Back Story
Author: Robert B. Parker
In Robert B. Parker’s most popular series, an unsolved thirty-year-old-murder draws the victim’s daughter out of the shadows for overdue justice-and lures Spenser into his own past, old crimes, and dangerous lives…..Read More
17 Books Similar to Back Story
Widow’s Walk (A Spenser Novel)
The Barnes & Noble ReviewAt a signing he once gave at a Long Island bookstore, Robert B. Parker admitted to me that he and his beloved private eye creation, Spenser,… Continue Reading Posted in: Cozy Animal Mysteries, Detective And Mystery Stories, Mystery Fiction, Private Investigator Mysteries (Books)
Cold Service
When Spenser's closest ally, Hawk, is brutally injured and left for dead while protecting bookie Luther Gillespie, Spenser embarks on an epic journey to rehabilitate his friend in body and… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery
Death in Paradise (A Jesse Stone Novel)
Discovered at the waters edge was something that used to be a girl. All Jesse has to go on is a young man's school ring on a gold chain, and… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Mystery Fiction, Police Chiefs, Police Procedurals (Kindle Store), Private Investigator Mysteries (Books)
Bad Business
A cheating husband and a wayward wife provide Spenser with an unconventional and dangerous surveillance job. When Marlene Cowley hires Spenser to see if her husband, Trent, is cheating on… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery
A is for Alibi
From the critically acclaimed Kinsey Millhone series ... Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, United States, Women Detectives
Potshot
Robert B Parker's Spenser is one of the best private eyes in fiction' - The Sunday Telegraph Boston PI Spenser returns - heading west to the rich man's haven of… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Fiction, Gangs, Hard-Boiled Mystery, Private Investigator Mysteries (Books)
Hundred-Dollar Baby
A client from a decades-old case reaches out to Boston PI Spenser-but can he rescue troubled April Kyle once more? Longtime Spenser fans will remember that once upon a time,… Continue Reading Posted in: Hard-Boiled Mystery, Massachusetts Boston, Private Investigator Mysteries (Books), Private Investigators
Thin Air (Spenser)
Her name is Lisa St. Claire. Her husband's a cop. Her whereabouts are unknown. Spenser thought he could help a friend find his missing wife. Until he learned the nasty… Continue Reading Posted in: American Fiction, Hard-Boiled Mystery, Kidnapping Crime Fiction, Missing Persons
Hush Money
Parker says he'll keep writing Spenser novels as long as the public wants to read them, which probably means he'll need to keep writing them for the rest of his… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Hard-Boiled Mysteries (Kindle Store), Mystery Fiction, Noir Crime, Stalking Victims
Walking Shadow (Spenser)
In a shabby waterfront town, an actor is shot dead onstage. Granted, the script left much to be desired. But there's more behind the scenes than an overzealous critic--and Spenser… Continue Reading Posted in: Hard-Boiled Mystery, Massachusetts Boston, Private Investigators, Traditional Detective Mysteries (Kindle Store)
Crimson Joy
A killer leaves a red rose on the body of each woman he kills. When Susan Silverman's life is in danger, Spencer vows to bring the criminal to justice. Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery
Pastime (Spenser)
Pastime is a startling game of memory, desire, and danger that forces Spenser to face his own past. Ten years ago, he saved a teenage boy from a father's rage.… Continue Reading Posted in: Hard-Boiled Mysteries (Kindle Store), Missing Persons, Noir Crime, Private Investigators
School Days
Spenser has been hired by a wealthy client to clear her grandson of a multiple homicide. But though he's accused of seven murders, young Jared Clark seems unconcerned by the… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Fiction, Hard-Boiled Mysteries (Kindle Store), Mystery Series, Private Investigators
Taming A Sea-Horse
In his latest highly acclaimed Spenser novel, Robert B. Parker takes readers into the murky big-city underground where Spenser undertakes an intense search for a beautiful, missing prostitute, and finds… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery
Paper Doll
Spenser tracks a mystery woman who refuses to rest in peace in Parker's most beguiling thriller. Hired by a Boston aristocrat who believes his late wife's brutal street slaying is… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Hard-Boiled Mystery, Private Investigators, United States
Trouble in Paradise
Stiles Island is a wealthy and exclusive enclave separated by a bridge from the Massachusetts coastal town of Paradise. James Macklin sees Stiles Island as the ultimate investment opportunity: all… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Massachusetts, Murder, Mystery Fiction, Police Procedurals (Books)
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