Paper Doll, by Robert B. Parker

Paper Doll by Robert B. Parker
G. P. Putnam's Sons ISBN 0-425-14155-1

pg 7
framing hammer... the kind with a long wooden handle

Framing hammers generally have a steel or fiberglass handle. Ball-peen hammers and mauls have wooden handles.

pg 77
He had on engineer's boots

they are called engineer boots. No possessive.

pg 159
"He at home?"
Farrell shook his head.
"Hospice," he said.

I assume Farrel shook his head no, but hospice is generally at home.

pg 189
...its wake a glassy furrow in the surface.

on the surface

..the trees, half unleaved, made spectral...

unleafed

pg 249
dog...jumped up on the couch... lay down between us.

Only Spenser is seated on the couch. Jefferson remained standing (see page 248).