THE SPENSER NOVELS
(by Ace Atkins)
(by Ace Atkins)
THE JESSE STONE NOVELS
(by Michael Brandman)
(by Michael Brandman)
(by Michael Brandman)
THE SUNNY RANDALL NOVELS
COLE/HITCH WESTERNS
(by Robert Knott)
ALSO BY ROBERT B. PARKER
(with Joan H. Parker)
(with Raymond Chandler)
(with Joan H. Parker)
(with John R. Marsh)
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Parker, Robert B. , 1932–2010.
Silent night : a Spenser Holiday novel / Robert B. Parker with Helen Brann.
p. cm. —(A Spenser Holiday Novel)
ISBN 978-0-698-15515-2
1. Spenser (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Private investigators—Massachusetts—Boston—Fiction. 3. Boston (Mass. )—Fiction. I. Brann, Helen. II. Title.
PS3566. A686S56 2013 2013028875
813'. 54—dc23
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Joan:
Every Christmas gift I cherished came nicely wrapped as you.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10