Spenser
37 primary works • 51 total works
When a mature, beautiful and composed April Kyle strides into Spenser's office, the Boston PI barely hesitates before recognizing his once and future client. Now a well-established madam herself, April oversees an upscale call girl operation in Boston's Back Bay. Still looking for Spenser's approval, it takes her a moment before she can ask him, again, for his help. Her business is a success; what's more, it's an all-female enterprise. Now that some men are trying to take it away from her, she needs Spenser's help.
April claims to be in the dark about who it is that's trying to shake her down, but with a bit of legwork and a bit more muscle, Spenser and Hawk find ties to organized crime and local kingpin Tony Marcus, as well as a scheme to franchise the operation across the country. As Spenser again plays the gallant knight, it becomes clear April's not as innocent as she seems. In fact, she may be her own worst enemy.
'The best new private eye in fiction since Raymond Chandler' Dan Wakefield
TV reporter Candy Sloan is in danger, after investigating labour racketeering in Hollywood's movie industry. Someone isn't happy about it. Spenser is hired to keep Candy safe until the story breaks, but when he discovers quite how far she is willing go to secure her headline, he begins to have second thoughts about the job. But soon her unorthodox approach isn't his only concern...
'They just don't make private eyes tougher or funnier' People
Private detective Spenser has travelled to London in search of the bombers who attacked his client's family. His job is to catch them. Or kill them. His client isn't choosy.
But there are nine killers to one Spenser - long odds. Hawk helps balance the equation. The rest depends on a wild plan. Spenser will get one of the terrorists to play Judas Goat - to lead him to the others. Trouble is, he hasn't counted on her being blond, beautiful and very dangerous.
Praise for Robert B. Parker:
'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly
'Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer . . . Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself' Boston Globe
'Spenser is a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans' Milwaukee Sentinel
'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review
'Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenaline' Boston Observer
'Robert Parker is still top gun in the tough-guy school of fiction' Playboy
'Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity' Chicago Sun-Times
'The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today... the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition' Cincinnati Post
'Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it makes one feel good' Library Journal
Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well-connected. She's also a notorious gold digger only recently separated from her latest husband - and she's hired Spenser to act as her stand-in spouse.
The Boston P.I. is to accompany Heidi to her private island to attend her daughter's wedding. It should be a straightforward job, but when his old nemesis Rugar - the Gray Man - arrives, Spenser realizes that something is amiss. As a storm strikes, cutting off the island, a kidnapping and a series of murders turn celebrations into chaos.
With six dead bodies and more questions than he can handle, Spenser begins a search for answers - and the Gray Man.
'One of the great series in the history of the American detective story' New York Times
'One of the great series in the history of the detective story'
New York Times Book Review
When the beautiful young wife of a Boston policeman goes missing, he asks his friend, private detective Spenser, to find her.
To do so Spenser must delve into the woman's past - which he soon discovers is darker than he could ever have imagined.
'When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it'
Harlan Coben, bestselling author of Run Away
Classic Boston noir thriller from global bestseller Robert B. Parker - one of contemporary crime fiction's most popular and acclaimed authors.
When a young journalist researching the cocaine trade in a small Massachusetts town is found murdered, private detective Spenser is called in to find out who is responsible. Wheaton isn't just any small town though - Spenser soon discovers it's one of the biggest cocaine distribution centres in the Northeast. But the local drugs cartel are not the only suspects - did the journalist get too close to the truth, or too close to the wife of a very jealous man?
'One of the great series in the history of the American detective story' New York Times
When it seems the star pitcher of the Boston Red Sox baseball team is accepting bribes to lose games, private detective Spenser goes undercover as a baseball writer to find out the truth. But can he uncover the person behind this nasty trail of blackmail before his cover is blown apart...?
Praise for Robert B. Parker:
'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly
'Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer . . . Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself' Boston Globe
'Spenser is a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans' Milwaukee Sentinel
'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review
'Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenaline' Boston Observer
'Robert Parker is still top gun in the tough-guy school of fiction' Playboy
'Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity' Chicago Sun-Times
'The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today... the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition' Cincinnati Post
'Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it makes one feel good' Library Journal
In the detective business, Spenser sometimes has to bend the law. Other times, to break it. But he lives by his own inviolate rules.
But when Susan's desperate letter arrives, Spenser doesn't think twice. His best friend, Hawk, faces a life sentence. And the woman he loves has gotten herself into even bigger trouble. Now Spenser has to free them both . . . even if it means breaking his own rules to do it.
Praise for Robert B. Parker:
'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly
'Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer . . . Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself' Boston Globe
'Spenser is a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans' Milwaukee Sentinel
'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review
'Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenaline' Boston Observer
'Robert Parker is still top gun in the tough-guy school of fiction' Playboy
'Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity' Chicago Sun-Times
'The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today... the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition' Cincinnati Post
'Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it makes one feel good' Library Journal