Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
THE SPENSER NOVELS
THE JESSE STONE NOVELS
THE SUNNY RANDALL NOVELS
THE VIRGIL COLE/ EVERETT HITCH NOVELS
ALSO BY ROBERT B. PARKER
(with Joan H. Parker)
(with Raymond Chandler)
(with Joan H. Parker)
(with John R. Marsh)
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010.
Painted ladies / Robert B. Parker.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-101-44387-3
1. Spenser (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Private investigators—Massachusetts—
Fiction. 3. Art thefts—Investigation—Fiction. 4. Art thieves—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3566.A686P
813’.54—dc22
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
