The Godwulf Manuscript

Infobox Book |
name = The Godwulf Manuscript


image_caption = Book Club Edition Cover
author = Robert B. Parker
country = United States
language = English
series = Spenser
genre = Detective novel
publisher = Houghton Mifflin
release_date = 1973
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 186 pp (Book Club Edition)
isbn =
preceded_by =
followed_by = God Save the Child

"The Godwulf Manuscript" is the debut crime novel by Robert B. Parker

Plot summary

Set in the early 1970s, this novel serves as the introduction to Spenser, a private investigator in Boston. Spenser is hired by a university to recover a stolen illuminated manuscript, a medieval document of great historical and literalistic importance. At first, the case doesn't involve any violence. But eventually, someone ends up murdered. Even after being "fired" from finding the manuscript, Spenser continues to unravel a series of seemingly unrelated clues to discover the murderer.

Terry Orchard, a university student, is the prime suspect in the murder. However, Spenser believes her to be innocent and is hired by her parents to prove so.

Characters

;Spenser : Boston private investigator;Terry Orchard: Murder suspect, love interest;Lt. Martin Quirk: Boston Police Department;Sgt Belson: Boston Police Department;Vince Haller: Attorney;Joe Broz: Crime boss;Brenda Loring: Love interest

Release details

*1973, USA, Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, ISBN unknown, Hardback "Book Club Edition"

External links

* [http://www.robertbparker.net/bookpage.asp?ISBN=0395180112 Parker's page on the book]