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Cold Service

2005 novel by Robert B. Parker

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ22073788 ↗
Source-derived summary

Cold Service is the 32nd book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 2005.

Hawk is injured protecting a bookie, and Spenser helps to rehabilitate him.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Cold Service” as 2005 novel by Robert B. Parker. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Cold, Service and novel.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Cold, Service and novel providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Cold Service”, the useful work is to connect “2005 novel by Robert B. Parker” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q22073788. The first chronological checks are 2005.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Cold Service primary sources, Cold Service archive and Cold research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  2. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “Cold Service” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.