Rough Weather

Resumen del libro

A hurricane hinders a kidnapping and Spenser goes on a search for the man responsible the infamous Gray Man, who has both helped and hunted Spenser in the past.

Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well connected and she needs Spenser's help. In a most unlikely request, Heidi, a notorious gold digger recently separated from her latest husband, recruits the Boston P.I. to accompany her to her private island, Tashtego. The reason? To attend her daughter's wedding as a sort of stand-in husband and protector. Spenser consents, but only after it is established that his beloved Susan Silverman will also be in attendance.

It should be a straightforward job for Spenser: show up for appearances, have some drinks, and spend some quality time with Susan. But when Spenser's old nemesis Rugar the Gray Man arrives, Spenser realizes that something is amiss. A storm, a kidnapping, and murder tear apart what should be a joyous occasion, and Rugar is seemingly at the center of it all. The only thing is that the sloppy kidnapping is not Rugar's style as Spenser knows from past encounters. With six dead bodies and more questions than he can process, Spenser begins a search for answers and the Gray Man.

Biografía del autor

Robert B. Parker (Springfield, 1932-Cambridge, 2010) fue uno de los autores más prolíficos de novela negra. En 1973 publicó la primera de ellas, El manuscrito Godwulf (SN, 255), en la que presentaba a Spenser, el detective privado que iniciaría la serie que le hizo famoso y le convirtió en un referente del género negro estadounidense. El personaje fue llevado a la pequeña pantalla en los años ochenta y gozó de una gran popularidad. Parker fue autor también de otras sagas policiacas, como la de la detective Sunny Randall y la del policía Jesse Stone, y en 1989 aceptó terminar la novela inacabada de Raymond Chandler La historia de Poodle Springs, y en 1991 escribió una secuela para El sueño eterno.