Playmates is the 16th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 1989.
Spenser investigates a point shaving scheme involving the Taft University basketball team. [1]
Playmates is the 16th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 1989.
Spenser investigates a point shaving scheme involving the Taft University basketball team. [1]
Spenser is a fictional private investigator created by the American mystery writer Robert B. Parker. He acts as the protagonist of a series of detective novels written by Parker and later continued by Ace Atkins. His first appearance was in the 1973 novel The Godwulf Manuscript. He is also featured in the 1980s television series Spenser: For Hire and a related series of TV movies based on the novels. In March 2020 he was featured in the Netflix thriller film Spenser Confidential.
Spenser: For Hire is an American crime drama series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels. The series, developed for TV by John Wilder and starring Robert Urich, was broadcast on ABC from September 20, 1985, until May 7, 1988.
Robert Brown Parker was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies was also produced based on the character. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors as influencing their own work and reviving and changing the detective genre, including Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane.
Paper Doll is the 20th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The story follows the Boston-based PI Spenser as he tries to solve the apparently random killing of the well-regarded wife of a local businessman.
Small Vices is the 24th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker.
Bad Business is a detective novel by Robert B. Parker first published in 2004. It features Parker's most famous creation, Boston-based private investigator Spenser, and is the 31st novel in the series. In this novel, Spenser is hired by a wealthy woman to gather evidence on her husband's infidelity. Soon, due to Spenser's investigation, homicides start occurring.
Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel is a 2009 novel by Robert B. Parker. Though set in present day, it is a prequel to Parker's venerable Spenser series of novels. Unlike the rest of the Spenser series, Chasing the Bear is a young adult novel and not strictly detective fiction.
A Catskill Eagle is the 12th Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, first published in 1985. The title comes from a quote from Herman Melville.
Joe Mantegna portrayed Robert B. Parker's detective "Spenser" in three TV films on the A&E cable network between 1999 and 2001.
Love and Glory (ISBN 0-385-29261-9) is a 1983 novel by Robert B. Parker. The story is told in the first person by Boone Adams. It is a coming-of-age and love story. There is explicit and implicit reference to and imitation of The Great Gatsby. Parker originally intended a combination novel and time capsule. The time capsule sections, inter-chapter devices with baseball box scores, old ad copy, captions from LIFE magazine and popular song lyrics, were ultimately scrapped due to excessive permission fees.
A Savage Place is a detective fiction novel by American writer Robert B. Parker, the 8th book in the Spenser series.
Valediction is the 11th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 1984.
Stardust is the 17th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 1990.
Chance is the 23rd book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 1996.
Hugger Mugger is the 27th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 2000.
Now and Then is the 35th novel in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 2007.
Rough Weather is the 36th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 2008.
The Professional is the 38th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 2009.
Sixkill is the 40th book in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series and first published in 2011. It's the final book in the Spenser series written by Parker, who had died in 2010, before the book's release.
Stardust is a 1990 crime novel by American crime writer Robert B. Parker. It is the 17th book in Parker's Spenser series. Spenser investigates the stalking of Jill Joyce, a TV star. This book also features the first appearances of recurring Spenser characters Del Rio, Chollo, and Bobby Horse.
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