Bad business / Robert B. Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spenser (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Spenser.

Spenser (Fictitious character).

Private investigators--Massachusetts--Boston--Fiction.

Private investigators.

Massachusetts--Boston.

Boston (Mass.)--Fiction.

Boston (Mass.).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

310 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Putnam, [2004]

Summary:

When Marlene Cowley hires Spenser to see if her husband, Trent, is cheating on her, he encounters more than he bargained for: Not only does he find a two-timing husband, but a second investigator as well, hired by the husband to look after his wife. As a result of their joint efforts, Spenser soon finds himself investigating both individual depravity and corporate corruption. It seems the folks in the Cowley's circle have become enamored of radio talk-show host Darrin O'Mara, whose views on Courtly Love are clouding some already fuzzy minds with the notion of cross-connubial relationships. O'Mara's brand of sex therapy is unconventional at best, unlawful--and deadly--at worst. Then a murder at Kinergy, where Trent Cowley is CFO, sends Spenser in yet another direction. Apparently, the unfettered pursuit of profit has a price. With razor-sharp characterizations and finely honed prose, this is Parker writing at the height of his powers.

ISBN:

0399151451

OCLC:

53306382