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Robert B Parker

(Robert Brown Parker)

(1932 - 2010)

About Robert B Parker

Robert B. Parker began writing in 1971 while teaching at Boston's Northeastern University. Now he is acknowledged as the dean of American crime fiction and was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America (2002). His novels featuring the wise-cracking, street-smart Boston private-eye Spenser have earned him a devoted following and reams of critical acclaim. The Spenser character inspired the television series Spenser: For Hire and a number of made-for-television films.

New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

The Professional
(Spenser, book 38)

Split Image
(Jesse Stone, book 9)

Blue-Eyed Devil

Painted Ladies
(Spenser, book 39)

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

Chasing the Bear
(Spenser, book 37)

Brimstone
(Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, book 3)

Blue-Eyed Devil

Series

Spenser
1. The Godwulf Manuscript (1973)
2. God Save the Child (1974)
3. Mortal Stakes (1975)
4. Promised Land (1976)
5. The Judas Goat (1978)
6. Looking for Rachel Wallace (1980)
7. Early Autumn (1980)
8. A Savage Place (1981)
9. Ceremony (1982)
10. The Widening Gyre (1983)
11. Valediction (1984)
12. A Catskill Eagle (1985)
13. Taming a Seahorse (1986)
14. Pale Kings and Princes (1987)
15. Crimson Joy (1988)
16. Playmates (1989)
17. Stardust (1990)
18. Pastime (1991)
19. Double Deuce (1992)
20. Paper Doll (1993)
21. Walking Shadow (1994)
22. Thin Air (1995)
23. Chance (1996)
24. Small Vices (1997)
25. Sudden Mischief (1998)
26. Hush Money (1999)
27. Hugger Mugger (2000)
28. Potshot (2001)
29. Widow's Walk (2002)
30. Back Story (2003)
31. Bad Business (2004)
32. Cold Service (2005)
33. School Days (2005)
34. Dream Girl (2006)
aka Hundred-Dollar Baby
35. Now and Then (2007)
36. Rough Weather (2008)
37. Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel (2009)
38. The Professional (2009)
39. Painted Ladies (2010)

Philip Marlowe
Poodle Springs (1989) (with Raymond Chandler)
Perchance to Dream (1991)

Jesse Stone
1. Night Passage (1997)
2. Trouble in Paradise (1998)
3. Death In Paradise (2001)
4. Stone Cold (2003)
5. Sea Change (2006)
6. High Profile (2007)
7. Stranger in Paradise (2008)
8. Night and Day (2009)
9. Split Image (2010)

Sunny Randall
1. Family Honor (1999)
2. Perish Twice (2000)
3. Shrink Rap (2002)
4. Melancholy Baby (2004)
5. Blue Screen (2006)
6. Spare Change (2007)

Burke
1. Double Play (2004)

Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch
1. Appaloosa (2005)
2. Resolution (2008)
3. Brimstone (2009)

Novels

Three Weeks in Spring (1978) (with Joan H Parker)
Wilderness (1979)
Surrogate (1982)
Love and Glory (1983)
All Our Yesterdays (1994)
Gunman's Rhapsody (2001)
Edenville Owls (2007)
The Boxer and the Spy (2008)
Blue-Eyed Devil (2010)

Anthologies edited

The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997) (with Otto Penzler)

Non fiction

Parker on Writing (1985)
A Year At the Races (1990) (with Joan H Parker)
Spenser's Boston (1994)

Anthologies containing stories by Robert B Parker

Lord John Ten (1987)

Short stories

Spenser's a Fan, Too (1988)

Awards

Edgar Awards Best Novel winner (1977) : Promised Land

Books about Robert B Parker

The Robert B. Parker Companion (2005) by Elizabeth Foxwell and Dean James

Links to other websites

robertbparker.net

Robert B Parker recommends

The Wycherly Woman (1961) (Lew Archer, book 9) Ross MacDonald "It was not just that Ross MacDonald taught us how to write; he did something much more, he taught us how to read, and how to think about life, and maybe in some small but mattering way, how to live."	Pale Gray for Guilt (1968) (Travis McGee, book 9) John D MacDonald "...one of the great sagas in American fiction."	Frequent Flyer (1989) (Kinky Friedman, book 4) Kinky Friedman "Kinky is smart, funny and tough."
Rules of Prey (1989) (Lucas Davenport, book 1) John Sandford "A cop and a killer you will remember for a long, long time. "	Fear Will Do It (1992) (Cooper MacLeish, book 2) Sam Reaves "Sam Reaves is too good. He makes me nervous."	Bait (1994) Kenneth Abel "Brilliant!"
Dead Man's Dance (1995) Robert Ferrigno "First-Rate."	Bloodline (1995) (Jack McMorrow, book 2) Gerry Boyle "Tense... Convincing and gracefully told. Gerry Boyle is the genuine article."	The Guardian (1996) Bill Eidson "The Guardian is first-rate stuff; lean prose, compelling story, and verve in the telling. Don't miss it."
A Flash of Red (1996) (Tyler Vance, book 1) Clay Harvey "Taut, knowing, and headlong. Welcome aboard."	The Low End of Nowhere (1996) (Streeter, book 1) Michael Stone "Tough, authentic, and right on the money."	The Lost Coast (1997) (Moses Wine) Roger L Simon "Roger L. Simon is absolutely first rate."
Kat Scratch Fever (1997) (Kat Colorado, book 8) Karen Kijewski "Compeling and graceful... Very hard to put down."	Hunting a Detroit Tiger (1997) (Mickey Rawlings, book 4) Troy Soos "Equal parts baseball and mystery are the perfect proportion."	The Lew Archer Omnibus Volume Three (1997) (Lew Archer) Ross MacDonald "I owe him."
Blind Spot (1998) Barbara A Shapiro "Wonderfully crafted, beautifully written and solid as a rock."	Crossroad Blues (1998) (Nick Travers Mystery) Ace Atkins "Crossroad Blues sings."	Projection (1999) (Frank Clevenger, book 2) Keith Ablow "First-Rate fiction!"
Throwing 7'S (1999) (Bobby Emmet) Denis Hamill "No one does tough New York better than Dennis Hamill."	Void Moon (1999) Michael Connelly "In Void Moon, as in all of Michael Connelly's books, you care about the people, you care what happens to them, and you can't stop reading until you find out. Connelly is so good he's beginning to annoy me."	Black Mountain (2000) Les Standiford "Compelling... beautifully told... simply wonderful."
The Last Man (2001) Charles Kenney "Kenney is the real deal."	Springer's Gambit (2001) (Cole Springer Mystery, book 1) W L Ripley "Springer's Gambit is both fluent and riveting. Cole Springer is a comer... and so is W.L. Ripley."	A Murder of Honor (2001) (Kearney and Phelps, book 1) Robert Andrews "Wonderful."
Closing Time (2001) (Terry Orr, book 1) Jim Fusilli "Dead-Perfect."	Drop Dead, My Lovely (2004) (Pete Ingalls, book 1) Ellis Weiner "Drop Dead, My Lovely is smart, ironic, and Candleresque. Three out of three is very good."	Boyos (2004) Richard Marinick "This guy understands it all and BOYOS gets it right."
Paranoia (2004) Joseph Finder "An engrossing novel: crisp, hard, funny, and smart."	The Grief Shop (2006) (Tally Whyte, book 3) Vicki Stiefel "Compelling, touching, and a pleasure to read."	The First Wave (2007) (Billy Boyle World War II Mystery, book 2) James R Benn "A solid follow up to Benn's first novel. . . . [I] look forward to his next."
The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table (2007) Otto Penzler "Otto Penzler knows more about crime fiction than most people know about anything."	Fidelity (2008) Thomas Perry "Thomas Perry is, quite simply, brilliant."	Nibble & Kuhn (2009) David Schmahmann "David Schmahmann tells a wonderful story, and he tells it brilliantly. I expect great success for Nibble & Kuhn, and won't even be jealous if it arrives. Great book!"

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