Small Vices

 Robert B. Parker
made-for-TV-movie
1999 on A&E


Reviewed and Researched by Lisa Shea

Based on the 1997 book by the same name (Read the Review), Small Vices stars Joe Mantegna as Spenser and Marcia Gay Harden as Susan Silverman. Filmed in Toronto.

This was an interesting story to film, because it is probably the one in which Spenser most has to face his own mortality. There are a lot of black-white issues in this one as well as Spenser-relying-on-others. Susan and Hawk both have strong roles in the movie as Spenser tries to figure out if a black man really is guilty of raping and murdering a white woman. The woman's parents just want the black man to suffer.

Lisa's Notes
I thought they did a very good job in the movie of showing the racial issues going on and how Spenser stands against them and against the threats made on his own life.


Traveling in Spenser's Footprints
Toronto locations:
David A Balfour Park
Rosedale
St James Cathedral
St Lawrence Market
Necropolis Cemetery
Corktown
Crowne Plaza Hotel
15 Fraser Av


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The Spenser for Hire Books
The Godwulf Manuscript, 73
God Save the Child, 74
Mortal Stakes, 75
Promised Land, 76
The Judas Goat, 78
Looking for Rachel Wallace, 80
Early Autumn, 81
A Savage Place, 81
Ceremony, 82
The Widening Gyre, 83
Valediction, 84
A Catskill Eagle, 85
Taming a Sea Horse, 86
Pale Kings and Princes, 87
Crimson Joy, 88
Playmates, 89
Stardust, 90
Pasttimes, 91
Double Deuce, 92
Paper Doll, 93
Walking Shadow, 94
Thin Air, 95
Chance, 96
Small Vices, 97
Sudden Mischief, 98
Hush Money, 99
Hugger Mugger, 00
Potshot, 01
Widows Walk, 02
Back Story, 03
Cold Service, 04
School Days, 05
Hundred-Dollar Baby, 06
Now and Then, 07

 The Jesse Stone Series
About Paradise, Mass
Night Passage, 00
Trouble in Paradise, 02
Death in Paradise, 03
Stone Cold, 04
Sea Change, 06
High Profile, 07
Night and Day, 09

The Sunny Randall Series
Family Honor, 99
Perish Twice, 00
Shrink Wrap, 02
Melancholy Baby, 04
Blue Screen, 05
Spare Change, 07

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Season List 85-88
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Movies - Spenser
Ceremony, 93
Pale King and Princes, 93
The Judas Goat, 94
A Savage Place, 95
Small Vices, 99
Thin Air, 00
Walking Shadow, 01

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Stone Cold, 05
Night Passage, 06
Death in Paradise, 06
Sea Change, 07
Thin Ice, 09
No Remorse, 10
Lost In Paradise, 15

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