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Mike Lupica, author of Robert B. Parker's Hot Property: A Spenser Novel

Spenser is waiting out the latest Boston snowstorm when he gets word that Rita Fiore has been shot. Rita always has been a tricky one. Flirting with Spenser for years, she’s an ever-present figure that transcends friendship in Spenser’s circle. But at the end of the day, Rita is family. And family will always be protected. Both a pit bull in the courtroom and provocateur outside it, Rita is no stranger to controversy. But as one of the city’s toughest lawyers, Spenser knows that there’s no short list of suspects who might want to enact revenge. With Rita’s life hanging in the balance, it’s up to him to get to the bottom of things, even if it means unearthing some unsavory secrets that just might lead him into an age-old game of lies and deceit.

Week of October 27, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of October 27th include BLOOD MOON, a sexy thriller from Sandra Brown in which an unruly detective and an ambitious TV show producer work against the clock to prevent another young woman from disappearing before the next blood moon --- while trying to resist the attraction between them; Mike Lupica's HOT PROPERTY, the 52nd installment in Robert B. Parker's beloved series starring the iconic Spenser, who investigates a case that hits dangerously close to home; DON'T BE A STRANGER, a mesmerizing novel from Susan Minot that tells the story of a woman swept into a love affair at mid-life; and AN INSIGNIFICANT CASE by Phillip Margolin, a brilliant stand-alone legal thriller in the tradition of John Grisham, which Kate Ayers praised in her Bookreporter review: “We all know that sex trafficking takes a toll on lives every day, so spotlighting it in this novel while writing such a readable story is a commendable feat for Phillip Margolin.”