Stardust (A Spenser Mystery)
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Publisher Description
Private eye Spenser has been hired to protect glamorous TV star Jill Joyce from an anonymous harasser, but it's soon clear he's got more than he bargained for. She's beautiful, bitchy, sexy - and terrified. The stalking is growing steadily more sinister and Spenser fears it could turn into murder. He hopes he's wrong - but Spenser is very rarely wrong...
'One of the great series in the history of the American detective story' New York Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Parker ( Playmates ) adds another winner to his tried-and-true series with this electrifying story told in the familiar low-voltage style of Spenser, Boston private eye. Spenser's love, psychologist Susan, acting as consultant to a TV film crew shooting locally, persuades Spenser and his loyal sidekick Hawk to guard the show's star, Jill Joyce. Although Joyce's behavior off-camera epitomizes depravity, Susan and Spenser recognize the fear behind the woman's mask. The detective investigates the threatening phone calls and letters that precede the murder of Joyce's stand-in, a tragic mistake that pushes him to the limit in his search for the killer. Success comes as the final revelation in a drama crammed with the unexpected. A nice surprise is the role played by three mongrels Spenser rescues from a pound. The dignified, impeccably mannered dogs upstage the entire cast of characters in a performance that reveals genuine star quality. Doubleday Book Club selection; Literary Guild alternate.
