Sudden Mischief (Spenser) (original 1998; edition 1999)

by Robert B. Parker

Series: Spenser (25)

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML: Brad Sterling - former Harvard football player, ne'er-do-well, and Susan Silverman's long out-of touch ex-husband - is by all appearances a successful businessman. But when, in the course of running a vast fundraiser called Galapalooza, he is charged with sexual harassment, he turns to Susan for help. Though Brad denies the charge, he's desperate, behind in alimony and child support payments to other exes, and in the verge of insolvency. When Spencer, Susan's current lover interest, reluctantly agrees to take the case, however, Brad claims everything is fine -he's free of debt and free of problems. .… (more)

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Title:	Sudden Mischief (Spenser)
Authors:	Robert B. Parker
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Robert B. Parker’s Sudden Mischief is a fast-paced dash through a case handled by Private Detective Spenser at the request of his girlfriend, psychologist Susan. It begins with her plea to look into a sexual harassment suit against her ex, Brad Sterling.
Soon into his investigation, Spenser is threatened by goons who warn him to back off.
The case widens into a larger, more dangerous situation involving many dangerous suspects.
The characters feel genuine and the snappy, terse dialogue rings with subtext. Brilliantly entertaining and visually clever.
An addictive series. (

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JoniMFisher | Oct 26, 2023 |

First edition as new

dgmathis | Mar 15, 2023 |

In Sudden Mischief Susan Silverman asks Spenser to help her ex-husband Brad Sterling who was being sued for sexual harassment. The suit was bogus but Brad was guilty of plenty of other things. Spenser uncovers those things while he and Susan struggle with their relationship. Boston in the spring with travels all over the city that might make one want to see Boston again. Many of the usual characters reappear including Rita Fiore, Captain Quirk, Hawk, Henry and some tough guy gangsters. (

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MMc009 | Jan 30, 2022 |

My second encounter with Parker's Boston PI, Spenser, was OK but it has some flaws.

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Arbieroo | Jul 17, 2020 |

Not every guy would respond well to his girlfriend asking him to help out her ex-husband. But Spenser isn't every guy, so he and Hawk put on their shining armor and go a-questing.

As usual, the case Spenser ends up solving isn't exactly the case he thought he was solving. And as usual, Hawk is helping him out along the way.

There's never much to differentiate one Spenser novel from the other, but they are always an amusing read, and this one is about mid-pack. (

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LyndaInOregon | Jun 28, 2020 |

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Windom, William	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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"Be well aware." quoth then that Ladie milde,
"Least suddaine mischiefe ye too rash provoke"

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For Joan: Gloriana

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We were at the Four Seasons Hotel, in the Bristol Lounge.

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:

Brad Sterling - former Harvard football player, ne'er-do-well, and Susan Silverman's long out-of touch ex-husband - is by all appearances a successful businessman. But when, in the course of running a vast fundraiser called Galapalooza, he is charged with sexual harassment, he turns to Susan for help. Though Brad denies the charge, he's desperate, behind in alimony and child support payments to other exes, and in the verge of insolvency. When Spencer, Susan's current lover interest, reluctantly agrees to take the case, however, Brad claims everything is fine -he's free of debt and free of problems.

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