Books by Robert B. Parker
Born: 09/17/1932Robert B. Parker Biography & Notes
Robert B. Parker (born September 17, 1932) is an acclaimed American writer of detective fiction. His most famous works are the Spenser series, which achieved a far wider audience due to being dramatized as a television series, Spenser: For Hire, on the ABC network during the late 1980s. His works explore uncomfortable aspects of human nature and incorporate considerable knowledge about the Boston metropolitan area. His sidekick, Hawk, is probably modeled on the sidekick in Book Five of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. Artegal, the knight of justice, has a helper named Talus who is an invincible man of iron.
Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He met the future Joan H. Parker when both were three, but they began dating at Colby College and married in 1956; they have two sons, David and Daniel. Robert Parker received a Ph. D. in English literature from Boston University in 1971, with a dissertation on the private-eye heroes of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross MacDonald. He worked in technical writing and advertising and then in academia, eventually becoming a full professor at Northeastern University, and became a full-time writer in 1979. He and his wife separated in 1982 but reconciled in 1984, first living separately and since 1986 living on different floors of a house in Cambridge.
Parallels between Parker's life and his fiction are easy to find. His first literary collaboration with his wife, Three Weeks in Spring, is based on her first bout with breast cancer. Spenser's separation from and reconciliation with his girlfriend mirror the Parkers' marriage. Spenser's surrogate son, Paul Giacomin, is a dancer and choreographer like David Parker. Both David and Daniel Parker are gay, a situation that may be reflected in several sympathetic gay characters in Parker's fiction. In fact Daniel Parker, an actor, has played two of those characters (Spike and Detective Lee Farrell) in television films of Spenser novels.
Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He met the future Joan H. Parker when both were three, but they began dating at Colby College and married in 1956; they have two sons, David and Daniel. Robert Parker received a Ph. D. in English literature from Boston University in 1971, with a dissertation on the private-eye heroes of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross MacDonald. He worked in technical writing and advertising and then in academia, eventually becoming a full professor at Northeastern University, and became a full-time writer in 1979. He and his wife separated in 1982 but reconciled in 1984, first living separately and since 1986 living on different floors of a house in Cambridge.
Parallels between Parker's life and his fiction are easy to find. His first literary collaboration with his wife, Three Weeks in Spring, is based on her first bout with breast cancer. Spenser's separation from and reconciliation with his girlfriend mirror the Parkers' marriage. Spenser's surrogate son, Paul Giacomin, is a dancer and choreographer like David Parker. Both David and Daniel Parker are gay, a situation that may be reflected in several sympathetic gay characters in Parker's fiction. In fact Daniel Parker, an actor, has played two of those characters (Spike and Detective Lee Farrell) in television films of Spenser novels.
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All Our Yesterdays by Robert B. Parker ( 1996)
They were the Sheridan men, ruled by passion, betrayed by love, heirs to a legacy of violence and forbidden desire. Gus, Bostons top homicide cop: he knew equally well the backroom politics of City Hall and the private passions of the very rich, a man haunted by the wanton courage and perilous obsessions he inherited from his father... Conn, the patriarch, a lawless cop who spawned a circle of vengeance and betrayal that would span half a century... and Chris, Gus's beloved son, a Harvard lawyer and criminologist, fated to risk everything to break the chain of obsession and rage... Three generations linked by crime and punishment--cops and heroes, fathers, sons, and lovers united at last by revelations that could bring a family to its knees...
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Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker ( 2010)
Taking a break from his popular Spenser series, Robert B. Parker exchanges the streets of present-day Boston for the dusty trails of a 19th-century mining town in this hard-bitten tale of the Wild West. Virgil Cole is the new marshal in Appaloosa, and he and his deputy, Everett Hitch, are tasked with dealing out justice to rancher Randall Bragg, a notorious thief of both supplies and women who is responsible for the shooting deaths of the town's previous lawmen.
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Athenian Religion A History by Robert B. Parker ( 1998)
Was Socrates's trial a crisis for religion or the state, or both? Inadequately documented, ancient Greek religion can all too easily be reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains and assumed ritual objects. This authoritative new work attempts to bridge the gap that divides Greek religion from Greek history, setting religion firmly in the middle of contemporary events of the time.
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Back Story by Robert B. Parker ( 2003)
Spenser investigates an unsolved 1974 murder at the behest of the victim's daughter. A bystander apparently killed in the course of a bank robbery, Emily Gordon was in the wrong place at the wrong time--or was she? When it becomes clear that key evidence has vanished, Spenser begins to wonder if something altogether darker is going on....
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Bad Business by Robert B. Parker ( 2007)
It's a case of too many PIs in this 31st entry in the popular Spenser series. When Marlene Rowley suspects her husband Trent of cheating on her, she hires Boston sleuth Spenser to gather the evidence. However, not long after Spenser begins the snoop job, he learns that Trent thinks Marlene's being unfaithful, too, and has his own PI tailing her. There's yet another PI following Trent's mistress, who's one of Trent's co-workers at Kinergy, a major energy-trading corporation. At first, Spenser suspects that all of this surveillance and hanky-panky are somehow linked to the sex advice of a radio talk show host who's been encouraging his audience to become swingers. But when Trent is murdered, and Spenser is hired to look into it, his investigation turns toward Kinergy's shady business practices.
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The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 by ( 1997)
This debut volume of an annual "best of the best" mysteries anthology contains 20 terrific, titillating tales from such masters of the genre as Elmore Leonard, Elizabeth George, Jonathan Kellerman, and Andrew Klavan, as well as newcomers and established literary writers such as Joyce Carol Oates and Michael Malone.
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Blue Screen by Robert B. Parker ( 2006)
The host of Meet the Press and best-selling author of Big Russ and Me sheds new light on fatherhood and the relationship between parent and child as he discusses what we can learn from our fathers about humor, discipline, values, tradition, pride, loss, and love. Simultaneous.
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Blue Screen by Robert B. Parker ( 2007)
In this standalone detective novel that feels lighter than Robert B. Parker's usually more hard-boiled fare, Boston P.I. Sunny Randall and police chief Jesse Stone team up to get to the bottom of the murder of a movie tartlet's little sister. As Randall and Stone delve deeper into an increasingly convoluted mystery, the line between good and bad begins to get a bit blurred--along with the line between business and romance. In the course of their investigation, the police chief and the private investigator discover that they may have more in common than first meets the eye.
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Blue-eyed Devil by Robert B. Parker ( 2010) |
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Boston, All One Family by Carol Beggy ( 2005) |
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The Boxer and the Spy by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
After uncovering some dangerous facts about the dead high school student that washed up on the shore, fifteen-year-old Terry is certain that he didn't die of a suicide and now finds himself in the dangerous sights of those who didn't want the truth to be known. Book available.
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The Boxer and the Spy by Robert B. Parker ( 2008)
After uncovering some dangerous facts about the dead high school student that washed up on the shore, fifteen-year-old Terry is certain that he didn't die of a suicide and now finds himself in the dangerous sights of those who didn't want the truth to be known. 75,000 first printing.
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The Boxer and the Spy by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
After uncovering some dangerous facts about the dead high school student that washed up on the shore, fifteen-year-old Terry is certain that he didn't die of a suicide and now finds himself in the dangerous sights of those who didn't want the truth to be known. Reprint.
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Brimstone by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
In the third of bestselling author Robert B. Parker's western thrillers, renegade lawmen Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole swoop in and carry Virgil's former heartthrob, Allie French, away from her disheartening work at a brothel. The three find there way to the town of Brimstone, where, despite their best efforts to settle down, there is too much trouble brewing for things to stay calm for long. Between a greedy saloon keeper and a swindler of a preacher, Everett and Virgil can't help but get their hands dirty trying to maintain a semblance of order in this wild western town.
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Capitol Hill in Black and White by Robert B. Parker ( 1986)
Chauffeur maitre d' of the Senate Dining Room, author Robert Parker was in the middle of the incomparable world of high-power politics. There he heard many scandalous secrets first-hand. Now, he tells all.
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Carlos Chavez A Guide to Research by Robert B. Parker ( 1998) This book is the first extensive guide to the life, music, and writings of Carlos Ch vez (1899-1978), Mexico's most influential musician of the 20th century. The chapter on biography also presents a characterization of his compositional styles. This work provides a comprehensive listing of Ch vez's compositions and arrangements by genre and performance medium, and reviews the composer's own abundant writings on a broad range of musical subjects. Subsequent chapters address other authors' writings about his multi-faceted career as composer, conductor, teacher, and arts administrator that contributed to his international reputation. A chapter on Research Aids includes annotations of pertinent general reference works, catalogs, and collections of letters that will assist both the general reader and the music specialist. |
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A Catskill Eagle by Robert B. Parker ( 1993)
It was nearly midnight and I was just getting home from detecting. I has followed an embezzler around on a warm day in early summer trying to observe him spending his ill-gotten gain. The best I'd been able to do was catch him eating a veal cutlet sandwich in a sub shop in Danvers Square across from Security National Bank.
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Ceremony by Robert B. Parker ( 1995)
From the bestselling author of Crimson Joy. Spenser's out to make war, not love, as he goes after Boston's entire X-rated industry. Pretty teenager April Kyle has disappeared into the city's darkest underworld, and to rescue her, Spencer pits muscle and wit against bullets and bullies.
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Chance by Robert B. Parker ( 1997)
Mafia princess Shirley Meeker wants her husband back. So does her father, kingpin Julius Ventura, and a few other shady characters. Spenser and Hawk head to Vegas to find Anthony Meeker--and confirm their suspicion that all these people aren't just missing Anthony's smile. And when bodies start turning up, Spenser has to make sense of some very disorganized crime.
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Chasing the Bear A Young Spenser Novel by Robert B. Parker ( 2010) |
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Chasing the Bear by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
The formative years of private investigator Spencer is presented in this illuminating tale that addresses his relationship with his family, his experiences out West, and other highs, lows, and accomplishments that shaped the man he would later become. 200,000 first printing.
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Cien Dolares Baby/ 100 dollars Baby by Robert B. Parker ( 2008) |
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Cold Service by Robert B. Parker ( 2005)
When Spenser's closet ally, Hawk, is brutally injured and left for dead while protecting booking Luther Gillespie, Spenser embarks on an epic journey to rehabilitate his friend in body and soul. Hawk, always proud, has never been dependent on anyone. Now he is forced to make connections: to the medical technology that will ensure his physical recovery, and to reinforce the tenuous emotional ties he has to those around him.
Spenser quickly learns that the Ukrainian mob is responsible for the hit, but finding a way into their tightly knit circle is not nearly so simple. Their total control of the town of Marshport, from the bodegas to the police force to the mayor's office, isn't just a sign of rampant corruption--it's a form of arrogance that only serves to ignite Hawk's desire to get even. As the body count rises, Spenser is forced to employ some questionable techniques and even more questionable hired guns while redefining his friendship with Hawk in the name of vengeance. |
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Cold Service by Robert B. Parker ( 2006)
When his friend, Hawk, is brutally injured after helping protect another man, Boston private detective Spenser throws himself into Hawk's rehabilitation and investigates the Ukrainian mob he believes is responsible for the attack. Reprint.
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Comparative International Accounting by Christopher Nobes, Robert B. Parker ( 2008) |
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Crimson Joy by Robert B. Parker ( 1997)
They call him the "Red Rose Killer" because he leaves one on the body of each woman he kills. But then the madman's eyes turn to Susan Silverman, and Spenser is on the case. For when Susan's life is in danger, Spenser becomes a hard-fisted, unstoppable locomotive--determined to bring the criminal to justice no matter what the odds!
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Death in Paradise by Robert B. Parker ( 2002)
A quiet New England town is shocked by the apparent murder of a troubled adolescent girl, a crime Chief of Police Jesse Stone cannot let go unsolved or unpunished. Reprint.
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Double Deuce by Robert B. Parker ( 1993)
When a teenaged girl and her infant daughter are shot to death outside the Double Deuce housing project, tenants of the gang-plagued neighborhood turn to Hawk for help. He, in turn, enlists Spenser's aid in finding the killer. Their investigation leads them to a dark world of drugs, death, and despair. Previous publisher: Putnam.
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Double Play by Robert B. Parker ( 2006)
Touching factual reminiscences are woven with historical hardboiled fiction in this account of Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier in baseball, written by the author of the bestselling Spenser, PI series. Injured at Guadalcanal and subsequently abandoned by his wife, WWII vet Joseph Burke is suffering from physical and emotional wounds. He gets an unexpected renewed lease on life when he's hired as Jackie Robinson's bodyguard for the black ballplayer's first season with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Interleaved with this fictional account are the author's own memories of being a boy--and devoted Dodgers fan--during the same time period.
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Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker ( 1992)
When private investigator Spenser is hired by a woman to rescue her fifteen-year-old son from her ex-husband, Spenser ends up protecting the boy and investigating both parents.
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The Early Spenser Three Complete Novels : The Godwulf Manuscript, God Save the Child, Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker ( 1989)
Three novels featuring the hard-boiled Boston private eye find Spenser looking for a stolen rare manuscript and a killer, trying to track down a kidnapped rich kid, and looking into the blackmail of a baseball legend's wife.
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Edenville Owls by Robert B. Parker ( 2008)
As World War II ends, fourteen-year-old Bobby, while dealing with changing relationships and confusion, senses evil in the air when his pretty new English teacher disappears. Reprint.
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Family Honor by Robert B. Parker ( 2000)
Sunny Randall, a female Boston private detective and former police officer, has been hired by a rich family to find their daughter, a job that involves her with the worlds of prostitution, organized crime, and high-level political corruption. Reprint.
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God Save the Child by Robert B. Parker ( 1994)
'Spenser probably has more to do with changing the private eye from a coffin-chaser to a full-bodied human being than any other detective hero.' -The Chicago Sun-Times
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The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker ( 1979) |
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Gunman's Rhapsody by Robert B. Parker, Ed Begley ( 2003)
Parker tries his hand at the Western genre in this tale of Wyatt Earp's passion for the beautiful Josie Marcus--who, unfortunately, is the moll of dangerous, smooth-talking Sheriff Johnny Behan.
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High Profile by Robert B. Parker ( 2007)
Small-town Police Chief Jesse Stone is thrust into a media firestorm when an ill-famed talk-show host is found hanged to death just outside town. Shortly after, the body of a young woman is also discovered, and the media pressure intensifies. Stone can't seem to find any leads, and is further mystified when the relatives of the victims don't seem to be very upset or moved by the gruesome killings. When he finally finds a link between the murders, things begin to slide into focus, and Stone must solve what is perhaps the most challenging, heartbreaking case he has ever faced in the town of Paradise.
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Hugger Mugger by Robert B. Parker ( 2001)
Boston private detective Spenser journeys to Georgia to protect a young horse after he is hired by Walter Clive, the president of Three Fillies Stables, to uncover the creep who is threatening his prize horse, Hugger Mugger. Reprint.
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Hundred-dollar Baby by Robert B. Parker ( 2006)
In a tale that reintroduces the character of runaway prostitute April Kyle, a poised adult April, now the head of an upscale Boston call-girl operation, requests private investigator Spenser's help in preventing a local kingpin from seizing control of her enterprise. Simultaneous.
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Hush Money by Robert B. Parker ( 2000)
Two new cases will test Spenser's resolve, and his sleuthing skills--the first involving a university professor who may be protecting a murderer, and the second, a stalking victim who has taken a shine to Spenser. Reprint.
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The Judas Goat by Robert B. Parker ( 1996)
Spencer had gone to London--and not to look at the Queen. He'd gone to track down a bunch of bombers who'd blown his client's wife and kids away. His job was to catch them. Or kill them. His client wasn't choosy.
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Looking for Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker ( 1980)
Because the publication of the newest book by lesbian-feminist Rachel Wallace brings death threats, her publisher hires Spenser to protect her while on tour, but Rachel fires him and, unprotected, is kidnapped.
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Love and Glory by Robert B. Parker ( 1989)
'A straightforward, unrelenting, shamelessly romantic novel that's about a two-year obsession...It works...[and+ love stories that work are almost an extinct breed . Almost.' --Santa Cruz
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Miasma Pollution and Purification in Early Greek Religion by Robert B. Parker ( 1996)
This was the first work in English to treat the themes of pollution and purification in depth and has become a classic. It brings together the different categories of evidence while doing justice to the diversity and complexity of the phenomenon.
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Military Memoirs of Marlborough's Campaigns, 1702-1712 by Robert B. Parker, Jean Philippe Eugene, comte de Merode-Westerloo ( 1998) |
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Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker ( 1995) |
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Night Passage by Robert B. Parker ( 2001)
Divorced alcoholic LAPD detective Jesse Stone takes a job as the Police Chief of Paradise, Massachusetts. The only thing is, paradise it isn't. Organized crime, adulterous town fathers, crooked cops, and white supremacists are all over the place, and they're all gunning for Jesse.
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Night and Day A Jesse Stone Novel by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts, is accustomed to tracking down cold-blooded murderers, so it must be almost a relief when he is called on to thwart a few hot-blooded perverts. In Robert Parker's eighth Jesse Stone novel, someone is spying on Paradise's prettiest citizens, and it is up to Stone to stop them before the situation elevates from creepy to deadly.
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Night and Day by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
Investigating allegations of lewd conduct on the part of the local junior high principal, police chief Jesse Stone finds efforts to bring the woman to justice thwarted by a high-powered attorney, a case that is further complicated by the activities of a twisted voyeur. 300,000 first printing.
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Night and Day by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts, is accustomed to tracking down cold-blooded murderers, so it must be almost a relief when he is called on to thwart a few hot-blooded perverts. In Robert Parker's eighth Jesse Stone novel, someone is spying on Paradise's prettiest citizens, and it is up to Stone to stop them before the situation elevates from creepy to deadly.
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Night and Day by Robert B. Parker ( 2010) |
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Night and Day by Robert B. Parker ( 2010)
Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Massachusetts, is accustomed to tracking down cold-blooded murderers, so it must be almost a relief when he is called on to thwart a few hot-blooded perverts. In Robert Parker's eighth Jesse Stone novel, someone is spying on Paradise's prettiest citizens, and it is up to Stone to stop them before the situation elevates from creepy to deadly.
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Now and Then by Robert B. Parker ( 2007)
Investigating a new client's unfaithful wife, Boston private eye Spenser finds himself in a web of trouble when the seemingly open-and-shut case goes terribly wrong and three people wind up dead, a situation that reveals the wife's lover's ties to a terrorist organization. By the author of
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Now and Then by Robert B. Parker ( 2008)
Investigating a new client's unfaithful wife, Boston private eye Spenser finds himself in a web of trouble when the seemingly open-and-shut case goes terribly wrong and three people wind up dead, a situation that reveals the wife's lover's ties to a terrorist organization. Reprint.
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Now and Then by Robert B. Parker ( 2007)
This is the 35th installment of Robert B. Parker's SPENSER series, and he's going strong. A client comes to the Boston PI suspecting his wife of infidelity, but when Spenser sets the taps, he gets more than an earful of illicit-affair prattle. The wife's lover, it seems, is involved in some activities that are even more unscrupulous, activities actually put the entire world in danger. Parker keeps fans hooked with hand-wringing action, and by continuing to explore the emotional nuances of Spenser's long-term relationship with Susan.
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Now and Then by Robert B. Parker ( 2008)
This is the 35th installment of Robert B. Parker's SPENSER series, and he's going strong. A client comes to the Boston PI suspecting his wife of infidelity, but when Spenser sets the taps, he gets more than an earful of illicit-affair prattle. The wife's lover, it seems, is involved in some activities that are even more unscrupulous, activities actually put the entire world in danger. Parker keeps fans hooked with hand-wringing action, and by continuing to explore the emotional nuances of Spenser's long-term relationship with Susan.
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Order and Diversity The Craft of Prose by ( 1973) |
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Pale Kings and Princes by Robert B. Parker ( 1992)
"Like Philip Marlowe, Spenser is a man of honor in a dishonorable world. When he says he will do something, it is done. The dialogues zings, and there is plenty of action... but it is the moral element that sets them above most detective fiction." --Newsweek
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Paper Doll by Robert B. Parker ( 1996)
Olivia Nelson appears to be the perfect wife and mother. So why was the socialite bludgeoned to death with a hammer? The police say it was random violence; Olivia's husband hires Spenser to prove otherwise. But the truth turns out to be as elusive as needles in a haystack. It's a case where nothing is what it seems--not even the victim.
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Passport to Peril by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
When he buys a passport on the black market to gain entry into post-war Budapest, an American is mistaken for the murdered man the passport belonged to and on the run with the dead man's beautiful assistant. 150,000 first printing. Original.
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Pastime by Robert B. Parker ( 1996)
In a game of desire and danger, Parker brings back the characters of his classic Spenser novel, Early Autumn. When his mother disappears, 24-year-old Paul turns to Spenser for help. Spenser knows the only way to find Patty is to reach back into her past, of which he knows too well. Includes excerpt of Parker's 7/92 Putnam hardcover, Double Deuce.
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Pastime/Poodle Springs 2 Thrillers in 1 by Robert B. Parker ( 1999) |
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Perchance to Dream by Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker ( 2007)
Robert B. Parker's sequel to Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep", starring archetypal hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe.
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Perish Twice by Robert B. Parker ( 2001)
Boston private investigator Sunny Randall comes to the aid of three very different women as she investigates threats against a prominent feminist and assists her best friend and older sister, each of whom is confronting a wrenching personal struggle, in this well-plotted thriller by the author of Family Honor and Hugger Mugger. Reprint.
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Playmates by Robert B. Parker ( 1996)
Spenser, America's favorite iron-pumping, gourmet-cooking private eye, smells corruption in college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash, and if Spenser doesn't watch his own footwork, the guilty parties will shave a few years off his life.
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Poodle Springs by Robert B. Parker ( 2007)
Completed by Chandler's heir to the noir mystery, Robert B. Parker, "Poodle Springs" has Philip Marlowe married to Linda Loring of "The Long Goodbye". Chandler anticipated their marriage to be "a running fight interspersed with amorous interludes."
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Poodle Springs by Robert B. Parker, Raymond Chandler ( 1989)
Cynical sleuth Philip Marlowe weds a wealthy heiress from the exclusive Poodle Springs only to find himself embroiled with the law, local gangsters and murder.
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Potshot by Robert B. Parker ( 2002)
Boston private detective Spenser and his cohorts head west to Potshot, Arizona, a haven for California millionaires seeking an escape from their high-pressure lives, when the idyllic retreat is threatened by a vicious local gang, under the command of its charismatic leader The Preacher, which is systematically robbing the town's wealthy inhabitants. Reprint.
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The Professional by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
Hired to counter a blackmailer who has had affairs with several wealthy women, Boston private eye Spenser finds the case turning violent when the women are systematically murdered, a situation that is complicated by the discovery that not all of the blackmailer's conquests make sense. By the author of
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The Professional by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
Hired to counter a blackmailer who has had affairs with several wealthy women, Boston private eye Spenser finds the case turning violent when the women are systematically murdered, a situation that is complicated by the discovery that not all of the blackmailer's conquests make sense. By the author of
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Promised Land by Robert B. Parker ( 1993)
Acclaimed mystery author Robert B. Parker continues to win an even greater audience with each new Spenser novel. For all crime fiction lovers who discovered Parker through his latest bestsellers "Pastime" and "Double Deuce", his entire Dell backlist is now available in attractively repackaged editions.
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Resolution by Robert B. Parker ( 2008)
In Robert Parker's follow-up to APPALOOSA, the cowboy duo of Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole inadvertently instigate a civil war between ranchers and a mining boss in a town with no law enforcement. What's worse, after blood has already been shed, they come to realize that they are likely fighting on the wrong side of this war, as the mining boss who hired them reveals his corruption. Now the ranchers are out for their blood, and Hitch and Cole must decide whether they should keep fighting for an immoral cause, or lose face by abandoning the battle altogether.
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Robert B. Parker Three Complete Novels by Robert B. Parker ( 1995)
A mystery fan's collection of three works by the best-selling Robert Parker features the wisecracking, pizza-and-beer-consuming detective Spenser in The Godwulf Manuscript, Mortal Stakes, and Promised Land.
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Robert B. Parker 2-Pack Chance & Double Deuce by Robert B. Parker ( 1999) |
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Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker ( 2008)
Reluctantly escorting the gold-digging and recently separated Heidi Bradshaw to her daughter's wedding, Boston private investigator Spenser hopes to reconnect with his beloved Susan but becomes enmeshed in a kidnapping plot involving his nemesis Rugar, in a case that is further complicated by a hurricane. 250,000 first printing.
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Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
Reluctantly escorting the gold-digging and recently separated Heidi Bradshaw to her daughter's wedding, Boston private investigator Spenser hopes to reconnect with his beloved Susan but becomes enmeshed in a kidnapping plot involving his nemesis Rugar, in a case that is further complicated by a hurricane. A best-selling novel. (Mystery & detective).
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A Savage Place by Robert B. Parker ( 1994) |
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School Days by Robert B. Parker ( 2008)
School violence is the incendiary topic that fires up this installment of Robert Parker's ever-popular series about Spenser, the Boston P.I. After two gun-toting kids in ski masks kill seven people and wound eight at an elite private school, one of the shooters, Wendell Grant, gives himself up to police, and fingers Jared Clark as the other perpetrator. Jared's grandmother Lily Ellsworth refuses to believe in Jared's guilt, and hires Spenser to find the evidence proving his innocence, setting Spenser against an entire establishment anxious to close the book on the crime.
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Sea Change by Robert B. Parker ( 2006)
When the body of a recently divorced Florida heiress washes ashore in Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone learns of the woman's past appearances in an erotic video and finds it suspicious that the victim's parents and twin sisters seem unaffected by her death. By the author of Appaloosa. Simultaneous.
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Shrink Rap by Robert B. Parker ( 2003)
Boston private detective Sunny Randall agrees to protect a touring writer from her abusive ex-husband, but she quickly learns that the stalker in question is much more sophisticated, intelligent, and potentially deadlier than most. Reprint.
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Small Vices by Robert B. Parker ( 1998)
Ellis Alves is no angel. But his lawyer says he was framed for the murder of college student Melissa Henderson...and asks Spenser for help. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich-kid, tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice may die with him... • A New York Times bestseller • Fantastic reviews from The New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, Chicago Tribune, and many more • A Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection • Parker's newest hardcover, Night Passages, will be on sale from G.P. Putnam's Sons September 22nd.
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Spare Change by Robert B. Parker ( 2008)
Called back from retirement when a serial killer from a long-unsolved case reemerges, detective Phil Randall teams up with daughter and Boston private eye Sunny Randall throughout a series of murder investigations in which the victims unsettlingly resemble Sunny. Reprint.
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The Spenser Collection Hugger Mugger and Potshot by Robert B. Parker ( 2006) |
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Spenser's Boston by Robert B. Parker ( 1994)
Documenting historic Boston, a lovely gift book shows the city through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens--Spenser, the tough guy who is sensitive and intelligent--with stunning photographs and excerpts from the best-selling mystery novels.
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Split Image by Robert B. Parker ( 2010) |
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Sports Illustrated Training With Weights The Athlete's Free-Weight Guide by Robert B. Parker, John R. Marsh ( 1990)
Explains the use of weight lifting equipment and exercises for each part of the body.
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Sports Illustrated Training With Weights by Robert B. Parker ( 1974)
Explains the use of weight-lifting equipment and exercises for each part of the body, emphasizing the intense exercising of individual muscles, and presents a training program for beginners.
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Stardust by Robert B. Parker ( 1996)
Hired to protect Jill Joyce, the beautiful star of a prime-time television hit, Spenser must keep himself from falling for the young woman while he keeps her dangerous stalker at bay.
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Stone Cold A Jesse Stone Novel by Robert B. Parker ( 2004)
Investigating a thrill-seeking pair of serial killers who are targeting the residents of an affluent suburban town, police chief Jesse Stone finds his job complicated by local politicians, the media, his drinking problem, and his ex-wife. Reprint.
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Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker ( 2009)
In this seventh installment in the bestselling JESSE STONE series, the Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief must work alongside an ex-con in order to catch a Florida mob boss and save a young girl from her dark fate.
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Sudden Mischief by Robert B. Parker ( 1999)
Susan Silverman's ex doesn't call himself "Silverman" anymore--he's changed his name to "Sterling". And that's not the only thing that's phony about him. A do-gooding charity fund-raiser, he's been accused of sexual harassment by no less than four different women. And not long after Spenser starts investigating, Sterling is wanted for a bigger charge: murder.
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Taming a Sea-Horse by Robert B. Parker ( 1987)
In his latest highly acclaimed Spenser novel, Robert B. Parker takes readers into the murky big-city underground where Spenser undertakes an intense search for a beautiful, missing prostitute, and finds himself traveling amidst the sleaze of Times Square where sex is a commodity, and young girls are the currency. This phenomenal bestseller, with a million-copy paperback first printing is supported by national TV advertising and a 6-month backlist reissue program.
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Thin Air by Robert B. Parker ( 1996)
Her name is Lisa St. Claire. Her husband is a cop. Her whereabouts are unknown. Spenser thought he could help a friend find a missing wife. Until he learned the nasty truth about Lisa St. Claire. For starters, it's not her real name. This New York Times bestseller is a Mystery Guild selection and a LG alternate selection.
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare ( 1994) |
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Trouble in Paradise by Robert B. Parker ( 1999) |
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True West An Illustrated Guide to the Heyday of the Western by Michael Barson ( 2008) |
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Valediction by Robert B. Parker ( 1989) |
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The Virginian A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister, Max (AFT) Evans ( 2010) |
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Waiting for Cargo Science, Superstition, and Spirituality in Modern Psychology by Robert B. Parker ( 1995) |
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Walking Shadow by Robert B. Parker ( 1996)
In a shabby waterfront town, an actor is shot dead onstage. As Spenser combs Port City's underworld for answers, he encounters an unpredictable cast of lovers, liars, killers and clowns--whose multiple motives constitute a master class in distinguishing reality from illusion.
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Western 4 by Robert B. Parker ( 2010) |
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The Widening Gyre by Robert B. Parker ( 1987)
The adoring wife of Senate candidate Meade Alexander has a smile as sweet as candy and dotted her i's with little hearts. A blond beauty, she was the perfect mate for an ambitious politician, but she had a little problem with sex and drugs- a problem someone had managed to put on videotape.
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Wilderness by Robert B. Parker ( 1987)
Aaron Newman witnesses a murder and identifies the killer to the police. When he arrives home, he finds his wife tied up in their bed, the initials of the killer scratched on her stomach. While "Wilderness" is not a Spenser novel, Parker uses the Boston setting so familiar to Spenser fans to explore themes of violence, pursuit and justice.
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Year at the Races by William Strode, Robert B. Parker, Joan H. Parker ( 1991)
A best-selling novelist and an award-winning photographer provide an insider's look at the sport of thoroughbred horse racing, from morning walks to the owner's box.
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