Crimson Joy
They call him the "Red Rose Killer" because he leaves one on the body of each woman he kills. But then the madman's eyes turn to Susan Silverman, and Spenser is on the case. For when Susan's life is in danger, Spenser becomes a hard-fisted, unstoppable locomotive--determined to bring the criminal...
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They call him the "Red Rose Killer" because he leaves one on the body of each woman he kills. But then the madman's eyes turn to Susan Silverman, and Spenser is on the case. For when Susan's life is in danger, Spenser becomes a hard-fisted, unstoppable locomotive--determined to bring the criminal to justice no matter what the odds!((Dell--Fiction)
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780440203438 (0440203430)
Publish date: April 2nd 1989
Publisher: Dell
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Spenser 4 (#15)
One of the best of the Spenser novels.
Read this last summer before I began the Spenser series but remember it well. Both Hawke and Susan, especially, play important characters. This, of course, was before I knew Susan very well so she was simply Spenser's friend. Didn't have the background information that I have developed from readi...
Someone is killing black women using the same MO: duck tape, shot with the same gun, a rose, and leaving evidence of masturbation. He also claims, in a note to the homicide detective in charge, to be a cop. Lt. Quinn asks Spenser to help from outside the department. Soon they are forced to deal wi...