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Hush Money
Robert B. Parker
Published 1999

Spenser hits his 25th anniversary with this one! Hawk gets him a case looking into a tenure denial, while Susan wants him to help with a stalking. As usual, nothing is simple. Spenser takes care of the stalker but the woman in question becomes addicted to his presence. Meanwhile, the tenure is wrapped up in race, gay pride, outings, and many other concepts. Spenser's still got it, and the story is good to the end!

Lisa Says: It's amazing how well Parker does with "touchy subjects" - women stalking men, gays outing other gays, race-wise agendas being thwarted by those who should know better. A very good book all around, although I wondered how Susan knew about the note and rape when she got back even though she hadn't talked to Spenser yet.

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