Bøger i Spenser serien

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour lawrence, 1984.

Privatdetektiven Spensers smukke psykiater-veninde, Susan Silverman, er konsulent på et TV-show. Spenser og hans ven, lejemorderen Hawk, hyres til at beskytte showets stjerne, Jill Joyce, der af Spenser karakteriseres som ’et problem, alkoholiker, narkoman, nymfoman og egocentriker’. Jill Joyce modtager truende breve og telefonopringninger, og snart involveres Spenser i et net af bedrag og kriminalitet omkring den neurotiske stjerne.Privatdetektiven Spenser fra Boston er hovedperson i over 40 kriminalromaner af den amerikanske forfatter Robert B. Parker. Heraf er de seks oversat til dansk.Den amerikanske forfatter Robert B. Parker (1932-2010) debuterede i 1974 med sin første roman om Boston-privatdetektiven Spenser. Spenser var hovedperson i mere end 40 bøger, men Robert B. Parker skrev også adskillige andre romaner. Flere af dem er filmatiseret, blandt andet "Appaloosa", der ramte biograflærrederne i 2008.

"Andrew Crain's groundbreaking work with lithium has made him one of the world's richest men. He is universally adored and admired, 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 on his rise to the top--but he also may have had good reason to. There are no clear answers here, and what Spenser discovers will place him in grave danger"--

"Andrew Crain has it all: a brilliant scientist and astute businessman, his groundbreaking work with lithium has made him on of the world s richest men. He is universally adored and admired; that is, until Crain s beautiful wife, Laura, comes to Spenser hoping that he can find out what skeletons lurk in her husband s closet. Though Crain is a generous philanthropist and loving family man, she is concerned he has recently become secretive, bordering on paranoid, and prone to violent outbursts. This is the opposite of the man she knew, and not only does his behavior put their marriage at risk, but also a lucrative company merger that would be life-changing for the Crains, their business partner, and everyone associated. Laura wants Spenser to find out what has gotten into her husband, before it s too late."--Providd by publsher.

Sasha is a young girl who is looking to give her love to a puppy. Through her journey of looking for a puppy, she is trying to find her "just right match". Does Sasha find what she is looking for? Read to find out.

A bad-boy movie star named Jumbo pushes the limits of his reputation when he's accused of rape and murder. When the Boston PD calls on Spencer, he meets Jumbo's young bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, and the two form an unlikely alliance. It's a high profile case for Spenser, but the Hollywood secrets he uncovers are sordidly unsavory- and not just those of the accused...

Spenser had a simple job-protect an art scholar during a ransom exchange for a stolen painting. No one was supposed to die. But the scholar had secrets no one knew, and uncovering them will endanger Spenser as well.

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.

April Kyle, a prostitute from Spenser's past, comes back into his life-with deadly complications.

Spenser has his hands full when he takes on two cases at once. In the first, a high-minded university might be hiding a killer within a swamp of political correctness. And in the other, Spenser comes to the aid of a stalking victim, only to find himself the unwilling object of the woman's dangerous affection.

Susan Silverman'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...

Spenser is..."The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today...the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition." --The Cincinnati Post Spenser is..."Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe, or Lewis Archer...Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself." --The Boston Globe