Robert B Parker
3) Back story
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 30
Language
English
Formats
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.
5) Split image
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
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.
6) Now and then
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 35
Language
English
Formats
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.
10) Spare change
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a serial murderer dubbed "The Spare Change Killer" surfaces after twenty years in hiding, the police seek out the retired cop who headed the original task force, and he asks his daughter, a private investigator, to help trap the criminal.
11) 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...
12) Paper doll
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 20
Language
English
Formats
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
Formats
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.
15) 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.
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.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Stiles Island is a wealthy and exclusive enclave separated by a bridge from the Massachusetts coast town of Paradise. Makes Macklin sees the island as the ultimate investment opportunity: all he needs to do is invade it, blow the bridge and loot the island. As Macklin plans his crime, Paradise police chief Jesse Stone has his hands full - he faces romantic entanglements in triplicate.
18) Hugger mugger
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 27
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Spenser is back and embroiled in a dangerous and multi-layered case. Someone has been killing racehorses at stables across the south, and Walter Clive, president of Three Fillies Stables, hires him to find out who. Spenser goes to Georgia to protect Hugger Mugger, a two-year-old destined to become the next Secretariat. Disregarding the resentment of the local Georgia law enforcement, he takes the case. Despite the.
20) Small vices
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 24
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
When a street kid with a rap sheet full of petty larcenies is convicted for the murder of a wealthy co-ed, Spenser delves into the bizarre world of the ultra-rich to prove his innocence.