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On sale Mar 01, 1990 | 288 Pages | 9780425120019

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In the heart of bustling Boston, a private investigator finds himself delving into the corruption that lurks beneath the collegiate glamour of Taft University.

Spenser goes back to school...to investigate corruption infiltrating a college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash. If Spenser doesn't watch his own footwork, the guilty parties will shave a few years off his life...

With an exciting blend of mystery, suspense, and thrilling sports action, Robert B. Parker gives us another legendary story in the Spencer detective series.
Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Police Chief Jesse Stone, the acclaimed Virgil Cole–Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010. View titles by Robert B. Parker

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In the heart of bustling Boston, a private investigator finds himself delving into the corruption that lurks beneath the collegiate glamour of Taft University.

Spenser goes back to school...to investigate corruption infiltrating a college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash. If Spenser doesn't watch his own footwork, the guilty parties will shave a few years off his life...

With an exciting blend of mystery, suspense, and thrilling sports action, Robert B. Parker gives us another legendary story in the Spencer detective series.

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Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Police Chief Jesse Stone, the acclaimed Virgil Cole–Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010. View titles by Robert B. Parker

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