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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Robert B Parker is the best-selling author of 40 books, including Small Vices, Sudden Mischief, Hush Money, Hugger Mugger, Potshot, Widows Walk, Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Family Honor, Perish Twice, Shrink Rap & Back Story (all published by No Exit). He lives in Boston.
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ABOUT THE BOOK

A cheating husband and a wayward wife provide Spenser with an unconventional and dangerous surveillance job

It seems the folks in the Cowley's circle have become enamoured 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.

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CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"...Few detectives could drag Chrétien de Troyes and courtly love into a case without sounding pretentious, but Spenser pulls it off. Perfect, undemanding summer reading. ..." - Joan Smith, Sunday Times [read the full review]

"...Spenser is one of the best private detectives in fiction..." - Sunday Telegraph

"...another combination of wry satire and sly action in his thirty-first mystery starring Spenser, the Boston private eye..." - Connie Fletcher, Booklist [read the full review]