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Family Honor

by Robert B. Parker

ISBN: 0399145664
ISBN-13: 9780399145667
Format: Hardcover

Summary

Commissioned by actress Helen Hunt, who will star in the film version, FAMILY HONOR finds petite, blond private detective Sunny Randall going head-to-head with the mob, corrupt politicians, and the uppety parents of a teenage prostitute who she befriends and protects. The creator of the classic Spenser crime series delves into treacherous territory in his first book featuring a female protagonist. A 1999 Publishers Weekly Best Book.

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"Whether it's due to the influence of Helen Hunt or simply that he enjoys the novelty of writing from a female perspective, Robert B. Parker has created a new protagonist here who could someday be as big as Spenser. Perhaps even bigger. Sunny Randall may barely be able to boil water, but judging by her first outing, this P.I. really cooks."    -- J. Kingston Pierce

   -- January Magazine

"Compact, percussive story-telling by a writer who knows his job and does it to the letter."    -- Philip Oakes

   -- Literary Review

"FAMILY HONOR is being advertised as a bold departure for Robert B. Parker, because the book's first-person-narrator protagonist is Parker's first female private eye. But this is actually the kind of humane, shrewd, snappy, wonderfully diverting stuff Parker has been turning out for years with-at least he makes it seem so-one hand tied behind his back. FAMILY HONOR is, in fact, more-of-the-same Parker, and as such it's a gift."    -- Richard Lipez

   -- Washington Post Book World

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
Published date: 1999
Size: 6 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.5 pounds
Pages: 322

Synopses

PI Sunny Randall of Boston searches for a rich man's daughter who ran away to be a prostitute. After finding her Sunny must guard her because the girl is on a hit list. She witnessed a conspiracy involving state government.

Publisher's Notes

After rescuing a wealth family's missing teenage daughter from prostitution, private investigator Sunny Randall becomes the girl's unlikely bodyguard, fending off some serious mobsters and getting involved in a murder case and criminal conspiracy.

Other Editions

Hardcover - Putnam Pub Group (1999) - from $1.00
Paperback Reissue - Berkley Pub Group (2000) - from $1.00

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