Robert B. Parker
1) Sixkill
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Spenser novel volume 39
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English
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When infamous actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of rape and murder, the Boston PD calls on Spenser to make heads or tails of the case. Although the evidence is mounting against Jumbo, Spenser makes a break when he teams up with Jumbo's bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, and uncovers some secrets involving the murder victim.
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Jesse Stone novels volume 8
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English
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Investigating allegations of lewd conduct on the part of the local junior high principal, police chief Jesse Stone finds efforts to bring the woman to justice thwarted by a high-powered attorney.
3) Spare change
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English
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When a serial murderer dubbed "The Spare Change Killer" by the Boston press surfaces after three decades in hiding, the police immediately seek out the cop, now retired, who headed the original task force: Phil Randall. As a sharp-eyed investigator and a doting parent ("You're smart. You're tough. You, too, are a paradigm of law enforcement perfection, and you're my kid"), Phil calls on his daughter, Sunny, to help catch the criminal who eluded him...
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Spenser volume 34
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English
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Spenser, a Boston PI, is once again hired by April Kyle who was a teenage runaway that turned to prostitution. Now she is a madam of an up-scale, all-female operation that some men are trying to take away from her. April claims she doesn't know who is after her business, but Spenser finds ties to organized crime. Spenser without much surprise also finds that April, the thugs and everyone else involved is lying to him.
5) Early autumn
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Spenser novel volume 7
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English
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A bitter divorce is only the beginning. First the father hires thugs to kidnap his son. Then the mother hires Spenser to get the boy back. But as soon as Spenser senses the lay of the land, he decides to do some kidnapping of his own. With a contract out on his life, he heads for the Maine woods, determined to give a puny 15-year-old a crash course in survival and to beat his dangerous opponents at their own brutal game.
6) Back story
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Spenser novel volume 30
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English
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Thirty years after an unsolved bank robbery leaves a woman dead, Paul Giacomin, whom Spenser regards like a son, and Daryl Gordon, the son of the robbery victim, turn to Spenser to seek out clues about the crime.
7) High profile
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Jesse Stone novels volume 6
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English
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Paradise, Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stone must investigate the murder of a controversial talk-show host and a young woman, found dead a few days later. The medical examiner reveals a heartbreaking link between the victims.
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Spenser novel volume 38
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English
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Spenser had a simple job -- protect an art scholar during a ransom exchange for a stolen painting. No one was supposed to die. But the scholar had secrets no one knew, and uncovering them will endanger Spenser as well.
9) Split image
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Jesse Stone novels volume 9
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English
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Police chief Jesse Stone has his hands full investigating the death of a high-ranking gangster.
10) Now and then
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Spenser novel volume 35
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English
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P.I. Spenser is asked to keep tabs on Dennis Doherty's wife and he catches her with another man. A couple of days later, three people are dead. The other man turns out to be Perry Alderson, the leader of a group that sponsors terrorists. Since Alderson doesn't want Spenser poking around in his business, he tries to get to Spenser through Spenser's girlfriend Susan.
11) Appaloosa
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English
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Arriving in a small nineteenth-century western town where the sheriff has been killed and the residents are at the mercy of a renegade rancher, lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch face an adversary who works by playing psychological games.
12) A Catskill eagle
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Spenser novel volume 12
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English
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Spenser's girlfriend Susan runs away with another man, Jerry Costigan, the son of a very rich and dangerous criminal. Spenser and his friend Hawk go in search of Susan, but are soon caught up in the world of the CIA, guns and murder.
13) Crimson joy
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Spenser novel volume 15
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English
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Private eye Spenser teams up with the cops to nab a psychotic killer who happens to be a patient of psychologist Susan Silverman, Spenser's girlfriend.
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Spenser novel volume 13
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English
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Spenser's concern for teenage prostitute April Kyle leads him to Robert Rambeaux, her pimp. Another of Rambeaux's hookers, Ginger Buckey, is found dead shortly afterwards. When April disappears, Spenser traces a deadly relationship between sex, money and power that is not limited solely to the world of prostitution.
15) Cold service
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Spenser novel volume 32
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English
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When Spenser's closest ally, Hawk, is brutally injured and left for dead while protecting Luther Gillespie, Spenser embarks on an epic journey to rehabilitate his friend in body and soul. Hawk, always proud, has never been dependent on anyone. Now he is forced to make connections: to the medical technology that will ensure his physical recovery, and to reinforce the tenuous emotional ties he has to those around him. Spenser quickly learns that the...
16) Playmates
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Spenser novel volume 16
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English
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Spenser goes back to school -- to investigate corruption in college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash. And if Spenser doesn't watch his own footwork, the guilty parties will shave a few years off his life...
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Spenser novel volume 10
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English
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The adoring wife of Senate candidate Meade Alexander has a smile as sweet as candy and dotted her i's with little hearts. A blond beauty, she was the perfect mate for an ambitious politician, but she had a little problem with sex and drugs -- a problem someone had managed to put on videotape.
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Jesse Stone novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
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Robert B. Parker is back in Paradise, where Detective Jesse Stone is looking for two things: the killer of a teenage girl -- and someone, anyone, who is willing to claim the body...
19) Shrink rap
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Sunny Randall novels volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
Description
Boston private detective Sunny Randall agrees to protect a touring writer from her abusive ex-husband, but she quickly learns that the stalker in question is much more sophisticated, intelligent, and potentially deadly than most.
20) Perish twice
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Series
Sunny Randall novels volume 2
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2000]
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English
Description
Sunny Randall comes to the aid of three very different women, with deadly consequences. Hired by prominent feminist Mary Lou Goddard to protect her from threatening phone calls and shadowy pursuers, at the same time, Sunny must help both her dearest friend and her older sister, each of whom face wrenching personal battles.