Sun 29 Apr 2007
Audio Book Review: Hundred-Dollar Baby: A Spenser Novel by Robert B. Parker
Posted by Liz Lewis under Mysteries & Thrillers
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"Hundred-Dollar Baby: A Spenser Novel" by Robert B. Parker Length: 5 hours and 20 min. ISBN: 0-7393-1865-9 New York Times Best Seller Listen to an excerpt with: Windows Media Player Real Player |
Once upon a time, though not so long ago, there was a girl named April Kyle, a beautiful teenage runaway who turned to prostitution to escape her terrible family life. Now, April Kyle’s return in Hundred-Dollar Baby is nothing short of shocking.
When a mature, beautiful, and composed April strides into Spenser’s office, the Boston PI barely hesitates before recognizing his once and future client. Now a well-established madam, April oversees an upscale call-girl operation in Boston’s Back Bay. Still looking for Spenser’s approval, it takes her a moment before she can ask him, again, for his assistance. Her business is a success; what’s more, it’s an all-female enterprise. Now that some men are trying to take it away from her, she needs Spenser.
April claims to be in the dark about who it is that’s trying to shake her down, but with a bit of legwork and a bit more muscle, Spenser and Hawk find ties to organized crime and local kingpin Tony Marcus, as well as a scheme to franchise the operation across the country. As Spenser again plays the gallant knight, it becomes clear that April’s not as innocent as she seems. In fact, she may be her own worst enemy.
Tags: hundred-dollar baby: a spenser novel, robert b. parker, mysteries & thrillers, joe mantegna, spenser, spencer, april kyle, prostitution, madam, call-girl, organized crime
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