Awards
1977 Edgar Awards (Edgar Allan Poe Awards)
Characters
| Name | Spenser |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Private investigator |
| Trait | Ex-State policeman |
| Name | Hawk |
| Gender | Male |
| Trait | Sidekick |
| Name | Silverman, Susan |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Trait | Divorced |
| Genre | Mystery --Detective, Private --Hard boiled Fiction |
| Topics | Missing persons Real estate Loan sharks Organized crime Mafia Murder |
| Setting | Boston, Massachusetts Cape Cod, Massachusetts |
| Series | ||
| Spenser mystery | ||
| 1 | The Godwulf manuscript | |
| 2 | God save the child | |
| 3 | Mortal stakes | |
| 4 | Promised land | |
| 5 | The Judas goat | |
| 6 | Looking for Rachel Wallace | |
| 7 | Early autumn | |
| 8 | A Savage place | |
| 9 | Ceremony | |
| 10 | The Widening gyre | |
| 11 | Valediction | |
| 12 | A Catskill eagle | |
| 13 | Taming a sea-horse | |
| 14 | Pale kings and princes | |
| 15 | Crimson joy | |
| 16 | Playmates | |
| 17 | Stardust | |
| 18 | Pastime | |
| 19 | Double deuce | |
| 20 | Paper doll | |
| 21 | Walking shadow | |
| 22 | Thin air | |
| 23 | Chance | |
| 24 | Small vices | |
| 25 | Sudden mischief | |
| 26 | Hush money | |
| 27 | Hugger mugger | |
| 28 | Potshot | |
| 29 | Widow's walk | |
| 30 | Back story | |
| 31 | Bad business | |
| 32 | Cold service | |
| 33 | School days | |
| 34 | Hundred-dollar baby | |
| 35 | Now and then | |
| 36 | Rough weather | |