Rough Weather (Spenser Mystery) - Parker, Robert B. Review & Synopsis

Synopsis 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. Review Robert B. Parker was the author of more than fifty books. He died in January 2010.Parker's Boston-based PI, Spenser, is hired as a bodyguard for a socialite who is hosting her daughter's wedding on her private island. When the groom is murdered and the bride is kidnapped, Spenser is determined to get to the bottom of the suspicious circumstances--especially the appearance of the Gray Man. Joe Mantegna's characterization of Spenser is as rock-steady as Spenser's integrity. Mantegna IS Spenser: determined and erudite, equally capable of killing a foe and cooking a gourmet meal. The dialogue, sometimes lacking the concise perfection that is Parker's hallmark, is rescued by Mantegna's portrayals of the characters, Spenser himself, Susan (elegantly cultured but remarkably tolerant of Spenser's life-and-death world), and Hawk (ever stalwart and loyal). Thanks to Mantegna's skill, this audiobook is better than the print publication. N.M.C. � AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine Rough Weather A high society wedding ends unhappily ever after in this mystery starring Boston PI Spenser—“the timeless hero of American detective fiction” (The New York Times Book Review). Hired as a bodyguard at an exclusive wedding, Spenser witnesses an unexpected crime: the kidnapping of the young bride, which opens the door for murder, family secrets, and the reappearance of an old nemesis. A high society wedding ends unhappily ever after in this mystery starring Boston PI Spenser—“the timeless hero of American detective fiction” (The New York Times Book Review)." Rough Weather (A Spenser Mystery) Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well-connected. She's also a notorious gold digger only recently separated from her latest husband - and she's hired Spenser to act as her stand-in spouse. The Boston P.I. is to accompany Heidi to her private island to attend her daughter's wedding. It should be a straightforward job, but when his old nemesis Rugar - the Gray Man - arrives, Spenser realizes that something is amiss. As a storm strikes, cutting off the island, a kidnapping and a series of murders turn celebrations into chaos. With six dead bodies and more questions than he can handle, Spenser begins a search for answers - and the Gray Man. 'One of the great series in the history of the American detective story' New York Times With six dead bodies and more questions than he can handle, Spenser begins a search for answers - and the Gray Man. 'One of the great series in the history of the American detective story' New York Times" Robert B. Parker's Lullaby (A Spenser Mystery) Classic Boston noir thriller from global bestseller, the late, great Robert B. Parker - one of contemporary crime fiction's most popular, enduring and acclaimed authors 'I spotted the girl even before she knocked on my door.' Mattie Sullivan has approached Spenser for help, asking him to find her mother's killer. But her mother was killed some four years back; and a local man, Mickey Green, was convicted of her murder that very same year. Mattie is not Spenser's typical client. For a start, she's just fourteen. Nor is her request a typical one - to take a case that's already been solved. But this kid is wiser than her years. And this case is less clear-cut, and far more dangerous, than it appears. 'One of the great series in the history of the American detective story' New York Times NOVELS BY ROBERT B . PARKER THE SPENSER NOVELS Sixkill Painted Ladies The Professional Rough Weather Now& Then HundredDollar Baby SchoolDays ColdService Bad Business Back Story Widow's Walk Potshot Hugger Mugger HushMoney Sudden Mischief ..." The Professional 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 Rough Weather. 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 ..." The Spenser Novels 34-39 From the New York Times bestselling mystery author, six novels in the acclaimed series featuring Boston's best PI, Spenser. Includes: Hundred Dollar Baby Now & Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies Sixkill From the New York Times bestselling mystery author, six novels in the acclaimed series featuring Boston's best PI, Spenser. Includes: Hundred Dollar Baby Now & Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies Sixkill" Bad Business Spenser #31 finds the veteran Boston PI tackling corporate crime in a routine yet absorbing outing. He's hired by one Marlene Rowley to prove that her husband Trent, CFO of energy firm Kinergy, is cheating on her. Spenser #31 finds the veteran Boston PI tackling corporate crime in a routine yet absorbing outing. He's hired by one Marlene Rowley to prove that her husband Trent, CFO of energy firm Kinergy, is cheating on her." Robert B. Parker's The Bridge The next gritty, gun-slinging entry in the New York Times–bestselling series, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in Appaloosa, where their work enforcing the law has been exceptionally quiet. All that is about to change. An ominous storm rolls in, and along with it a band of night riders with a devious scheme, who show up at the Rio Blanco camp, where a three-hundred-foot bridge is under construction. Appaloosa’s Sheriff Sledge Driskill and his deputies are the first to respond, but as the storm grows more threatening, news of troubles at the bridge escalate and the Sheriff and his deputies go missing. Virgil and Everett saddle up to sort things out but before they do the hard drinking, Beauregard Beauchamp arrives in Appaloosa with his Theatrical Extravaganza troupe and the promise of the best in lively entertainment west of the Mississippi. With the troupe comes a lovely and mysterious fortune-teller who is set on saving Everett from imminent but indefinable danger. The trouble at the bridge, the missing lawmen, the new arrivals, and Everett’s shoot-out in front of Hal’s Café aren’t the only things on Cole and Hitch’s plate as a gang of unsavory soldiers ease into town with a shady alibi, shadier intentions, and a soon-to-be-discovered wake of destruction. As clouds over Appaloosa continue to gather, things get much worse for Cole and Hitch… The next gritty, gun-slinging entry in the New York Times–bestselling series, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch." Promised Land Private investigator Spenser leaves Boston for summertime Cape Cod where he and his friend Susan Silverman find themselves involved with fools and villains whose concerns are extortion, robbery, and murder. Private investigator Spenser leaves Boston for summertime Cape Cod where he and his friend Susan Silverman find themselves involved with fools and villains whose concerns are extortion, robbery, and murder." Sixkill (A Spenser Mystery) 'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review A young girl has been found dead in a hotel room. The womanizing movie star Jumbo Nelson is the obvious suspect. Given that he spent the night with her. But he's innocent. Or at least he says he is. Enter Spenser. Jumbo's lawyers hire him to find out who did it. Never one to turn down a challenge, Spenser starts to investigate. He finds an unlikely ally in the shape of Jumbo's bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill. He's an alcoholic Cree warrior with a bad past and a worse temper. But given that there's a cold-blooded assassin on the loose, he might just prove to be the secret weapon Spenser needs. 'Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenalin' Boston Observer Robert B . Parker . THE SPENSER NOVELS Painted Ladies The Professional Rough Weather Now& Then HundredDollar Baby SchoolDays ColdService Bad Business Back Story Widow's Walk Potshot Hugger Mugger HushMoney Sudden Mischief Small Vices ..." Trouble in Paradise 'Parker packs more meaning into a whispered "yeah" than most writers can pack into a page' - Sunday Times Stiles Island is a wealthy and exclusive enclave separated by a bridge from the Massachusetts coastal town of Paradise. James Macklin sees Stiles Island as the ultimate investment opportunity: all he needs to do is invade the island, blow up the bridge, and get to work. To realise his investment, Macklin, along with his devoted girlfriend, Faye, assembles a crew of fellow ex-cons - all experts in their fields - including Wilson Cromartie, a fearsome Apache. James Macklin is a bad man - a very bad man. And Wilson Cromartie, known as Crow, is even worse. As Macklin plans his crime, Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone has his hands full. He faces romantic entanglements in triplicate: his ex-wife, Jenn, is in the Paradise jail for assault; he's begun a new relationship with a Stiles Island realtor named Marcy Campbell; and he's still sorting out his feelings for attorney Abby Taylor. When Macklin's attack on Stiles Island is set in motion, both Marcy and Abby are put in jeopardy. As the casualties mount, it's up to Jesse to keep both women from harm. 'Robert B. Parker is one of the greats of the American hard-boiled genre' - Guardian Look out for the other novels in the Jesse Stones series published by No Exit Press: Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Stone Cold, Sea Change, High Profile, Damned If You Do, Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot, Robert B. Parker's The Devil Wins, Robert B. Parker's Debt to Pay, Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet, Robert B. Parker's Colorblind and Robert B. Parker's The Bitterest Pill Finished all the Jesse Stone mysteries? Search for the Spenser series and the Sunny Randall series to meet Robert B. Parker's other iconic detectives! 'Robert B. Parker is one of the greats of the American hard-boiled genre' - Guardian Look out for the other novels in the Jesse Stones series published by No Exit Press: Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Stone Cold, Sea ..." Sudden Mischief 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 Spenser digs, the more bodies he uncovers and the more culpable Brad appears to be. 'Robert B Parker's Spenser is one of the best private detectives in fiction' - Sunday Telegraph Robert B Parker . THE SPENSER NOVELS The Godwulf Manuscript Chance God Save the Child Small Vices* Mortal Stakes Sudden Mischief* Promised Land Hush Money* The Judas Goat Hugger Mugger * Looking for Rachel Wallace Potshot* Early Autumn ..." Pastime (A Spenser Mystery) The most personal and revealing Spenser thriller of all, Pastime is an electrifying masterpiece of crime fiction - a startling game of memory, desire and danger that forces Spenser to face his own past. Ten years ago, he saved a teenage boy from a father's rage. Now on the brink of manhood, when Paul Giacomin seeks answers to his mother's sudden disappearance. Spenser is the only man he can turn to. 'Witty, wonderful fun' Cosmopolitan Paul's missing mother Patty has become involved with the mob - and disappeared under mysterious circumstances. But what starts as a routine search has unusual consequences, for if he is to find Patty in time, Spenser must delve into his own past, and search his own soul. 'In a wise and witty tour-de-force, Robert B. Parker brings back the unforgettable characters of his classic Early Autumn, one of the Boston PI's most personal, resonant cases' Kirkus Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Chance (A Spenser Mystery) 'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly When Boston mobster Julius Ventura asks Spenser and his sidekick, Hawk, to find his missing son-in-law, it's clear he's not telling the whole truth. But something about the case appeals to Spenser and he agrees to take it, only to find himself at the centre of a gangland turf war. 'When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it' Harlan Coben 'Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it makes one feel good' Library Journal Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Ceremony (A Spenser Mystery) The trail of a missing high-school girl leads private detective Spenser to the Boston red-light district and to an underworld of high-class brothels, vice and corruption. April Kyle is in trouble. As Spenser and his sidekick Hawk battle to find her, will they get to her in time or will she remain a little girl lost...? Praise for Robert B. Parker: 'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly 'Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer . . . Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself' Boston Globe 'Spenser is a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans' Milwaukee Sentinel 'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review 'Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenaline' Boston Observer 'Robert Parker is still top gun in the tough-guy school of fiction' Playboy 'Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity' Chicago Sun-Times 'The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today... the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition' Cincinnati Post 'Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it makes one feel good' Library Journal Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Valediction (A Spenser Mystery) Classic Boston noir thriller from global bestseller Robert B. Parker - one of contemporary crime fiction's most popular and acclaimed authors 'One of the great series in the history of the American detective story' New York Times When a religious sect kidnap a young dancer, a hit man's bullet soon has Spenser's name on it. But the most dangerous man to cross is the one who isn't afraid to die, and Spenser has just lost the woman who made his life worth living. Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Walking Shadow (A Spenser Mystery) 'Will captivate both longtime and soon-to-be-devoted Spenser lovers' Kirkus Reviews A local theatre director claims he is being followed. An actor is gunned down onstage. There's more behind the scenes than an overzealous critic - and private detective Spenser intends to find out exactly what that is... 'If you're already a Spenser fan, you'll like this one. If you've never read Robert B. Parker, welcome aboard. After Walking Shadow you'll have a lot of books to catch up on' New York Times Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer . . . Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself' Boston Globe Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Double Deuce (A Spenser Mystery) Hawk wants Spenser to wage war on a violent street gang. Susan wants Spenser to move in with her. Either way, Spenser's out of his element. So why not risk both? 'Mr Parker is at his best . . tense . . . suspenseful . . darkly poetic' New York Times The story is simple: Hawk has decided to help out his new lady friend, an investigative journalist, by cleaning out the gang in the local housing project known as 'Double Deuce' after the gang is responsible for gunning down a fourteen-year-old mother and her three-month-old daughter in the ghetto. Of course he asks his old friend, hard-nosed P.I. Spenser, to help him. And of course Spenser accepts. 'Double Deuce's snappy dialogue, timely, fast-paced action and quick characterisations make it classic Spenser' Publishers Weekly Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Early Autumn (A Spenser Mystery) Boston PI Spenser is back with his most dramatic case yet, in Robert B Parker's acclaimed and bestselling Spenser series. A bitter divorce results in a father ordering the kidnapping of his own son. PI Spenser is hired by the mother to get her boy back. But when Spenser senses the lay of the land, he decides to do some kidnapping of his own, and soon finds there is a contract out on his own life. 'When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it' HARLAN COBEN Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Crimson Joy (A Spenser Mystery) Private detective Spenser is on the case of a serial killer with an unusual calling card - he leaves a red rose on the body of each of his victims. And when the madman targets Spenser's girlfriend Susan Silverman, his resolve is strengthened and he determines to find the murderer - no matter what the risk. 'One of the great series in the history of the American detective story' New York Times Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Mortal Stakes (A Spenser Mystery) When it seems the star pitcher of the Boston Red Sox baseball team is accepting bribes to lose games, private detective Spenser goes undercover as a baseball writer to find out the truth. But can he uncover the person behind this nasty trail of blackmail before his cover is blown apart...? Praise for Robert B. Parker: 'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly 'Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer . . . Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself' Boston Globe 'Spenser is a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans' Milwaukee Sentinel 'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review 'Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenaline' Boston Observer 'Robert Parker is still top gun in the tough-guy school of fiction' Playboy 'Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity' Chicago Sun-Times 'The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today... the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition' Cincinnati Post 'Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it makes one feel good' Library Journal Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Thin Air (A Spenser Mystery) 'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review When the beautiful young wife of a Boston policeman goes missing, he asks his friend, private detective Spenser, to find her. To do so Spenser must delve into the woman's past - which he soon discovers is darker than he could ever have imagined. 'When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it' Harlan Coben, bestselling author of Run Away Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." In Pursuit of Spenser When Robert B. Parker passed in early 2010, the world lost two great men: Parker himself, iconic American crime writer whose books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, and his best-known creation, Spenser. Parker's Spenser series not only influenced the work of countless of today's writers, but is also credited with reviving and forever changing the genre. In Pursuit of Spenser offers a look at Parker and to Spenser through the eyes of the writers he influenced. Editor Otto Penzler-- proprietor of one of the oldest and largest mystery specialist bookstores in the country, New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, and renowned mystery fiction editor whose credits include series editor for the Best American Crime Writing and Best American Mystery Stories, among many others (and about whom Parker himself once wrote, "Otto Penzler knows more about crime fiction than most people know about anything")-- collects some of today's bestselling mystery authors to discuss Parker, his characters, the series, and their impact on the world. From Hawk to Susan Silverman to Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall, from the series' Boston milieu to Parker's own take on his character, In Pursuit of Spenser pays tribute to Spenser, and Parker, with affection, humor, and a deep appreciation for what both have left behind. From Hawk to Susan Silverman to Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall, from the series' Boston milieu to Parker's own take on his character, In Pursuit of Spenser pays tribute to Spenser, and Parker, with affection, humor, and a deep appreciation ..." The Godwulf Manuscript (A Spenser Mystery) The first detective novel featuring Boston PI Spenser, in Robert B. Parker's acclaimed and bestselling Spenser Series The first in the series featuring private detective Spenser sees Spenser hired to return a stolen fourteenth-century manuscript to its rightful owners, an investigation that soon leads him into a complex web of murder, radical politics, adultery, drugs and organised crime. 'When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it' HARLAN COBEN Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." A Catskill Eagle (A Spenser Mystery) In the detective business, Spenser sometimes has to bend the law. Other times, to break it. But he lives by his own inviolate rules. But when Susan's desperate letter arrives, Spenser doesn't think twice. His best friend, Hawk, faces a life sentence. And the woman he loves has gotten herself into even bigger trouble. Now Spenser has to free them both . . . even if it means breaking his own rules to do it. Praise for Robert B. Parker: 'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly 'Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer . . . Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself' Boston Globe 'Spenser is a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans' Milwaukee Sentinel 'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review 'Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenaline' Boston Observer 'Robert Parker is still top gun in the tough-guy school of fiction' Playboy 'Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity' Chicago Sun-Times 'The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today... the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition' Cincinnati Post 'Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it makes one feel good' Library Journal Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." The Judas Goat (A Spenser Mystery) Private detective Spenser has travelled to London in search of the bombers who attacked his client's family. His job is to catch them. Or kill them. His client isn't choosy. But there are nine killers to one Spenser - long odds. Hawk helps balance the equation. The rest depends on a wild plan. Spenser will get one of the terrorists to play Judas Goat - to lead him to the others. Trouble is, he hasn't counted on her being blond, beautiful and very dangerous. Praise for Robert B. Parker: 'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly 'Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer . . . Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself' Boston Globe 'Spenser is a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans' Milwaukee Sentinel 'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review 'Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenaline' Boston Observer 'Robert Parker is still top gun in the tough-guy school of fiction' Playboy 'Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity' Chicago Sun-Times 'The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today... the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition' Cincinnati Post 'Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it makes one feel good' Library Journal Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Serice SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." A Savage Place (A Spenser Mystery) 'The best new private eye in fiction since Raymond Chandler' Dan Wakefield TV reporter Candy Sloan is in danger, after investigating labour racketeering in Hollywood's movie industry. Someone isn't happy about it. Spenser is hired to keep Candy safe until the story breaks, but when he discovers quite how far she is willing go to secure her headline, he begins to have second thoughts about the job. But soon her unorthodox approach isn't his only concern... 'They just don't make private eyes tougher or funnier' People Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." The Widening Gyre (A Spenser Mystery) The adoring wife of a senatorial candidate has a smile as sweet as candy and dots her i's with little hearts. A blonde beauty, she is the perfect mate for an ambitious politician, but she has a little problem with sex and drugs - a problem someone has put on videotape. The big boys reckon a little blackmail will put her husband out of the race ... until Spenser hops on the candidate's bandwagon. But getting back the tape of the lady's indiscretions is a non-stop express ride to trouble - trouble that is deep, wide and deadly. 'One of the great series in the history of the American detective story' New York Times Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Looking for Rachel Wallace (A Spenser Mystery) Political activist and author Rachel Wallace is a tough young woman who writes - and speaks - her mind, which has made her a lot of enemies. But she's got a new book due out, exposing discriminatory practices by several prominent corporations, and it's pretty clear some of those enemies want her dead. 'Crackling dialogue, plenty of action and expert writing' New York Times Book Review Her publishers, insisting she has a bodyguard, hire the biggest toughest guy they can find: Spenser, the tough guy with a macho code of honour, hired to protect a feminist who thinks that code is obsolete. 'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly Privately, they will never see eye to eye - that's why she fires him - but when Rachel vanishes, Spenser starts rattling skeletons in blue-blooded family closets and tangling with the Ku Klux Klan, ready to lay his life on the line to find Rachel Wallace. Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." God Save the Child (A Spenser Mystery) Boston PI Spenser returns in this tense and twisty mystery from Robert B Parker's acclaimed and bestselling Spenser series. When a fourteen-year-old boy disappears from a decent neighbourhood, everyone thinks he has run away. Everyone, that is, except private detective Spenser, who is hot on the trail of the missing boy; a trail that leads to corruption and a deadly partnership. 'Brilliant' LOS ANGELES TIMES 'When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it' HARLAN COBEN Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Taming a Sea-Horse (A Spenser Mystery) When prostitute April Kyle goes missing, her boss Patricia Utley, an elegant madam with a practical heart of gold, turns to Spenser - after all, it's not the first time he's had to help the troubled teenager . . . 'A winner' Chicago Tribune In this exciting follow-up to Ceremony, April's left the up-market escort service where she's worked happily since she was 16 for the love of a male pimp, but her boss is afraid the girl will end up at the destructive end of the prostitution industry. It's not long before Spenser's hunt leads him to Robert Rambeaux, ersatz Julliard student and April's pimp, then to Ginger Bucky, another of Rambeaux's hookers - who suddenly turns up dead. 'The suspense never slackens' Publishers Weekly With April vanished, Rambeaux hiding out after a near-fatal beating, and his only lead dead, Spenser starts tracking back Ginger's life, hoping it will eventually lead him to April . . . but the surprises aren't over yet. 'When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it' HARLEN COBEN Robert B . Parker ... Thin Air Chance Small Vices Sudden Mischief Hush Money Hugger Mugger Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service SchoolDays HundredDollar Baby Now &Then Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies ..." Robert B Parker's Kickback Spenser is as tough and funny as ever, and Atkins has become a worthy successor' - Booklist The iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser returns in an outstanding new addition to the New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins. What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he could be brought up on criminal charges, but that's exactly what happened. This is Blackburn, Massachusetts, where zero tolerance for minors is a way of life. Leading the movement is hard-as-nails Judge Joe Scali, who gives speeches about getting tough on today's wild youth. But Dillon's mother, who knows other Blackburn kids who are doing hard time for minor infractions, isn't buying Scali's line. She hires Spenser to find the truth behind the Draconian sentencing. From the Harbor Islands to a gated Florida community, Spenser and trusted ally Hawk follow a trail through the Boston underworld with links to a shadowy corporation that runs New England's private prisons. They eventually uncover a culture of corruption and cover-ups in the old mill town, where hundreds of kids are sent off to for-profit juvie jails. THE SPENSER NOVELS The Godwulf Manuscript God Save the Child Mortal Stakes Promised Land The Judas Goat Looking for ... Girl (aka HundredDollar Baby)* Now & Then* Rough Weather The Professional Painted Ladies Sixkill Lullaby (by Ace ..." Classic Robert B. Parker Two of the finest early Spenser mysteries in a single volume - this is Classic Robert B. Parker. Promised Land: Harvey Shepard's wife has run away. Spenser has been hired to find her. A seemingly easy mission: go to Cape Cod, find the missing woman, then sit back and enjoy the sun. But it seems there is more to this case than meets the eye. Who are the shady figures Pam Shepard has been seen with? And why does Harvey keep showing up with bruises? Both Pam and Harvey are in over their heads, and soon Spenser will be too. Looking for Rachel Wallace: Spenser is hired to protect outspoken feminist Rachel Wallace. Left-wing lesbian meets muscles and machismo. Chalk meets cheese. It is not long before Rachel fires him. Then she disappears. Spenser feels it is his duty to save her. And once he has made up his mind then no bigot, Klansman, or family will get in his way. He will not stop until he finds Rachel Wallace. 'One of the great series in the history of the American detective story' New York Times In 1997 he won an Edgarfor Best Novel forPromised Land,and was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in2002. He passed awayin January 2010. THE SPENSER NOVELS Rough Weather Now & Then HundredDollar Baby." The Spenser Novels 28-33 Spenser, one of the all-time great detectives, stars in these six brilliant mystery novels by Robert B. Parker. Includes: Potshot Widow's Walk Back Story Bad Business Cold Service School Days Robert B . Parker . Perish Twice Sunny tries to help three very different women ... “ Parker's most tightly plotted mystery in years.”—Entertainment Weekly THE SPENSER NOVELS Sixkill PaintedLadies The Professional Rough Weather Now&Then."