Silent Night (Spenser Holiday: Thorndike Press Large Print Core) - Tapa dura

Praise for Robert B. Parker "Is there a more promising opening in contemporary crime fiction than Boston PI Spenser opening his office door to a new client? Instantly we get Spenser's clear-eyed view of the client, what his or her dress and stature have to say, and the rat-a-tat-tat of Spenser's wise-guy answers to the client's queries...a series of unflagging excellence...Great plotting, clever dialogue, and Spenser's mouthwatering cooking all make for a fantastic time." --"Booklist" (starred)
Parker's dialogue, clever to a fault, moves his tales along at a natural, human pace as his characters square off, verbs and nouns used like switchblades." --"The Chicago Sun Times"
"A fast and fun outing...Parker was a true stylist. His strength was in his sparseness and Painted Ladies shows him in fine form." --"The Boston Globe"
"As with all of Parker's 70 novels, the prose is tight and muscular and the dialogue is superb. A must read for faithful fans of the series." -- "Associated Press"
"In Spenser's end is his beginning....Spenser can still nail a person's foibles on first meeting, still whip up a gourmet meal in a few minutes, still dispatch the thugs who haunt his office and his home, and do it all while maintaining a fierce love of Susan Silverman and English poetry....Long live Spenser." -- "Booklist"

Entreated by a young street kid to help a mentor who is being threatened during the holiday season, Boston private investigator Spenser, aided by Hawk, follows leads to a dangerous drug kingpin.