Rough Weather Hardback - 2008

by Robert B. Parker

A hurricane hinders a kidnapping and Spensergoes on a search for the man responsible the infamous Gray Man, who has both helpedand hunted Spenser in the past.Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well connected and she needs Spenser's help. In a most unlikelyrequest, Heidi, a notorious gold digger recently separatedfrom her latest husband, recruits the Boston P.I. to accompanyher to her private island, Tashtego. The reason? To attendher daughter's wedding as a sort of stand-in husband and protector.Spenser consents, but only after it is established that hisbeloved Susan Silverman will also be in attendance.It should be a straightforward job for Spenser: show up forappearances, have some drinks, and spend some quality timewith Susan. But when Spenser's old nemesis Rugar the GrayMan arrives, Spenser realizes that something is amiss. Astorm, a kidnapping, and murder tear apart what should be ajoyous occasion, and Rugar is seemingly at the center of it all.The only thing is that the sloppy kidnapping is not Rugar'sstyle as Spenser knows from past encounters. With six deadbodies and more questions than he can process, Spenser beginsa search for answers and the Gray Man.With its razor-sharp dialogue, crisply etched characters,and high-wire narrative tension, Rough Weather once againproves that 'Robert B. Parker is a force of nature' (The BostonGlobe).