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Spenser (character)

Spenser—his first name is never officially revealed—is a fictional character in a series of detective novels initially by the American mystery writer Robert B. Parker and later by Ace Atkins. He is also featured in a television series (Spenser: For Hire) and a series of TV movies ( Spenser (TV films)) based on the novels.

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Spenser

Spenser is an alternative spelling of the British surname Spencer. It may refer to:

Geographical places with the name Spenser:

  • Spenser Ecological District in New Zealand
  • Spenser Mountains, a range in the northern part of South Island, New Zealand

People with the surname Spenser:

  • Edmund Spenser (c. 1552–1599), English poet
  • John Spenser (1559–1614), president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford

People with the given name Spenser:

  • Spenser St. John (19th century), Haitian diplomat
  • Spenser Wilkinson (1853–1937), British military writer

In popular culture:

  • Spenser (character), a fictional private investigator
    • Spenser: For Hire, a mystery television series about this character
    • Spenser: Small Vices, a television film about this character
Spenser (film series)

Joe Mantegna portrayed Robert B. Parker's detective " Spenser" in three TV movies on the A&E cable network between 1999 and 2001.

Usage examples of "spenser".

Brink Tyler last Tuesday asking if Spenser could look at the investment statements?

You want to ride up with us tomorrow, Spenser, or you want to meet us there?

Gabriel Spenser, Doctor of Divinity, father of Mary, uncertain and desirous.

Miss Mary Spenser was tiptoeing across the stage elaborately, her finger to her lips hushing the audience and her face alight with laughter.

Nice conversation primer, Spenser, you really know how to touch the right buttons.

Waddel most of the evening and six cups of foul coffee in the library of the Post Intelligencer, scrolling through endless strips of microfiche, before he finally got lucky and found the picture of Dawn Moonglow Spenser as a baby.

Alphonse Winterton, but one Alphonse Spenser had become a naturalized Canadian citizen as of October, 1974, and had at that time listed his residence as Squamish, British Columbia.

I was scouting things for, um, some fishing buddies, and the lady here said a guy named Al Spenser might be a good guide.

Moonglow Spenser, realizing that something had happened to Rodney, had taken the real notes and fled to B.

That person was Dawn Moonglow Spenser, and that would make his weekend trip with Alice critically important to the case.

Waddel, sitting with his back to the wall by the living room window, twisted around to watch as Spenser clumped across the porch, then, with a surprising grace and speed, crossed the yard and disappeared up a small trail leading in to the mountains towering above.

At a glance, Waddel and Alice could see a couple of other things as well: Dawn Moonglow Spenser was a very unhappy young lady who was also very pregnant.

Ransom, whistling tunelessly under his breath, set off on foot down the road to the Spenser driveway.

Fifteen minutes later he reached the Spenser turnoff and eased off onto the rutted mountain lane, bouncing along through a thin layer of rotting vegetation and freshly fallen leaves.

The gunman, having shot Dawn Spenser, had evidently gone to search the place.