God Save the Child

4.0 avg 319 votes

About this book

New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser series of crime thrillers - Book 2 in the series -Appie Knoll is the kind of suburb where kids grow up right. But something is wrong. Fourteen-year-old Kevin Bartlett disappears. Everyone thinks he's run away -- until the comic strip ransom note arrives.  It doesn't take Spenser long to get the picture -- an affluent family seething with rage, a desperate boy making strange friends...friends like Vic Harroway, body builder. Mr. Muscle is Spenser's only lead and he isn't talking...except with his fists. But when push comes to shove, when a boy's life is on the line, Spenser can speak that language too."A brillant, and cynical, comic tragedy or tragic comedy of manners. Long may Parker wave." -- Los Angeles Times

4.0 ★★★★☆ average of 3 sources · 319 votes
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4.0/5 · 319 readers · 185 pages · ≈ 3 h 26 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read God Save the Child?

About ≈ 3 h 26 m — 185 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mGod Save the Child~3 h 26 m

How many pages is God Save the Child?

185 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320God Save the Child185

What genre is God Save the Child?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Is God Save the Child in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does God Save the Child take place?

It is set in Boston, Boston (Mass.), Massachusetts.

Who wrote God Save the Child?

Robert B. Parker (1719–1820).

Setting BostonBoston (Mass.)Massachusetts
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