6/6/1986 Taming A Seahorse

June 6, 1986.  On this date Robert B. Parker's thirteenth novel about Boston private eye Spenser was published.  Taming A Seahorse was the hero's second encounter with a prostitute named April Kyle. 

"Spenser's back and New York's got him...proficient with his gun and fists, not to mention his quick verbal shots." —Daily News