Hundred-Dollar Baby

2006 novel by Robert B. Parker
0-399-15376-4OCLC70483445
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 22LC ClassPS3566.A686 H86 2006Preceded bySchool Days Followed byNow and Then 

Hundred-Dollar Baby is the 34th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. 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 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
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Novels by Robert B. Parker
Spenser novels
Novels
  • The Godwulf Manuscript (1973)
  • God Save the Child (1974)
  • Mortal Stakes (1975)
  • Promised Land (1976)
  • The Judas Goat (1978)
  • Looking for Rachel Wallace (1980)
  • Early Autumn (1981)
  • A Savage Place (1981)
  • Ceremony (1982)
  • The Widening Gyre (1983)
  • Valediction (1984)
  • A Catskill Eagle (1985)
  • Taming a Sea-Horse (1986)
  • Pale Kings and Princes (1987)
  • Crimson Joy (1988)
  • Playmates (1989)
  • Stardust (1990)
  • Pastime (1991)
  • Double Deuce (1992)
  • Paper Doll (1993)
  • Walking Shadow (1994)
  • Thin Air (1995)
  • Chance (1996)
  • Small Vices (1997)
  • Sudden Mischief (1998)
  • Hush Money (1999)
  • Hugger Mugger (2000)
  • Potshot (2001)
  • Widow's Walk (2002)
  • Back Story (2003)
  • Bad Business (2004)
  • Cold Service (2005)
  • School Days (2005)
  • Hundred-Dollar Baby (2006)
  • Now and Then (2006)
  • Rough Weather (2008)
  • Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel (2009)
  • The Professional (2009)
  • Painted Ladies (2010)
  • Sixkill (2011)
Adaptations
Jesse Stone novels
  • Night Passage (1997)
  • Trouble in Paradise (1998)
  • Death in Paradise (2001)
  • Stone Cold (2003)
  • Sea Change (2006)
  • High Profile (2007)
  • Stranger in Paradise (2008)
  • Night and Day (2009)
  • Split Image (2010)
Other
  • Wilderness (1979)
  • Love and Glory (1983)
  • Poodle Springs (1989)
  • Stardust (1990)
  • Perchance to Dream (1991)
  • All Our Yesterdays (1994)
  • Family Honor (1999)
  • Perish Twice (2000)
  • Gunman's Rhapsody (2001)
  • Shrink Rap (2002)
  • Melancholy Baby (2004)
  • Double Play (2004)
  • Appaloosa (2005)
  • Blue Screen (2006)
  • Spare Change (2007)
  • Now and Then (2007)
  • Edenville Owls (2007)
  • The Boxer and the Spy (2008)
  • Resolution (2008)
  • Brimstone (2009)
  • Blue-Eyed Devil (2010)


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