spenser (fictitious character)

Spenser, a Boston private eye, agrees to help a former client, a young prostitute who is now a well-established madam, discover who is trying to blackmail her and uncovers connections with local kingpin Tony Marcus.

Spenser and Hawk solve the murder of an actor during the performance of a politically controversial play.

When Spenser is hired to protect television star Jill Joyce, he encounters a stalker who will stop at nothing to get his prey.

When Rachel Wallace, a young woman with a lot of enemies, disappears, the man who was supposed to be protecting her lays his own life on the line to track her down.

When Spenser is hired to uncover the truth about a coed's murder, he finds twisted cops, spoiled rich kids, and an assassin's bullet.

Spenser is in Hollywood to protect television reporter Candy Sloan, and together they search for a murderer.

Spenser's client, Harvey Shepard, has lost his pretty wife and a loan shark has put the bite on him. Now suddenly Spenser is in so deep that the only way out is a plan so risky, it makes dying look like a sure thing.

Spencer and his cohort Hawk investigate a murder in the housing projects of Boston and are drawn into a world of violence and hatred.