Robert B. Parker's Hot Property

by Mike Lupica Narrated by Joe Mantegna

Overview

Spenser investigates a case that hits dangerously close to home in this latest installment of Robert B. Parker's beloved series.

Spenser is waiting out the latest Boston snowstorm when he gets word that Rita Fiore has been shot. Rita's always been a tricky one: flirting with Spenser for years, she's an ever-present figure that transcends friendship in Spenser's circle. But at the end of the day, Rita is family. And family will always be protected.

Both a pit bull in the courtroom and provocateur outside it, Rita is no stranger to controversy. But as one of the city's toughest lawyers, Spenser knows that there's no short list of suspects who might want to enact revenge. With Rita's life hanging in the balance, it's up to him to get to the bottom of things, even if it means unearthing some unsavory secrets that might just lead him into an age-old game of lies and deceit.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Author Mike Lupica keeps alive Spenser For Hire with the latest caper for the investigator first created by Robert B. Parker. Face it, if a character is memorable enough (Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes, Spenser), someone is going to keep the stories coming. Just be glad Lupica is the one in charge here." —Parade

"[W]hen Mike Lupica took over Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series, it was a seamless transition. It’s as if he channels Parker from beyond the grave: setting, prose, dialogue—the works . . . Hot Property is a must for longtime Spenser fans and a terrific entry point for newcomers as well." —BookPage

"Spenser’s back with a vengeance in Robert B. Parker’s Hot Property, a thrilling story filled with suspense, violence, corruption and witty one-liners. Mike Lupica delivers a new Spenser tale with a classic feel containing heart, virtue and an abundance of Hawk. Everything a long-time fan of this series could ever want." —Best Thriller Books

Kirkus Reviews

2024-09-28
Boston’s gift to the private-eye pantheon is thrust into a case that’s far too personal for his liking.

Defense attorney Rita Fiore has come on to Spenser in lots of ways over the years, but never before by getting shot. As she takes two steps forward and one back at Mass General, Spenser and his wingman, Hawk—aided willingly by the police and a lot less willingly by everyone else—look for a motive for her drive-by shooting. The most likely suspect is Shannon Miles, the TV news anchor whose sexual harassment suit against co-anchor Brian Tully was shot down once Rita took Tully’s case. But Spenser, looking beyond the obvious, focuses on Rita’s clandestine relationship with Nicholas Drummond, whose meteoric rise as the boy wonder of the state Senate was cut short by his accidental drowning off Castle Island in South Boston last September, before the record snowfalls began. Or was it really accidental? Digging into Drummond’s activities as Senate president, Spenser zeroes in on a high-stakes competition between kingpin developers Kevin McManus and Thomas Mauro for a parcel of land in South Boston they both have big plans for (McManus’ plans in particular will make Beantown readers gasp). When Tully is killed and Shannon Miles shoots an intruder who escapes from her home, Spenser concludes that the mystery must run even deeper. As psychiatrist Susan Silverman, no fan of Rita’s, tells her longtime lover: “The whole thing is a hot mess, isn’t it?...And Rita being shot is just one part of it and you’re trying to figure out how big a part.”

Though the premise is punchier than the payoff, fans of the series won’t complain.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940191571775
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	11/26/2024
Series:	Spenser Series , #52
Edition description:	Unabridged

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