Small Vices

First edition
Author	Robert B. Parker
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Spenser
Genre	Detective novel
Publisher	Putnam
Publication date	1997
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	308 pp
ISBN	0-399-14244-4
Preceded by	Chance
Followed by	Sudden Mischief

Small Vices is the 24th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker.

Plot

The story follows Boston-based PI Spenser as he tries to solve the murder of a college student.

Recurring characters

• Spenser
• Dr. Susan Silverman, Ph.D
• Hawk
• Lee Farrell
• Martin Quirk
• Frank Belson
• Vinnie Morris
• Gino Fish
• Paul Giacomin
• Henry Cimoli
• Rita Fiori
• Ives
• Patricia Utley
• Pearl the Wonder Dog
• Healy
• Rugar

In other media

Spenser: Small Vices, is a made-for-TV movie starring Joe Mantegna as Spenser.^[1]

Mantegna subsequently reprised the role in Spenser: Thin Air and Spenser: Walking Shadow.

Cast

• Joe Mantegna as Spenser
• Marcia Gay Harden as Susan
• Shiek Mahmud-Bey as Hawk
• Joanna Miles as Evans
• Robert B. Parker as Ives