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      ISBN: 0399145877

      ISBN13: 9780399145872

      Hugger Mugger

      (Book #27 in the Spenser Series)

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      It's easy to see why Parker's snappy banter and cynical eye have kept fans turning pages for 25 years . . . his wisecracks, combined with Parker's shorthand flair for scathing characterization, make for a satisfying read, said Entertainment Weekly of last year's Hush Money. Now Parker presents Spenser with a deceptively dangerous and multi-layered case: Someone has been killing racehorses at stables across the south, and the Boston P.I. travels to Georgia to protect the two-year-old destined to become the next Secretariat. When Spenser is approached by Walter Clive, president of Three Fillies Stables, to find out who is threatening his horse Hugger Mugger, he can hardly say no: He's been doing pro bono work for so long his cupboards are just about bare. Disregarding the resentment of the local Georgia law enforcement, Spenser takes the case. Though Clive has hired a separate security firm, he wants someone with Spenser's experience to supervise the operation. Despite a veneer of civility, Spenser encounters tensions beneath the surface southern gentility. The case takes an even more deadly turn when the attacker claims a human victim, and Spenser must revise his impressions of the whole Three Fillies organization--and watch his own back as well. With razor-sharp dialogue, eloquently spare prose, and some of the best supporting characters to grace the printed page, Hugger Mugger is grand entertainment. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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      Rated 5 stars
      Best Spenser book yet (no lie)

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      I'm not sure what all the other reviewers missed, but in my mind, this book ranks at the top of the Spenser series. Spenser's wisecracking humor is superb. Hired to find a horse killer, Spenser soon finds the crime spreads to include a human victim. Abruptly, he is dismissed from the case, leaving him to wonder why. Hawk stays home during Spenser's southern sojourn, but Susan makes plenty of appearances, analyzing the...

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      Back to What Works

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Although I love Parker's work, his characters, and his stories, since Thin Air I have been less satisfied, feeling that maybe time was running out for Spenser and his cohorts. Hugger Mugger was the best Spenser novel in years, combining wit with Parker's classic descriptions of characters and places (who else could perfectly summarize a person in three words?). The plot removes Spenser from his native Boston and subtracts...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Spenser is great even away from Boston

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      I have read all the Spenser novels by Robert B. Parker, and I feel this is one of his best efforts. Even though Susan appears only briefly and Hawk is in France, a strong plot and believable characters make this an excellent addition to an excellent series. Someone is shooting horses at the Three Fillies Stables in Lamarr, Georgia. Walter Clive and his daughter Penny hire Spenser to find out who is shooting the horses...

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      Rated 5 stars
      One of Parker's Best Spenser novels!

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      This is Parker's best Speser novel in recent years. Over time the character and his relationship with Susan Silverman and Hawk has grown quite matter of fact. Lost was the essence of the main character that was in the earlier books. I can only guess but I think Parker has had a good strategy the last few years. He wrote a couple of novels with a different male character (vasty different from Spenser) and one with a...

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      Rated 5 stars
      If Robert B. Parker wrote a Dick Francis mystery...

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Who else but Robert Parker could tackle three different mystery characters in three different novels a year and still be one of the most consistently entertaining writers in the mystery field? But (with apologies to Jesse Stone and Helen H...er, sorry, Sunny Randall), it's Spenser we love the best. My two favorite mystery novelists are Robert B. Parker and Dick Francis, and this mystery, set in Georgia horse country, is the...

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