Thin Air
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.55 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597770264 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 481 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
$125,000 ad/promo.. When Lisa St. Claire, the beautiful young bride of a Boston police detective vanishes mysteriously, Spenser joins the search for the missing woman, following a dangerous trail that leads him to a sociopathic Latino ex-lover and into a deadly confrontation with Lisa's dark past. 175,000 first printing
The PI discovers Lisa's former name and occupation; he thinks up a way to penetrate Proctor's divided and desperate Hispanic community, ruled by Rico and a rival. The cop, who knows only that his wife has disappeared, is shot and seriously injured just after he asks Spenser to investigate. crook, Chollo), and his lover, Susan, and dog Pearl are kept mostly backstage during a slightly stretched out story that, nevertheless, packs a lot of punch. Chapters alternate between the room where Lisa is kept under guard and constantly running video cameras and Spenser's gradual assembling of clues. Readers know that Lisa St. Lots of atmosphere and even suspense?Will Lisa resist Rico's demands? Can Spenser discover a way to rescue her??are built up in short sentences and one-line paragraphs. From Publishers Weekly In the famed Boston PI's 22nd case, an oddly sympathetic villain and a resolute he
"SHE'S GONE!!! SHE'S GONE!!!" according to Greggorio!. When the wife of a Boston cop disappears, nobody knows if she left town from choice. No note has been found, and the situation has left said cop in the quintessential quarry as he has no idea why she left, what he did wrong, or if she even intends to come back. The more time passes, the more suspicious the case gets and sooner rather than later, ou. Stage-y and therefore unconvincing. Steve Schwartz, Austin I'm a fan of Parker's. I reread him regularly. Great dialogue, hairy predicaments -- what's not to like? This book, however, is an oddity. It is central to the arc of the entire series (it lets us know more of Sgt. Belson), but it's a bit of a letdown. Someone has kidnapped Belson's wife, and Belson asks Spenser for help. The book is told from two . Thin air or into thin air Melvin Anderson I like Spenser, almost all books written involving him, Parker does a better job with him than with any of his others. It is only my opinion. Here we have a cop friend of Spenser's who loses his wife. He does not come asking Spenser for help in finding her, it is only when someone tries to put Belson away that Spenser becomes highly active and of c