Thin Air (novel)

Thin Air  

1st edition
Author(s) Robert B. Parker
Country United States
Language English
Series Spenser
Genre(s) Detective novel
Publisher Putnams
Publication date 1995
Media type Print (Hardback, Paperback) & Audio
Pages 293 pp
ISBN ISBN 0399140204
Preceded by Walking Shadow
Followed by Chance

Thin Air is the twenty-second Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The story follows Boston-based PI Spenser as he searches for the wife of his longtime associate, Sgt. Frank Belson of the Boston Police Department.

Contents

Plot

Belson returns home one night to find his young wife, Lisa, missing, with no clue as to her whereabouts. He suspected that she may have left him, but circumstances seem to indicate she was kidnapped. Shortly after confiding in Spenser, Belson is shot returning home one night. Since he is unable to search for her himself as he is hospitalized, Spenser undertakes the search himself.

The investigation leads him to the impoverished town of Proctor where he has to undercover details of Lisa's life previous to meeting Belson to discover where she might be now.

Writing style

This novel is a bit different from all other Spenser novels as it tells the story concurrently not only from Spenser's point of view, but also from Lisa St. Claire's. This is a departure from every other previous Spenser novel.

Recurring characters

In other media

Main article: Spenser (TV movies)

The novel was made into a 2000 TV movie, starring Joe Mantegna as Spenser.

Cast

External links

Spenser novels
Novels
The Godwulf Manuscript (1973)  • God Save the Child (1974)  • Mortal Stakes (1975)  • Promised Land (1976)  • The Judas Goat (1978)  • Looking for Rachel Wallace (1980)  • Early Autumn (1981)  • A Savage Place (1981)  • Ceremony (1982)  • The Widening Gyre (1983)  • Valediction (1984)  • A Catskill Eagle (1985)  • Taming a Sea Horse (1986)  • Pale Kings and Princes (1987)  • Crimson Joy (1988)  • Playmates (1989)  • Stardust (1990)  • Pastime (1991)  • Double Deuce (1992)  • Paper Doll (1993)  • Walking Shadow (1994)  • Thin Air (1995)  • Chance (1996)  • Small Vices (1997)  • Sudden Mischief (1998)  • Hush Money (1999)  • Hugger Mugger (2000)  • Potshot (2001)  • Widow's Walk (2002)  • Back Story (2003)  • Bad Business (2004)  • Cold Service (2005)  • School Days (2005)  • Hundred-Dollar Baby (2006)  • Now and Then (2006)  • Rough Weather (2008)  • Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel (2009)  • The Professional (2009)  • Painted Ladies (2010)  • Sixkill (2011)
Adaptations
Other
Wilderness (1979)  • Love and Glory (1983)  • Poodle Springs (1989)  • Stardust (1990)  • Perchance to Dream (1991)  • All Our Yesterdays (1994)  • Night Passage (1997)  • Trouble in Paradise (1998)  • Hush Money (1999)  • Family Honor (1999)  • Perish Twice (2000)  • Gunman's Rhapsody (2001)  • Death in Paradise (2001)  • Shrink Rap (2002)  • Stone Cold (2003)  • Melancholy Baby (2004)  • Double Play (2004)  • Appaloosa (2005)  • Blue Screen (2006)  • Sea Change (2006)  • Spare Change (2007)  • Now and Then (2007)  • Edenville Owls (2007)  • High Profile (2007)  • Stranger in Paradise (2008)  • The Boxer and the Spy (2008)  • Resolution (2008)  • Brimstone (2009)  • Night and Day (2009)  • Split Image (2010)  • Blue-Eyed Devil (2010)