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ROBERT B. PARKER’S ROBERT B. PARKER SPENSER

Told in gritty, spare prose, this Boston-based hardboiled crime series stars Spenser (no first name), a tough, well-educated private detective who lives by a personal code. Possessed of a dark sense of humor and unafraid of a little trouble, Spenser, occasionally assisted by his friend Hawk, a former French Foreign Legionnaire, takes on cases deserving of extra-legal justice.

 01 Godwulf manuscript  26 Hush money  02 God save the child  27 Hugger mugger  03 Mortal stakes  28 Potshot  04 Promised land  29 Widow's walk  05 Judas goat  30 Back story  06 Looking for Rachel  31 Bad business Wallace  32 Cold service  07 Early autumn  33 School days  08 Savage place  34 Hundred dollar baby Robert B. Parker (1932-2010) has long been acknowledged  09 Ceremony as the dean of American crime fiction. Born and raised in  35 Now and then Massachusetts, Parker attended Colby College in Maine,  10 Widening gyre  36 Rough weather served with the Army in Korea, and then completed a Ph.D.  11 Valediction in English at Boston University.  37 Professional  12 Catskill eagle Parker began writing his Spenser novels in 1971 while  38 Painted ladies teaching at Boston's Northeastern University. This mystery  13 Taming a sea horse  39 Six kill series featuring the wise-cracking, street-smart Boston  14 Pale kings and private-eye Spenser earned him a devoted following and a  40 Lullaby* place in the canon of mystery fiction. R.W.B. Lewis, writing princes in the New York Times Book Review commented "We are  41 Wonderland *  15 Crimson joy witnessing one of the great series in the history of the  42 Silent night* American detective story".  16 Playmates  43 Cheap shot* In addition to his Spenser series, Parker has also written  17 Stardust several standalone novels, two additional mystery series,  44 Kickback*  18 Pastime and a western series.  45 Slow burn*  19 Double deuce Parker died on January 19, 2010, at the age of 77.  46 Little white lies*  20 Paper doll *written posthumously by  21 Walking shadow OTHER SERIES BY ROBERT P. PARKER Ace Atkins  22 Thin air Sunny Randall Mystery Series  23 Chance Jesse Stone Mystery Series  24 Small vices Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch Western Series  25 Sudden mischief More BOOK BINGE lists may be found at This list is current as of 4/4/2017. the Georgetown Peabody Library • 987-352-5728 • georgetownpl.org GPL BOOK BINGE - MYSTERY GPL BOOK BINGE - MYSTERY

ROBERT B. PARKER’S ROBERT B. PARKER JESSE STONE

After being pushed out of the LAPD, Jesse Stone becomes police chief of coastal Paradise, MA. In these fast-paced, melancholy hard-boiled novels, Stone, an honorable man with a drinking problem, a complicated personal life, and a need to represent the dead, solves complex and gritty mysteries.

 01 Night passage  10 Killing the blues*  02 Trouble in paradise  11 Fool me twice*  03 Death in paradise  12 Damned if you do*  04 Stone cold  13 Blind spot*  05 Sea change  14 Devil wins*  06 High profile  15 Debt to pay*  07 Stranger in paradise *written posthumously  08 Night and day by Michael Brandman and Reed Farrel  09 Split image Coleman Robert B. Parker (1932-2010) has long been acknowledged as the dean of American crime fiction. Born and raised in Massachusetts, Parker attended Colby College in Maine, served with the Army in Korea, and then completed a Ph.D. ROBERT B. PARKER’S in English at Boston University. Parker began writing his Spenser novels in 1971 while SUNNY RANDALL teaching at Boston's Northeastern University. This mystery series featuring the wise-cracking, street-smart Boston private-eye Spenser earned him a devoted following and a Sunny Randall is well-connected in both Boston's place in the canon of mystery fiction. R.W.B. Lewis, writing law community (because she’s an ex-cop, now a in the New York Times Book Review commented "We are P.I.) and in Boston's underworld (because the ex- witnessing one of the great series in the history of the American detective story". husband she's walked out on is a mob scion running some legitimate bars started with dirty money). In addition to his Spenser series, Parker has also written several standalone novels, two additional mystery series, She’s also great with weapons and wisecracks. and a western series. Parker died on January 19, 2010, at the age of 77.  01 Family honor  05 Blue screen  02 Perish twice  06 Spare change OTHER SERIES BY ROBERT P. PARKER  03 Shrink wrap Spenser Mystery Series  04 Melancholy baby Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch Western Series

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