Spenser, considered Boston’s most famous fictional private investigator, takes on a new case that hits close to home in Robert B. Parker’s Hot Property ‎(G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Random House, 2024), written by Boston College alumnus Mike Lupica. The novel opens with news that Rita Fiore, a lawyer and friend of Spenser, has been shot. There’s no shortage  of suspects who might want to enact revenge on Fiore. Spenser must get to the bottom of things, even if it means unearthing some unsavory secrets. Hot Property is the 52nd book in the Spenser series, which was originated by the late Robert B. Parker. Lupica is a sports journalist and bestselling author of more than 40 works of fiction and nonfiction. He was interviewed about Hot Property and his love of Boston by MassLive.