The professional
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Spenser novels volume 37.
Series:
Spenser novel ; volume 37.
Published:
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2009].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
289 pages ; 24 cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 440L
Rating:
HL440L
Status:
Description
A knock on Spenser's office door can only mean one thing: a new case. This time the visitor is a local lawyer with an interesting story. Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at the Boston law firm of Shaw & Cartwright, and over the years she's developed a friendship with wives of very wealthy men. However, these rich wives have a mutual secret: they've all had an affair with a man named Gary Eisenhower- and now he's blackmailing them for money. Shaw hires Spenser to make Eisenhower "cease and desist," so to speak, but when women start turning up dead, Spenser's assignment goes from blackmail to murder.
As matters become more complicated, Spenser's longtime love, Susan, begins offering some input by analyzing Eisenhower's behavior patterns in hopes of opening up a new avenue of investigation. It seems that not all of Gary's women are rich. So if he's not using them for blackmail, then what is his purpose? Spenser switches tactics to focus on the husbands, only to find that innocence and guilt may be two sides of the same coin.
With its eloquently spare prose and some of the best supporting characters to grace the printed page, The Professional is further proof that "[t]here's hardly an author in the crime novel business like Parker" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
As matters become more complicated, Spenser's longtime love, Susan, begins offering some input by analyzing Eisenhower's behavior patterns in hopes of opening up a new avenue of investigation. It seems that not all of Gary's women are rich. So if he's not using them for blackmail, then what is his purpose? Spenser switches tactics to focus on the husbands, only to find that innocence and guilt may be two sides of the same coin.
With its eloquently spare prose and some of the best supporting characters to grace the printed page, The Professional is further proof that "[t]here's hardly an author in the crime novel business like Parker" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Boulder Junction Adult Fiction
FIC PAR - SPENSER BK37
Available
Feb 20, 2023
Eagle River Adult Mystery
M PAR bk.37
Available
Apr 18, 2024
Grantsburg Adult Fiction
PARKER
Available
May 25, 2019
Hayward Adult And Young Adult Fiction
PAR
Available
Feb 23, 2024
Iron River Mystery
M PAR
Available
Jun 1, 2020
Lac Courte Oreilles Mystery
MYSTERY PARKER
Available
Sep 14, 2017
Land O Lakes Mystery
M PAR (Spenser #37)
Available
Nov 11, 2021
Madeline Island Mystery
M PAR
Available
Apr 24, 2017
Manitowish Waters Adult Fiction
F Par
Available
Aug 29, 2017
Mellen Adult Fiction
FIC PAR S 37
Available
Jul 25, 2022
Mercer Adult Fiction
F PAR
Available
Mar 4, 2019
Spooner Mystery
M PAR
Available
Mar 30, 2024
Superior Adult Fiction
FICTION Parker, Robert B.
Available
Jun 19, 2023
Webster Adult Fiction
FIC PAR HC
Available
Jul 6, 2019
Winter Adult Fiction
Parker
Available
Nov 11, 2020
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780399155949, 0399155945
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 3.3, 6 Points
Level 3.3, 6 Points
Lexile code:
HL: High-Low
Lexile measure:
440
Notes
Target Audience
HL440L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 97 (very high),Semantic demand: 100 (very high),Syntactic demand: 75 (high),Structure demand: 79 (high),Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,3.3,6,136469.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Parker, R. B. (2009). The professional. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010. 2009. The Professional. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010, The Professional. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Parker, Robert B. The Professional. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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