Robert B. Parker
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Jesse Stone, Chief of Police in the quiet New England town of Paradise, is enjoying a beer when he receives a call for help. The body of a teenage girl has been found in a nearby lake. Stone must figure out who would want to kill her, all the while fighting to keep his personal life in order as he struggles with alcoholism and strong feelings for his ex-wife.
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Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch volume 4
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When Appaloosa police chief Amos Callico begins shaking down local merchants for protection money, those who don't want to play along seek the help of Cole and Hitch.
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Spenser novels volume 25
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With some trepidation, PI Spenser of Boston agrees to represent a businessman in a sexual harassment suit, trepidation because the accused is a former husband of Susan, Spenser's lover. Sure enough, complications mount, legal and romantic. By the author of Small Vices.
5) Family honor
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Sunny Randall, a Boston private investigator, is hired by a wealthy family to locate their teenage daughter. When the difficult teenager refuses to return to her family, Sunny reluctantly becomes her bodyguard. Before long, Sunny finds herself battling a criminal conspiracy involving top state officials.
6) Silent Night
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Spenser novels volume 42
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A special gift for the holiday season—a rumination on Christmas as conceived by Robert B. Parker.
“Brann does a seamless job…Diehard Parker fans will be delighted.” —Publishers Weekly
It’s December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he’s confronted in his office by a young boy named Slide. Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization...
“Brann does a seamless job…Diehard Parker fans will be delighted.” —Publishers Weekly
It’s December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he’s confronted in his office by a young boy named Slide. Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization...
7) Sixkill
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Spenser novels volume 39
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2011
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293 p.
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When infamous actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of rape in murder, the Boston PD calls on Spenser to make heads or tails of the case. Although the evidence is mounting against Jumbo, Spenser makes a break when he teams up with Jumbo's bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, and uncovers some secrets involving the murder victim.
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2013.
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pages cm.
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"It's December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he's confronted in his office by a young boy named Slide. Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization named Street Business, which gives shelter and seeks job opportunities for the homeless and lost. Slide's mentor, Jackie Alvarez, is being threatened, and Street Business is in danger of losing its tenuous foothold in the community, turning...
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Spenser novels volume 38
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c2010
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291 p. ; 24 cm.
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Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Boston PI Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen.
10) Potshot
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c2001
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294 p. ; 24 cm.
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P.I. Spenser heads to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Arizona, a former mining town reborn as a paradise for Los Angeles millionaires. This western idyll is being threatened by a local gang of desert rats, misfits, drunks and scavengers the police seem powerless to corral. Led by a charismatic individual known as The Preacher, this motley band of thieves selectively exploits the town, nurturing it as a source of wealth while systematically robbing...
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Pub. Date
2006
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291 p. ; 24 cm.
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Spenser, a Boston PI, is once again hired by April Kyle who was a teenage runaway that turned to prostitution. Now she is a madam of an up-scale, all-female operation that some men are trying to take away from her. April claims she doesn't know who is after her business, but Spenser finds ties to organized crime. Spenser without much surprise also finds that April, the thugs and everyone else involved is lying to him.
12) School days
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c2005
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295 p. ; 24 cm.
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Hired by a Massachusetts grand dame to prove the innocence of her grandson, who has been implicated in a school shooting, Spenser wonders why the boy seems unconcerned about his possible wrongful imprisonment.
13) Perish twice
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c2000
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291 p. ; 24 cm.
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Boston private investigator Sunny Randall comes to the aid of three 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.
14) Early autumn
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c1981
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212 p. ; 22 cm.
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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.
15) Valediction
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[1988], ©1984
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284 pages ; 18 cm
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When a religious sect kidnaps a pretty young dancer, no threat of death can make Spenser cut and run.
16) Ceremony
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1983, ©1982
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223 pages ; 18 cm
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Boston private eye Spenser's search for a missing high-school girl takes him to Boston's Combat Zone, to high-class, specialty brothels, and back to the straight world whose righteous facade overlap pervasive corruption.
17) Pastime
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c1991
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223 p. ; 24 cm.
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Ten years ago, Paul Giacomin's corrupt father and loose mother used the boys as a pawn in their violent race: only Spenser could call them off and straighten out the misled teen-almost getting killed in the process. Paul is now twenty-four and reconciled to his mother's wanton ways. But when Patty Giacomin vanishes, Paul begs Spenser to help him rescue her from the clutches of her boyfriend, a shady character he's sure coerced his mother into running....
18) Back story
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Spenser novels volume 30
Pub. Date
c2003
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291 p. ; 24 cm.
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Thirty years after an unsolved bank robbery leaves a woman dead, Paul Giacomin, whom Spenser regards like a son, and Daryl Gordon, the son of the robbery victim, turn to Spenser to seek out clues about the crime.
19) Thin air
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c1995
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293 p. ; 24 cm.
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When Lisa St. Claire, the beautiful young bride of a Boston police detective vanishes mysteriously, Spenser joins the search for the missing woman, following a dangerous trail that leads him to a sociopathic Latino ex-lover and into a deadly confrontation with Lisa's dark past.
20) Small vices
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c1997
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308 p. ; 24 cm.
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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.