TY - BOOK AU - Parker,Robert B. TI - Painted ladies SN - 9780399156854 AV - PS3566.A686 P28 2010 U1 - 813/.54 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - G.P. Putnam's Sons KW - Spenser (Fictitious character) KW - Fiction KW - Private investigators KW - Massachusetts KW - Art thefts KW - Investigation KW - Art thieves KW - Mystery fiction KW - gsafd N2 - The brilliant new Spenser novel from the beloved "New York Times"-bestselling author Robert B. Parker. Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen. Convinced that Ashton Prince played a bigger role than just ransom delivery boy, Spenser enters into a daring game of cat-and-mouse with the thieves. But this is a game he might not come out of alive...Completed the year before he passed away, "Painted Ladies" is Spenser and Robert B. Parker at their electrifying best. ER -