''Pale Kings and Princes'' is a Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The title is taken from John Keats's poem '' La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad''. Following the murder of a reporter, Spenser is hired by a newspaper to investigate drug smuggling around the area of Wheaton,

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. There he encounters many troubles, including the death of a policeman and his son. Spenser, with the help of his friend, Hawk, eventually secures the downfall of the local cartel. An adaptation of the novel was released as a made-for-TV movie in 1994.

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Parker's page on the book
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