by Robert B. Parker · Speak · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780142414392
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«The Boxer and the Spy» is Robert B. Parker's young adult mystery novel, published by Speak in paperback (210 pages, in English).
In a coastal New England town, a high school student is found dead on the shore and everything points to suicide. Fifteen-year-old Terry Novak investigates with his friend Abby and soon discovers that their questions put them in danger. Terry relies on what he learned from George, a retired boxer who taught him to use his head and stand firm.
Aimed at young readers aged 14 and up, it combines mystery, suspense and sport with a teenage protagonist.
Robert Brown Parker was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works include the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. In the mid-1980s, based on the character of detective Spenser, ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire. A series of TV movies was also produced based on the same character. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited as reviving and changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors, including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.
