"Parker's finest in years... one can't-put-it-down story. Again," proclaimed the San Francisco Chronide of Robert B. Parker's most recent New York Times best seller, Small Vices, "Nobody does it better." cheered Publishers Weekly in a starred revicw. And The Washington Post Book World said, "Small Vices deserves instant inclusion in the Spenser canon." In Sudden Mischief, Parker's stouthearted hero unwillingly takes a case that tests his sleuthing skills-and his commie ment to the woman he loves, Brad Sterling-former Harvard foothall player, ne'erdo-well, and Susan Silverman's Jong-out of touch ex-hushand-is, by all appcar-ances, a successful businessman. But when he is charged with sexual harassment in the course of running a vast fundraiser called Galapalooza, he turns to Susan for help. Though Brad denies the charge, he's desper

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