Spenser novels

Another extraordinary Spenser novel from the beloved New York Times-bestselling author.

On location in Boston, bad-boy actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of the rape and murder of a young woman. From the start the case seems fishy, so the Boston PD calls on Spenser to investigate. The situation doesn't look good for Jumbo, whose appetites for food, booze, and sex are as outsized as his name. He was the studio's biggest star, but he's...

An old boxing trainer's gloves are no match for a determined developer putting pressure on Henry Cimoli to buy up Henry's Revere Beach condo. Spenser takes his friend's case and quickly finds himself in over his head. Now he and Zebulon Sixkill, his apprentice, must take on both a kingpin looking to start a casino and a political system looking to chew Spenser up and spit him out. 320pp., 250K, Auth res: Oxford, MS, Tour

“Atkins gives Robert B. Parker’s long-running series one of its best installments to date” (Bookreporter.com) as Spenser investigates the kidnapping of a football player’s son.
Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriots’ marquee players—a hard-nosed linebacker who’s earned his standing as one of the toughest guys in the league. He may be worth millions but his connection to a nightclub shooting...

Boston PI Spenser faces a hot case and a personal crisis in this adventure in Robert B. Parker’s iconic New York Times bestselling series.

The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast, lighting up Boston’s South End and killing three firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later, as the city prepares to honor their sacrifice, there are still no answers about how the deadly fire started....

Iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate a decades-long unsolved crime of dangerous proportions.
The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the...

In the latest thriller featuring the legendary Boston PI, Spenser and his young protégé Mattie Sullivan take on billionaire money manager running a network of underaged girls for his rich and powerful clients.
Ten years ago, Spenser helped a teenage girl named Mattie Sullivan find her mother's killer and take down an infamous Southie crime boss. Now Mattie—a college student with a side job working for the tough but tender...

"Andrew Crain's groundbreaking work with lithium has made him one of the world's richest men. He is universally adored, until Crain's wife, Laura, comes to Spenser hoping he can find out what skeletons lurk in her husband's closet. He has recently become secretive, bordering on paranoid, and prone to violent outbursts. As Spenser digs into the billionaire's past, he realizes that the man may have done terrible things to rise to the top--but he also...