The Widening Gyre (novel)

The Widening Gyre is a 1983 novel by Robert B. Parker, featuring his private detective character Spenser. The title comes from the first line of W.B. Yeats poem "The Second Coming".^[1]

Story

Spenser is hired to head up the security detail for Congressman Meade Alexander as he runs for the Senate. The congressman confides to Spenser that he is being blackmailed by someone who wants him to drop out of the senate race. The congressman's wife Ronni drinks too much and there is an explicit sex tape of her and a much younger man. Spenser's assignment is to get the original tape and stop the blackmail before Ronni finds out. His investigation leads to Joe Broz's son Gerry and dealing with the Broz organization is always potentially lethal.

Characters

Spenser
Susan Silverman
Hawk
Martin Quirk
Congressman Meade Alexander
Ronni Alexander
Congressman Robert Browne
Gerry Broz
Joe Broz
Vinnie Morris

References

↑ http://www.potw.org/archive/potw351.html

Novels by Robert B. Parker

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	Spenser: For Hire A Man Called Hawk TV Movies

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)

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