Follow the adventures of a tough private investigator operating out of Boston, a former boxer and state cop with a sharp wit and a stronger sense of justice. Each case plunges him into the city's underbelly, forcing him to navigate dangerous situations and confront morally ambiguous characters. His unconventional methods often put him at odds with the law, but his determination to uncover the truth is unwavering. Dive into a world of gritty realism, thrilling action, and an unforgettable protagonist.
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.
Bostonskému detektivovi Spencerovi je svěřen úkol nalézt čtrnáctiletého chlapce, který utekl z domu zámožných rodičů.
Spenser investigates when the wife of the Boston Red Sox star pitcher is being blackmailed
Spenser is good at finding things. But this time he has a client out on Cape Cod who is in over his head. Harvey Shepard has lost his pretty wife -- and a very pretty quarter million bucks in real estate. Now a loan shark is putting on the bite.Spenser finds himself doing a slow burn in the Cape Cod sun. The wife has turned up as a hot suspect in a case of murder one...the in-hock hubby has 24 hours before the mob makes him dead...and suddenly Spenser is in so deep that the only way out is so risky it makes dying look like a sure thing. "Spenser is the sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read private eye around today." (The Cincinnati Post)
Spenser has gone to London—and not to see the Queen. He's gone to track down a bunch of bombers who've blown away his client's wife and kids. His job is to catch them. Or kill them. His client isn't choosy.But there are nine killers to one Spenser—long odds. Hawk helps balance the equation. The rest depends on a wild plan. Spenser will get one of the terrorists to play Judas Goat—to lead him to others. Trouble is, he hasn't counted on her being very blond, very beautiful and very dangerous.
Rachel Wallace is a woman who writes and speaks her mind. She has made a lot of enemies -- enemies who threaten her life.Spenser is the tough guy with a macho code of honor, hired to protect a woman who thinks that code is obsolete.Privately, they will never see eye to eye. That's why she fires him. But when Rachel vanishes, Spenser rattles skeletons in blue-blooded family closets, tangles with the Klan and fights for her right to be exactly what she is. He is ready to lay his life on the line to find Rachel Wallace.
“[Robert B.] Parker's brilliance is in his simple dialogue, and in Spenser.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer A bitter divorce is only the beginning. First the father hires thugs to kidnap his son. Then the mother hires Spenser to get the boy back. But as soon as Spenser senses the lay of the land, he decides to do some kidnapping of his own. With a contract out on his life, he heads for the Maine woods, determined to give a puny 15 year old a crash course in survival and to beat his dangerous opponents at their own brutal game.
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.
Spenser and Hawk must rescue a teenage girl from a life of prostitution and exploitation.
Hired as security man for Alexander's election campaign, Spenser checks out blackmail concerning the politician's wife. Aided by sidekick Hawk, and surrogate son Paul Giacomin, he is sucked into political ambition, corruption, violence, and the truth about his relationship with Susan Silverman.
Velmi nebezpečným nepřítelem může být člověk, který se nebojí smrti. Ještě nebezpečnějším je však ten, kdo vůbec nechce žít. A soukromý detektiv Spenser právě ztratil ženu, která dosud byla smyslem jeho života. Když následně záhadná náboženská sekta unese pohlednou mladou tanečnici a Spenser dostane za úkol ten případ vyšetřit, žádná hrozba smrti ho nemůže od jeho cíle odvrátit. Silný, nelítostný, ale přesto zranitelný Spenser se při pátrání dopustí několika chyb, které ho skutečně málem stojí život.
“His best mystery novel”—Time Susan's letter came from California: Hawk was in jail, and she was on the run. Twenty-four hours later Hawk is free, because Spenser has sprung him loose—for a brutal cross-country journey back to the East Coast. Now the two men are on a violent ride to find the woman Spenser loves, the man who took her, and the shocking reason so many people had to die. . . .
Spenser's girlfriend Susan runs away with another man, Jerry Costigan, the son of a very rich and dangerous criminal. Spenser and his friend Hawk go in search of Susan, but are soon caught up in the world of the CIA, guns and murder.
Podezřelé machinace v nejvyšších kruzích. Spenser je jako vždy neohrožený a vtipný, ale jeho vtip v newyorkském bahně zhořkl. Tvrdá realita a z ní vyplývající zločiny jsou popsány bez příkras a velmi plasticky.
The bestselling author of Pastime and Double Deuce presents a "taut thriller . . . (that will) keep the reader's adrenaline pumping overtime" (Publishers Weekly). Caught in a snowstorm of drugs, passion, and hate, Spenser investigates a cocaine-related murder. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
V Bostonu řádí mnohonásobný vrah, zaměřující se na černošské ženy, které po bestiální vraždě ozdobí rudou růží. Do pátrání se zapojuje i Spenser, ale brzy dostává jako varování rudou růži i jeho přítelkyně Susan, psycholožka, kterou navštěvuje mnoho klientů. Pátrání se soustřeďuje na několik podezřelých mužů, navštěvujících psychologická sezení. Suzan však trvá na soukromí klientů a nechce prozradit detektivům sebemenší informace a tak záleží jen na píli, důslednosti, inteligenci a odhodlání skupiny detektivů, aby odhalili toho pravého muže. Detektivní román v němž soukromý bostonský detektiv Spenser pátrá po psychopatickém vrahovi
Spenser, the beloved private eye, uncovers corruption in a college town where a basketball star is involved in point shaving for money. As he navigates the dangerous situation, Spenser must be careful to protect his own life from those behind the scheme.
Detektivní román ze současného Bostonu je dalším pokračováním příběhů soukromého detektiva Spencera. Se svojí partnerkou Susan se oba stávají členy televizního štábu a Spencer dostává za úkol vyšetřit okolnosti vyhrožování hlavní hvězdě televizní talkshow Jill. Kromě toho je nucen této stárnoucí nymfomance, alkoholičce a feťačce dělat i osobního strážce. Po vraždě její dublérky se však musí ponořit hluboko do Jilliiny minulosti, aby se dobral pravdy. Spenserova klientka potřebuje spíš chůvu než soukromého detektiva. A především by měla Jill Joyceová dostat jednu pořádnou do zubů, aby se oklepala z frackovitosti, alkoholismu, závislosti na drogách i nymfomanie. Jenže je to klientka, navíc slavná televizní moderátorka, které někdo vyhrožuje smrtí. Když se objeví první mrtvola, Spenser pochopí, že jde do tuhého... Svižně napsaná detektivka, která odráží styl drsné školy.
In "Pastime," Robert B. Parker delivers a gripping Spenser thriller that intertwines memory, desire, and danger. Spenser confronts his past when a young man, whom he once saved, seeks help to uncover his mother's mysterious disappearance. This case forces Spenser to delve deep into his own soul.
Hawk enlists Spenser to take on a street gang, while Susan hopes he'll move in with her. Caught between these two demands, Spenser finds himself in unfamiliar territory and decides to embrace the challenge of both situations.
Boston PI Spenser investigates the perfect murder in this New York Times bestselling mystery in Robert B. Parker’s acclaimed series. She was a model wife and mother, bludgeoned with a hammer on the streets of Beacon Hill. Spenser's searching for a motive and a murderer—and finding more secrets than meet the eye... “Among the best Spensers...Parker's at the top of his game!”—Boston Globe
Chytře vymyšlený a duchaplně ironický příběh z divadelního prostředí.
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 and Hawk are combing Port City's underworld to find it...
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 truth about Lisa St. Claire. For starters, it's not her real name...
Detektivní příběh - další případ soukromého očka Spencera z Bostnu.S případem mu pomáhá černošský přítel Hawk.Výborná dobrodružná detektivka.
Ellis Alves, a brutal criminal with a history of rape, becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a white college girl. A determined defense attorney believes in his innocence and hires private detective Spenser to uncover the truth. However, Spenser soon faces a deadly threat from a mysterious killer.
Ellis Alves is a bad kid from the 'hood with a long record, but did he really murder Melissa Henderson, a white student from ritzy Pemberton College? Alves's former lawyers think he was framed, and they hire Spenser to uncover the truth. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich kid tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice might just die along with the detective.
Detektiv Spenser se rozhodne pomoci své milence Susan Silvermanové a ocitá se uprostřed nebezpečného spiknutí. Proti své vůli bere případ, jenž testuje jeho detektivní schopnosti i oddanost ženě, kterou miluje. Tajemný, hloubavý a z morálního hlediska spletitý příběh je skvělým zamyšlením nad smyslem spravedlnosti, lásky a vášně.
When Susan's ex-husband, Brad, appears after a decades-long absence; nearly broke and the object of a sexual-harassment suit, Spenser reluctantly agrees to help. As he investigates the circumstances surrounding the suit, he discovers that fund-raiser Brad is swimming in very deep water. Mobsters, who were using his fundraising campaigns to launder money, have discovered he was cooking the already cooked books and aren't at all pleased. The deeper Spenser digs, the more bodies he uncovers and the more culpable Brad appears to be.
When the son of Spenser's cobhort hawk is denied univesity tenure, hawk asks Spenser to investigate. It appears the denial is tied to the suicide of a young gay activist.
"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.
Boston P.I. Spenser heads to Potshot, Arizona, a haven for wealthy Angelenos, to investigate the murder of Mary Lou Buckman's husband. With local police ineffective against a gang led by The Preacher, Spenser enlists his trusted allies to confront the criminals and uncover the truth behind the murder.
When Nathan Smith, 51, is found in bed with a hole in his head it's hard not to imagine his young bride as the one with the finger on the trigger. Even her lawyer thinks she is guilty. But given that Mary Smith is entitled to the best defence she can afford - and thanks to Nathan's millions, she can afford plenty. Her alibi is flimsy - she claims she was watching TV in the other room when the murder occurred. But the couple were seen fighting at a high profile cocktail party earlier that evening, and the prosecution has a witness who claims he was hired by Mary to kill Nathan?
One of Boston’s elite has been murdered. The accused is his new wife. She’s blonde, beautiful, and young. The jury’s going to hate her. With next-to-no alibi, and multi-million reasons to kill her husband, she needs the best defense money can buy. His name is Spenser, and he’d give anything to believe her.
In 1974, a revolutionary group held up the Old Shawmut Bank in Boston's Audubon Circle. Money was stolen. A woman named Emily Gordon, a visitor in town cashing traveller's cheques, was shot and killed. No one saw who shot her. Despite CCTV photos and a letter from the group claiming responsibility, the perpetrators remain at large for nearly three decades. Then Paul Giacomin, the closest thing Spenser has to a son, brings Daryl to see him. She is the daughter of the long gone Emily and wants to finally know the truth about her mother's death .
In 1974, a revolutionary group calling itself The Dread Scott Brigade held up the Old Shawmut Bank in Boston's Audubon Circle. Money was stolen. And a woman named Emily Gordon, a visitor in town cashing traveler's checks, was shot and killed. No one saw who shot her. Despite security-camera photos and a letter from the group claiming responsibility, the perpetrators have remained at large for nearly three decades. Enter Paul Giacomin, the closest thing to a son Spenser has. Twice before, Spenser's come to the young man's assistance; and now Paul is thirty-seven, his troubled past behind him. When Paul's friend Daryl Gordon-daughter of the long-gone Emily-decides she needs closure regarding her mother's death, it's Spenser she turns to. The lack of clues and a missing FBI intelligence report force Spenser to reach out in every direction-to Daryl's estranged, hippie father, to Vinnie Morris and the mob, to the mysterious Ives-testing his resourcefulness and his courage. Taut, tense, and expertly crafted, this is Robert B. Parker at his storytelling best.
Marlene Cowley wants to hire Spenser to investigate her husband, Trent Cowley. She is convinced he is cheating on her and wants proof that will humiliate and destroy him in open court. Spenser reluctantly agrees as he does not care for this type of cases and such proof isn't required in the courts of today. Before long, Spenser discovers that his client has a tail of her own. Apparently Trent shares the same concerns and has hired another investigator to tail her. The two investigators as a matter of professional courtesy acknowledge each other's case but neither can explain why there soon appears to be yet another investigator involved. Spenser begins looking at that angle and before he can get very far, the deaths begin. The two investigators soon vanish and Spenser is left working a case that grows stranger by the day.
An experienced detective finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of deceit and danger. Hired by a jilted bride to track her cheating husband, Spenser’s investigation takes an unexpected turn when he crosses paths with another detective assigned to follow the unfaithful wife. They aren't the most trusting couple in town, but as it turns out, they are the most dangerous. As they dig deeper into the case, they uncover shocking secrets that threaten to unravel everything.
V titulu hraje hlavní roli Hawk, blízký přítel detektiva Spensera, který je těžce zraněn při brutálním útoku ukrajinského gangu na majitele sázkové kanceláře Luthera Gillespieho, jehož měl chránit. Hawk se zotavuje v nemocnici a plánuje pomstu s pomocí Spensera. Jejich cílem je Boots Podolak a jeho ukrajinská armáda, která ovládá černošsko-hispánský Marshport. Arogance Ukrajinců, kteří kontrolují toto bostonské předměstí, posiluje Hawkovu touhu po odvetě. Hawk chce zničit Bootse nejen za Gillespieho smrt, ale i za smrt jeho manželky a dvou dětí. Plánuje také převést miliony dolarů na účet přeživšího chlapce. Aby se dostali k Bootsovi, musejí Spenser a Hawk přitlačit na černošského gangstera Tonyho Marcuse, který něco tají, a navázat křehké spojenectví se Šedivcem, jenž se před lety pokusil Spensera zabít. Proniknout do uzavřeného světa ukrajinských gangsterů je náročné. Počet mrtvých roste a Spenser se uchyluje k pochybným metodám a spolupráci s nebezpečnými gangstery. Jeho přátelství s Hawkem se v rámci pomsty prohlubuje, zatímco jeho životní láska Susan zůstává v pozadí, ale poskytuje oběma přátelům cenné rady.
Lily Ellsworth - firm, white-haired and stylish - is the grand dame of Dowling, Massachusetts, and possesses an iron will and a bottomless purse. When she hires Spenser to investigate her grandson Jared Clark's alleged involvement in a school shooting, Spenser is led into an investigation that grows more harrowing at every turn. Though seven people were killed in cold blood, and despite being named as a co-conspirator by the other shooter, Mrs. Ellsworth is convinced of her grandson's innocence.
When a Massachusetts boy is accused of mass murder, his socially prominent grandmother, who hires Spenser to investigate, is convinced of his innocence. But Spenser isn't convinced of anything--except that there's trouble ahead...
In this gripping tale, April Kyle, a former runaway prostitute turned head of a Boston call-girl operation, seeks private investigator Spenser's assistance to thwart a local kingpin's takeover. Their reunion brings dangerous complications from Spenser's past, testing his skills and resolve.
Investigating a new client's unfaithful wife, Boston private eye Spenser finds himself in trouble when the case goes terribly wrong and three people wind up dead, a situation that reveals the wife's lover's ties to a terrorist organization.
When Dennis Doherty walks into Spenser's office, he is aggressive yet wary, in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his wife Jordan's abnormal behaviour, Spenser agrees. A job's a job, after all. Not surprisingly, Spenser catches Jordan with another man, tells Dennis what he's found out, and considers the case closed. But a couple of days later, all hell breaks loose, and three people are dead. This isn't just a marital affair gone bad. Spenser is in the middle of a hornet's nest of trouble?
A storm, a kidnapping, and a series of murders tear apart a wedding, and Spenser's nemesis Rugar is seemingly at the centre of it all. With six dead bodies and more questions than he can handle, Spenser begins a search for answers - and the Gray Man.
A high society wedding ends unhappily ever after in this mystery starring Boston PI Spenser—“the timeless hero of American detective fiction” (The New York Times Book Review). Hired as a bodyguard at an exclusive wedding, Spenser witnesses an unexpected crime: the kidnapping of the young bride, which opens the door for murder, family secrets, and the reappearance of an old nemesis.
The wives of Boston's wealthiest men have a mutual secret: they all had an affair with the same cad who's blackmailing them, and Spenser's been hired to stop him. But when the wives start dying one by one, Spenser's new case becomes murder.
A blackmail attempt sees Spenser, Robert B. Parker's legendary private eye, drawn into a world of corruption, vice and murder.
A hunt for a stolen painting turns into a murder investigation for Spenser, Robert B. Parker's legendary private eye.
Hired by a museum to provide protection for a stolen painting, Spenser is personally outraged when the ransom fails and the painting is not recovered, a case that makes him suspect the innocence of the art scholar who retained him.
A villainous movie star, a soft-spoken assassin, and a new sidekick all await Spenser, Robert B. Parker's legendary private eye.
A bad-boy movie star pushes the limits of his reputation when he's accused of rape and murder. It's a high-profile case for Spenser, but the Hollywood secrets he uncovers are sordidly lowdown -- and not just those of the accused.
The book features Ace Atkins, an award-winning author chosen by the Parker estate to continue the beloved Spenser franchise. His adept storytelling and respect for the original series promise to deliver a seamless continuation of the iconic character's adventures, appealing to both longtime fans and new readers alike. Kirkus Reviews highlights Atkins' ability to honor the legacy while bringing fresh energy to the narrative.
Previously Published as Robert B. Parker's Wonderland NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING MARK WAHLBERG AS SPENSER! Old friends. Small favors. Bitter rivals. Stirred together, it all makes for one explosive cocktail in this New York Times bestselling thriller that has Spenser feeling the heat... Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A developer is trying to buy up Henry's condo on Revere Beach—with a push from local thugs. Soon Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, are on the trail of a mysterious woman, a megalomaniacal Las Vegas kingpin, and a shady plan to turn a chunk of land north of Boston into a sprawling casino. As alliances shift and twisted dreams surface, the Boston political machine looks to end Spenser's investigation one way or another—and once and for all.
Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriots' marquee players - a hard-nosed linebacker who's earned his reputation as one of the toughest guys in the league. When off-field violence repeatedly lands Heywood in the news, his slick agent hires Spenser to find the men who he says have been harassing his client. Heywood's troubles seem to be tied to a nightclub shooting from two years earlier. But when Heywood's nine-year-old son, Akira, is kidnapped, ransom demands are given, and a winding trail through Boston's underworld begins, Spenser puts together his team of toughs.
After setting up a prank twitter account for his vice principal, Dillon Yates is facing criminal charges, Judge Scali is notorious for handing out tough sentences for minor infractions and Dillon's mother is determined to find out why so she hires P.I. Spenser.
Two years after a fire, still haunted by the death of his friends, firefighter McGee takes the case to Spenser. Spenser quickly learns not only that McGee might be right, but that the fire might be linked to a deadly string of new arsons. As Spenser deals with some tough personal issues, he follows the trail of fires through a mire of corruption and greed while everyone wonders where the firebug will strike next.
Boston PI Spenser and right hand Hawk follow a con man's trail of smoke and mirrors in the latest entry of the iconic crime series. After conning everyone from the cable news shows to the local cops, it looks like the grifter's latest double cross may be his last.
Iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate a decades-long unsolved crime of dangerous proportions. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen, Gentlemen in Black by a Spanish master, arrives at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's help. Soon the cold art case thrusts Spenser into the shady world of black market art dealers, aged Mafia bosses, and old vendettas.
In the latest thriller featuring the legendary Boston PI, Spenser heads to the City of Angels to meet old friends and new enemies in a baffling missing person case that might shake Tinseltown to its core. Gabby Leggett left her Boston family with big dreams of making it as a model/actress in Hollywood. Two years later, she disappears from her apartment. Her family, former boyfriend, friends-and the police-have no idea where she is and no leads. Leggett's mother hires Spenser to find her, with help of his former apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, now an L.A. private eye. Spenser barely has time to unpack before the trail leads to a powerful movie studio boss, the Armenian mob, and a shadowy empowerment group some say might be a dangerous cult. It's soon clear that Spenser and Sixkill may be outgunned this time, and series favorites Chollo and Bobby Horse ride to the rescue to provide backup. From the mansions of Beverly Hills to the lawless streets of a small California town, Spenser will need to watch his step. In Hollywood, all that glitters isn't gold. And not all those who wander are lost.
In the latest Spenser thriller, the legendary Boston PI and his young protege Mattie Sullivan take on a billionaire money manager running a network of underaged girls for his rich and powerful clients.
Tento svazek obsahuje díla vydaná samostatně: Časný podzim, Feministka, Návnada.
Exploring Spenser's formative years, this book reveals the influences of his father and two uncles during his upbringing in the West. It offers fans a deeper understanding of the beloved private investigator's origins while also serving as an engaging introduction for new readers. The narrative sheds light on the early experiences that shaped Spenser into the iconic character he is today, making it a significant addition to Robert B. Parker's acclaimed series.
It's December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he's confronted in his office by a young boy named Slide, who has found refuge with an organisation named Street Business, providing shelter and job opportunities for the homeless and lost. Slide's mentor, Jackie Alvarez, is being threatened, and Street Business is in danger of folding, turning Slide and many others like him back on the street. But it's not a simple case of intimidation - Spenser finds a trail that leads to a drug kingpin. A Christmas good deed could turn bad?