''Hundred-Dollar Baby'' is the 34th
Spenser
Spenser is an alternative spelling of the British surname Spencer. It may refer to:
Geographical places with the name Spenser:
* Spenser Mountains, a range in the northern part of South Island, New Zealand
People with the surname Spenser:
* Dav ...
novel by
Robert B. Parker
Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works include the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. ...
. The story follows Boston-based
PI Spenser as he tries to help an old runaway prostitute he helped several years earlier, April Kyle.
Plot
April Kyle appears in Spenser's office after several years without any contact. She's been put in charge of a new upscale
brothel
A brothel, strumpet house, bordello, bawdy house, ranch, house of ill repute, house of ill fame, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in Human sexual activity, sexual activity with prostitutes. For legal or cultural reasons, establis ...
by her mentor, the madame Patricia Utley. She says she's being harassed by someone who wants her to pay an extraordinary
protection fee. Thugs appear and scare off her customers. Spenser and Hawk manage to fend off the thugs, but things are not as they seem as soon as Spenser starts asking questions. April begs him to stop investigating, but, Spenser being Spenser, can't stop until he unravels the mystery. What surfaces is a web of deceit, greed and the fragile psyche of April Kyle.
Recurring characters
*Spenser
*Hawk
*April Kyle
*Dr. Susan Silverman, Ph.D.
*Cpt. Martin Quirk, Boston Police Department
*Sgt. Frank Belson, Boston Police Department
*Tedy Sapp
*Patricia Utley
*Tony Marcus
**Leonard
**Ty-Bop
**Junior
External links
Page on the book from Parker's official website
2006 American novels
Spenser (novel series)
Novels about American prostitution
American detective novels
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