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Chance (Spenser, Bk 23)
Author: Robert B. Parker

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Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780425157473 - ISBN-10: 0425157474
Publication Date: 4/1/1997
Pages: 336


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Hardcover

Book Description:
Once again, Robert B. Parker makes artfulness look easy, with Chance, his sensational new thriller. This time Spenser - the tough-but-tender sleuth whose passion for justice repeatedly plunges him into a sea of trouble - hires out on a marital matter whose attached strings entangle him with the Mob. When big-time Boston hoodlum Julius Ventura approaches Spenser and his redoubtable sidekick, Hawk, about locating his only daughter's missing husband, it's clear he's not telling them the whole truth about the blushing bride and the ardent groom. In fact, he may be lying. But something about these missing links appeals to Spenser, and he agrees to take the case. So begins an odyssey into the netherworld of disorganized crime: from the throne rooms of crime lords to the Vegas strip; from two-bit wiseguys with a genius for dangerous liaisons to gangsters' molls in jeopardy; from larceny to homicide. And that's just for openers. All too soon, it becomes clear that what's at stake is not young love, but control of gangland Boston. Spenser and Hawk find themselves dead-center in a circus of violence whose shadowy ringmaster is all too familiar to a private eye with a past.

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Please Rate these Book Reviews

Barbara L. (thecomet) wrote on 12/15/2008...


This is my first book written by Robert B. Parker, I look forward to more. I was unable to figure out who did the killings to the end. Lost of things happening and kept you guessing. So many great characters. Starts out looking for a missing husbands and his connections to the Boston Mafia. Enjoyed the dialog and all the facts of the case.

Bonnie A. (ladycholla) wrote on 5/9/2007...


Didn't read.

Katherine T. (KathyDawg) wrote on 4/23/2007...


Fun, quick Spenser read.

Susan H. (Mockingbird) wrote on 3/9/2007...


Spenser's left Boston for a trip to Vegas.

Mary B. S. wrote on 9/7/2006...


A Mafia Princess husband is missing and she wants him found. Spenser and Hawk help her find him and unravel a murder. Very good book

Christine D. wrote on 8/25/2006...


Spenser and Hawk in Las Vegas--it couldn't get any better.

Kathie C. wrote on 4/12/2006...


SPENSER AND HAWK HEAD TO LOS VEGAS TO FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME MURDERS

Wendy S. (wss4) wrote on 11/27/2005...


FROM THE PUBLISHER
Once again, Robert B. Parker makes artfulness look easy, with Chance, his sensational new thriller. This time Spenser - the tough-but-tender sleuth whose passion for justice repeatedly plunges him into a sea of trouble - hires out on a marital matter whose attached strings entangle him with the Mob. When big-time Boston hoodlum Julius Ventura approaches Spenser and his redoubtable sidekick, Hawk, about locating his only daughter's missing husband, it's clear he's not telling them the whole truth about the blushing bride and the ardent groom. In fact, he may be lying. But something about these missing links appeals to Spenser, and he agrees to take the case. So begins an odyssey into the netherworld of disorganized crime: from the throne rooms of crime lords to the Vegas strip; from two-bit wiseguys with a genius for dangerous liaisons to gangsters' molls in jeopardy; from larceny to homicide. And that's just for openers. All too soon, it becomes clear that what's at stake is not young love, but control of gangland Boston. Spenser and Hawk find themselves dead-center in a circus of violence whose shadowy ringmaster is all too familiar to a private eye with a past.


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