Most Popular Books by Robert B. Parker

Spenser creator Robert B. Parker turns his eye to the Old West with his stirring rendition of the legendary exploits of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, the Clanton Gang, and the fateful gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

A hunt for a stolen painting turns into a murder investigation for Spenser, Robert B. Parker''s legendary private eye.

Susan Silverman''s ex isn''t your average ex... he''s someone much more suspicious Susan''s ex doesn''t call himself "Silverman" anymore—he''s changed his name to "Sterling." And that''s not the only thing that''s phony about him. A do-gooding charity fundraiser, he''s been accused of sexual harassment by no less than four different women. And not long after Spenser starts investigating, Sterling is wanted for a bigger charge: murder...

TV reporter Candy Sloan has eyes the color of cornflowers and legs that stretch all the way to heaven. She also has somebody threatening to rearrange her lovely face if she keeps on snooping into charges of Hollywood racketeering. Spenser''s job is to keep Candy healthy until she breaks the biggest story of her career. But her star witness has just bowed out with three bullets in his chest, two tough guys have doubled up to test Spenser''s skill with his fists, and Candy is about to use her own sweet body as live bait in a deadly romantic game--a game that may cost Spenser his life.

"It''s easy to see why Parker''s snappy banter and cynical eye have kept fans turning pages for 25 years . . . his wisecracks, combined with Parker''s shorthand flair for scathing characterization, make for a satisfying read," said Entertainment Weekly of last year''s Hush Money. Now Parker presents Spenser with a deceptively dangerous and multi-layered case: Someone has been killing racehorses at stables across the south, and the Boston P.I. travels to Georgia to protect the two-year-old destined to become the next Secretariat. When Spenser is approached by Walter Clive, president of Three Fillies Stables, to find out who is threatening his horse Hugger Mugger, he can hardly say no: He''s been doing pro bono work for so long his cupboards are just about bare. Disregarding the resentment of the local Georgia law enforcement, Spenser takes the case. Though Clive has hired a separate security firm, he wants someone with Spenser''s experience to supervise the operation. Despite a veneer of civility, Spenser encounters tensions beneath the surface southern gentility. The case takes an even more deadly turn when the attacker claims a human victim, and Spenser must revise his impressions of the whole Three Fillies organization--and watch his own back as well. With razor-sharp dialogue, eloquently spare prose, and some of the best supporting characters to grace the printed page, Hugger Mugger is grand entertainment.

For almost forty years, Robert B. Parker''s inimitable private investigator Spenser has been solving cases and selling millions of books worldwide. Now, for the first time, 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. This is an event book for every fan of Spenser, and a revelation for teens about to discover an American icon.

Police chief Jesse Stone faces the case of his career in this thrilling novel in the New York Times bestselling series. When a woman''s partially decomposed body washes ashore in Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone is forced into a case far more difficult than it initially appears. Identifying the woman is just the first step in what proves to be an emotionally charged investigation. Florence Horvath was an attractive, recently divorced heiress from Florida; she also had a penchant for steamy sex and was an enthusiastic participant in a video depicting the same. Somehow the combination of her past and present got her killed, but no one is talking—not the crew of the Lady Jane, the Fort Lauderdale yacht moored in Paradise Harbor; not her very blond, very tan twin sisters, Corliss and Claudia; and not her curiously affectless parents, living out a sterile retirement in a Miami high rise. But someone—Jesse—has to speak for the dead, even if it puts him in harm''s way.

Once, Appaloosa law was Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Now it''s Amos Callico, a vindictive, power-hungry tin star with bigger aims-and he could use Cole and Hitch on his side. This time the paid guns aren''t for hire, which makes Callico a very vengeful man. But threatening Cole and Hitch ignites something just as dangerous.

The house looked right. And the neighborhood was perfect. And everything else was wrong. So Spenser took the parents'' money and went after a runaway girl. Unfortunately, April Kyle had already traveled two lifetimes from her suburban home. Now she was caught up in a web of pinps, criminals, and exploiters—the kinf of people who won''t listen to anything but money, or a gun. . . . Praise for Ceremony “Sizzling.”—The Pittsburgh Press “Pick of the crop, this one. Genuinely involving.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Suspenseful . . . almost impossible to put down.”—Sacramento Union In the city of the Red Sox and the Red Line someone is leaving roses—red ones, of course—on the bodies of women he kills. For a psychologist named Susan Silverman and a P.I. named Spenser, the case is personal. But Spenser knows it''s the wrong man. Because the right one has come calling on Susan—with a red rose in hand. “A novel worth reading with an ending that is worth waiting for.”—South Bend Tribune

A high-class New York madam hires Spenser to find a missing hooker, But when Spenser tracks down April Kyle, he uncovers the murder of yet another prostitute. Now Spenser is searching through a world of sex for sale. Because somewhere between Boston and a kinky Caribbean club, someone has a taste for young women, big money, and murder. . . . Praise for Taming a Seahorse “Irresistible!”—The Bergen Record “A winner.”—The Chicago Tribune

New York Times bestselling author Robert B. Parker?s first novel for young readers There is something evil in the air ; Bobby senses it. 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 just ended, and the world is changing? Bobby?s world, especially. There?s Joanie, for one?why does being her friend feel awkward? And then there are his buddies, the junior varsity Edenville Owls?basketball players in need of a leader. Can they help each other off the court as well as they can on it? They will need to.

Boston PI Spenser returns in this tense and twisty mystery from Robert B Parker''s acclaimed and bestselling Spenser series. When a fourteen-year-old boy disappears from a decent neighbourhood, everyone thinks he has run away. Everyone, that is, except private detective Spenser, who is hot on the trail of the missing boy; a trail that leads to corruption and a deadly partnership. ''Brilliant'' LOS ANGELES TIMES ''When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he''s an influence, and the rest of us lie about it'' HARLAN COBEN

When a Hollywood-based TV series schedules filming in Boston, Spenser smells trouble. When he signs up to protect the show''s star, Jill Joyce, he knows it''s on its way.

Spenser''s interest in teenage prostitute April Kyle leads him to Robert Rambeaux, ersatz Juilliard student and April''s pimp, and to Ginger Bucky, another of Rambeaux''s hookers, who suddenly turns up dead

Sunny Randall''s latest client is Sarah Markham, a college student who suspects that her mother and father have been lying about the identity of her true birth parents. The case brings Sunny to Chicago and into the pasts of several radio presenters. When Sarah is roughed up and warned to call off the investigation, Sunny turns to her friend, Spike, for help. The case takes another puzzling turn when Sarah''s father, George Markham, is murdered after agreeing to DNA testing. At the same time, Sunny must contend with her own feelings about her ex-husband Richie''s remarriage to a woman she has sworn to hate. Expertly crafted and filled with Parker''s signature dialogue, this is the Grand Master at his storytelling best.