Robert B. Parker: Small Vices (UK 2013)

From the Publisher:
Ellis Alves is a bad kid from the 'hood with a long record, but did he really murder Melissa Henderson, a white student from ritzy Pemberton College? Alves's former lawyers think he was framed, and they hire Spenser to uncover the truth. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich kid tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice might just die along with the detective...

Robert B. Parker: Small Vices. A Spenser Novel. No Exit Press; ISBN 9781843441601 (October, 2013), 338 p., £8.99.

Robert B. Parker: Small Vices (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
Ellis Alves is a bad kid from the 'hood with a long record, but did he really murder Melissa Henderson, a white student from ritzy Pemberton College? Alves's former lawyers think he was framed, and they hire Spenser to uncover the truth. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich kid tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice might just die along with the detective...

Robert B. Parker: Small Vices. A Spenser Novel. No Exit Press; ISBN 1842433083 (September, 2008), 338 p., £6.99.

Robert B. Parker: Small Vices (UK 1999)

From the Publisher:
Ellis Alves is no angel. His lawyer says he wasframed for the murder of college student MelissaHenderson and asks Spenser for help. From Boston'sback streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser andHawk search for suspects, including Melissa's richkid tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justicemight just die along with the detective.

Robert B. Parker: Small Vices. A Spenser Novel. No Exit Press; ISBN 1901982580 (July, 1999), 338 p., £6.99.

Robert B. Parker: Small Vices (USA 1998)

From the Publisher:
Ellis Alves is no angel. But his lawyer says he was framed for the murder of college student Melissa Henderson... and asks Spenser for help.

From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich-kid, tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice may die with him...

Robert B. Parker: Small Vices. Berkley Publishing Group; ISBN 0425162486 (March, 1998), 338 p., $7.99.

Robert B. Parker: Small Vices (USA 1997)

From the Publisher:
Ellis Alves is a bad kid from the 'hood with a long, long record, but did he really murder Melissa Henderson, a white coed from ritzy Pemberton College? Alves's former lawyers think he was framed, and they hire Spenser to uncover the truth. As he and longtime associate Hawk race from the back streets of Boston to Manhattan's most elegant avenues, Spenser gets a postgraduate course in the seamy side of life - an ethical no-man's-land where twisted cops and spoiled rich kids with peculiar private proclivities are just the tip of the iceberg. The stakes abruptly shift from corruption to catastrophe when a master assassin's bullets take Spenser down. He survives the attack - barely - but must play dead to the world, while recovering his strength hiding in secret. Only then can he see justice done - and let the shooter know that it's payback time.

Robert B. Parker: Small Vices. A Spenser Novel. Putnam's; ISBN: 0399142444 (April, 1997), 308 p., $21.95.