Mortal Stakes
Author: Robert B. Parker
With each new novel, Robert Parker’s talent seems to deepen. In Mortal Stakes, Spenser is back again: tough, funny, sentimental, and this time drawn into the problem he had set out to solve. The crime is blackmail; the victims, a greatly talented big league pitcher and his wife. The problem is to solve the crime without destroying the pitcher’s career and marriage.,Spenser’….Read More
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