Robert B Parker
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
The Boston PI gets tangled in Cape Cod's criminal underworld in this Edgar Award-winning mystery from the New York Times-bestselling author.
Cape Cod businessman Harvey Shepard is in over his head. He lost a quarter million on a shady real estate deal, the loan shark is circling, and now he needs a private investigator to find out where his wife, Pam, disappeared to. Spencer takes the case, but finding Pam isn't the hard part-the hard part is finding...
2) Spenser
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Series
Language
English
Description
The Boston PI agrees to an interview in this entertaining blend of short story and biographical profile by the legendary mystery author.
Spenser and his psychologist girlfriend, Susan, are relaxing in a courtyard on a lovely June afternoon. But accompanying them is Susan's friend Amy, and she's got a project: a book examining the men in risky professions-cops, firemen, special forces soldiers . . . and PIs. Requesting some help in her research,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Carol Heiss is a two-time Olympic medalist and five-time world champion in figure skating. She won the 1960 Olympics in women's figure skating and she also won the silver medal at the 1956 Olympics. When she won the 1960 Olympic Gold Medal, all nine judges awarded her first place. Carol Heiss won the world championship every year from 1956 through 1960.
This biography on the famous American former figure skater and actress, written by the well-known...
4) Back story
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 30
Language
English
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Description
In 1974, a revolutionary group holds up a bank, shooting and killing a clerk. Thirty years later, her daughter seeks closure about her mother's death and turns to Spenser for help.
7) Now and then
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 35
Language
English
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Description
When Spenser's client, Dennis Doherty, Doherty's wife, and her lover are found dead, Spenser tries to right the wrongs by avenging his client's death.
9) Split image
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Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
Chief of Police Jesse Stone, stressed by a case where a high-ranking crime figure is found dead on Paradise Beach, needs something to keep him from spinning out of control; when he meets PI Sunny Randall, he realizes that they have much in common with both their victims and their suspects.
12) Chance
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 23
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
When big-time Boston hoodlum Julius Ventura approaches Spenser and his redoubtable sidekick, Hawk, about locating his only daughter's missing husband, it's clear he's not telling them the whole truth about the blushing bride and ardent groom.
13) Paper doll
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 20
Language
English
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Description
Boston aristocrat Loudon Tripp hires Spenser to investigate his wife's murder, and Spenser soon uncovers high-class scandals and a corpse that might not be dead after all.
14) Rough weather
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 36
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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Description
Heidi Bradshaw, a gold digger recently separated from her latest husband, recruits Boston P.I. Spenser to be a stand-in husband and protector at her daughter's wedding; when Spenser's nemesis Rugar--the Gray Man--arrives at what should be a joyous occasion, Spenser realizes something is amiss.
16) Painted ladies
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 38
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
18) Sudden mischief
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 25
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
When Susan's ex-husband, Brad, appears after a decades-long absence, nearly broke and the object of a sexual-harassment suit, Spenser reluctantly agrees to help. As he investigates the circumstances surrounding the suit, he discovers that fund-raiser Brad is swimming in very deep water: mobsters, who were using his fund-raising campaigns to launder money, have discovered he was cooking the already cooked books and aren't at all pleased. The deeper...
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Series
Spenser novels volume 42
Language
English
Appears on list
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Description
It's December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner. He's confronted in his office by a homeless boy named Slide who 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, but it's not a simple case of intimidation; the trail leads to a dangerous drug kingpin, whose hold on the at-risk...
20) Family honor
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
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.