Double Deuce

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{{short description|1992 novel by Robert B. Parker}}

{{Infobox book |

| name = Double Deuce

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| translator =

| image = File:DoubleDeuce.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Robert B. Parker

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| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Spenser

| genre = Detective fiction

| publisher = Putnam Adult

| pub_date = 1992

| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)

| pages = 224

| isbn = 0-399-13721-1

| oclc = 27807611

| preceded_by = Pastime

| followed_by = Paper Doll

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Double Deuce is a 1992 novel by American writer Robert B. Parker, the 19th book featuring the private investigator Spenser. The story follows Boston-based Spenser as he and his friend Hawk butt heads against a street gang while attempting to unravel the murder of a teenage mother and her young daughter.{{cite book | last=James | first=Dean | last2=Foxwell | first2=Elizabeth | title=The Robert B. Parker Companion | publisher=Penguin | date=2005-10-04 | isbn=978-1-101-20518-1 | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Robert_B_Parker_Companion/6bMipxvv3UIC?hl=es-419&gbpv=1&dq=Double+Deuce+parker&pg=PT89&printsec=frontcover | access-date=2025-06-26 | page=}}{{cite book | last=Asimow | first=Michael | last2=Brown | first2=Kathryn | last3=Papke | first3=David | title=Law and Popular Culture: International Perspectives | publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing | date=2014-06-12 | isbn=978-1-4438-6158-8 | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Law_and_Popular_Culture/78gxBwAAQBAJ?hl=es-419&gbpv=1&dq=Double+Deuce+1992+parker&pg=PA117&printsec=frontcover | access-date=2025-06-26 | page=}}{{cite book | last=Herbert | first=Rosemary | title=Whodunit?: A Who's who in Crime & Mystery Writing | publisher=Oxford University Press | date=2003 | isbn=978-0-19-515761-1 | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Whodunit/UjgE_CRiIW4C?hl=es-419&gbpv=1&bsq=Double%2520Deuce | access-date=2025-06-26 | page=148}}

Recurring characters

  • Spenser
  • Hawk
  • Dr. Susan Silverman, Ph.D
  • Lt. Martin Quirk, Boston Police Department
  • Sgt. Frank Belson, Boston Police Department
  • Tony Marcus

References

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Category:1992 American novels

Category:Spenser (novel series)

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