Walking Shadow
{{short description|1994 novel by Robert B. Parker}}
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| name = Walking Shadow
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| caption = First edition
| author = Robert B. Parker
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| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Spenser
| genre = Detective novel
| publisher = Putnam
| pub_date = 1994
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| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
| pages = 270 pp
| isbn = 0-399-13920-6
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| preceded_by = Paper Doll
| followed_by = Thin Air
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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
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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
- [http://www.robertbparker.net/book-display.php?ISBN=0399139613] from the author's website
- {{IMDb title|qid=Q18511188|id=tt0271873|title=Walking Shadow (2001)}}
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