as it appears on the surface. Wouldn't you know just underneath is a case all about murder, blackmail and kidnapping! What are the odds?
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Hush Money - Robert B. Parker: Silent Cash (772 words)
by - written on 30/03/09 (Very useful, 147 readings)
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When reading fiction I often notice that some of the author's desires slip onto the page. Most authors will find it hard to keep their own personality separate from that of their protagonist as it's best to write what you know. However, what is on the page is not often the truth, but a stylised version of themselves. If I were going to recreate myself I would be a bit thinner, have more hair and be better structuring sentences at. One man that seems to have a lot of confidence in his inner self is prolific crime author Robert B Parker. With the character of Spenser he has created a wise cracking PI that the ladies love and the fellas fear. To an extent I could ... Read the complete review
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