In Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone confronts a town's darkest secrets, in the shocking new novel from the "New York Times"-bestselling author and America's greatest mystery writer ("The New York Sun").
In this brooding mystery, sheriff Jesse Stone, a more-or-less-recovered alcoholic, investigates a murder and a case of domestic abuse in the little town of Paradise, Massachusetts.
"New York Times"-bestselling author Parker takes aim at the Old West with this brilliantly crafted follow-up to "Resolution" and "Appaloosa," again featuring guns-for-hire Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch.
The murder of a controversial talk show host puts Jesse Stone in the harsh glare of the media spotlight. After the body of a young woman is discovered a few days later, the medical examiner reveals a heartbreaking link between the two victims. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
For almost 40 years, Parker's inimitable private investigator Spenser has been solving cases and selling millions of books worldwide. Now, for the first time, fans can see how it all began as the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master sheds light on Spenser's formative years spent with his father and two uncles out West.
Taking a break from his popular Spenser series, Robert B. Parker exchanges the streets of present-day Boston for the dusty trails of a 19th-century mining town in this hard-bitten tale of the Wild West. Virgil Cole is the new marshal in Appaloosa, and he and his deputy, Everett Hitch, are tasked with dealing out justice to rancher Randall Bragg, a ...
Spenser's out for revenge in this addition to the long-running series about the Boston PI. Acting as bodyguard to bookie Luther Gillespie, Spenser's good friend Hawk is shot in the back by the Ukrainian mob, who are making inroads on Boston. When the law fails to provide a remedy for Hawk, he and Spenser take matters into their own hands.
Lisa, a newly wed Boston dj is kidnapped, and her policeman husband wants Spenser to investigate. Readers know where she is and why, but Spenser must solve the mystery the hard way (and without a vacationing Hawk).
A hurricane hinders a kidnapping and Spenser goes on a search for the man responsible--the infamous Gray Man, who has both helped and hunted Spenser in the past, in this novel complete with razor-sharp dialogue, crisply etched characters, and high-wire narrative tension.
Parker tries his hand at the Western genre in this tale of Wyatt Earp's passion for the beautiful Josie Marcus--who, unfortunately, is the moll of dangerous, smooth-talking Sheriff Johnny Behan.
A New York Times Bestselling Author Sunny Randall is hired to protect rising star Erin Flint, and Sunny learns from the start that the prickly, spoiled beauty won't make her job easy. When Erin's sister, Misty, is found dead in the lavish home they share with sugar daddy Buddy Bollen, there doesn't seem to be a single lead. But then Sunny meets ...
Revealing and detailing all aspects of the body, from the secrets of DNA to the functions of every major body system, this all-in-one encyclopedic guide is packed with accessible health and medical information. Includes a 45-minute interactive DVD.
It was nearly midnight and I was just getting home from detecting. I had followed an embezzler around on a warm day in early summer trying to observe him spending his ill-gotten gain. The best I'd been able to do was catch him eating a veal cutlet sandwich in a sub shop in Danvers Square across from Security National Bank.
'Spenser probably has more to do with changing the private eye from a coffin-chaser to a full-bodied human being than any other detective hero.' -The Chicago Sun-Times
For Spenser, that most unorthodox of private detectives, no case is ever straightforward and the theft of a 14th-century illuminated manuscript proves no exception. His investigation soon leads him into organized crime, dope-pushing, theft, radical politics, adultery and murder.
An Apache hit man arrives in Paradise to find a missing girl and snuff out her mother. But his conscience is getting the best of him. If he doesn't make the hit, he'll pay for it. So might Jesse Stone, who's been enlisted to protect them all. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
When Spenser is asked to take a case for his lover's ex-husband, he reluctantly obliges. Brad Sterling has always been a troublemaker, and now he's facing sexual harassment charges while in the midst of planning a huge fundraiser. As Spenser digs into the circumstances surrounding the fundraiser, he uncovers some nasty business that may not be in ...
Prolific mystery writer Robert B. Parker returns to Paradise, Massachusetts, and alcoholic police chief Jesse Stone for a fifth time. Florence Horvath, a sexually adventurous Florida woman, mails off a videotape chronicling her ménage à trois aboard a Miami yacht, the Lady Jane. Sometime afterward, the Lady Jane docks in Paradise, and Florence's ...
Robert M. Parker, Jr., is one of the most respected and formidable names in the world of wine. This sixth edition of his famous guide contains 1600-plus pages and rates nearly 8000 wines from all over the world, including advice on buying, storing, and serving. He also writes about the producers and distributers of wine, and his view is not always ...
Divorced alcoholic LAPD detective Jesse Stone takes a job as the Police Chief of Paradise, Massachusetts. The only thing is, paradise it isn't. Organized crime, adulterous town fathers, crooked cops, and white supremacists are all over the place, and they're all gunning for Jesse.
Fourteen-year-old Bobby senses something evil in the air. Who is that man he saw arguing with his pretty, new English teacher? Bobby knows he should mind his own business, but times are confusing. World War II has just ended and the world is changing--Bobby's world, especially.
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