Walking Shadow
1994 novel by Robert B. Parker
Walking Shadow is the 21st Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker.
Plot
The story follows Boston-based PI Spenser as he tries to solve the on-stage murder of an actor in the run-down town of Port City. While investigating the crime, he runs afoul of the local Chinese mob and uncovers a web of infidelity, organized crime, and psychologically unstable actors.
Recurring characters
- Spenser
- Hawk
- Vinnie Morris
- Dr. Susan Silverman, Ph.D.
- Sgt. Frank Belson, Boston Police Department
- Healy
In other media
The novel was made into a 2001 TV movie, starring Joe Mantegna as Spenser.
Cast
- Joe Mantegna as Spenser
- Marcia Gay Harden as Susan
- Ernie Hudson as Hawk
- Eric Roberts as Police Chief DeSpain
- Christopher Lawford as Jimmy Christopholous
- Tamlyn Tomita as Rikki Wu
References
- [1] from the author's website
- Walking Shadow (2001) at IMDb
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Novels by Robert B. Parker
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- Night Passage (1997)
- Trouble in Paradise (1998)
- Death in Paradise (2001)
- Stone Cold (2003)
- Sea Change (2006)
- High Profile (2007)
- Stranger in Paradise (2008)
- Night and Day (2009)
- Split Image (2010)
- Wilderness (1979)
- Love and Glory (1983)
- Poodle Springs (1989)
- Stardust (1990)
- Perchance to Dream (1991)
- All Our Yesterdays (1994)
- Family Honor (1999)
- Perish Twice (2000)
- Gunman's Rhapsody (2001)
- Shrink Rap (2002)
- Melancholy Baby (2004)
- Double Play (2004)
- Appaloosa (2005)
- Blue Screen (2006)
- Spare Change (2007)
- Now and Then (2007)
- Edenville Owls (2007)
- The Boxer and the Spy (2008)
- Resolution (2008)
- Brimstone (2009)
- Blue-Eyed Devil (2010)
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