Paper Doll (novel)

Paper Doll is the 20th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The story follows the Boston-based PI Spenser as he tries to solve the apparently random killing of the well-regarded wife of a local businessman.

Plot
The novel's hero is Spenser, a private investigator in Boston. Spenser, who served as an infantryman in the 1st Infantry Division during the Korean War and as a former State trooper, is hired by Boston aristocrat Loudon Tripp to investigate his wife's murder, and Spenser soon uncovers upper-class scandals and a corpse who might not be dead after all.

Recurring characters

 * Spenser
 * Hawk
 * Dr. Susan Silverman, Ph.D.
 * Lt. Martin Quirk, Boston Police Department
 * Sgt. Frank Belson, Boston Police Department
 * Detective Lee Farrell
 * Wayne Cosgrove
 * Henry Cimoli

Mentioned but not seen
 * Paul Giacomin
 * Vinnie Morris