by Robert B. Parker · Quercus Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781849161336
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«Painted Ladies» is a mystery novel by Robert B. Parker, published by Quercus Books in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Private detective Spenser takes on a seemingly simple job: accompanying art professor Ashton Prince to deliver the ransom for a stolen painting. When the deal closes, the package explodes and Prince dies. Spenser investigates and discovers that the professor's past was not spotless, though nothing seems to justify such an extreme murder.
«Painted Ladies» belongs to the Spenser series; the work was originally published in 2010 and this Quercus Books edition came out in 2011.
For readers of crime and mystery fiction, especially fans of detective series like Spenser's.
Robert Brown Parker was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works include the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. In the mid-1980s, based on the character of detective Spenser, ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire. A series of TV movies was also produced based on the same character. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited as reviving and changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors, including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.
