01651cam a2200361 4500 546840686 TxAuBib 20101127120000.0 100516s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010020027 9780399156854 $26.95 0399156852 $26.95 TxAuBib Parker, Robert B. Painted ladies / Robert B. Parker. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010. 291 p. ; 24 cm. Spenser Novel, A ; 38 Booklist, August 01, 2010. Publishers Weekly, August 16, 2010. Kirkus Reviews, August 01, 2010. Library Journal Prepub Alert, May 01, 2010. 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... Adult. Brodart. Adult. Brodart. 20101127. Spenser (Fictional character) Fiction. Private investigators Fiction. Art thefts Fiction. Mystery fiction. A Spenser Novel ; 38. TXWKC