Exploring Top Books of Shelfari

The Widening Gyre (Spenser Novels (Dell))

The Widening Gyre (Spenser Novels (Dell))

by Robert B. Parker

The adoring wife of a senatorial candidate has a smile as sweet as candy and dots her "i's" with little hearts. A blond beauty, she is the perfect mate for an ambitious politician, but she has a little problem with sex and drugs--a problem someone has managed to put on videotape. The big boys figure a little blackmail will put her husband out of the race. Until Spenser hops on the candidate's bandwagon. ... (more)

Crimson Joy

by Robert B. Parker

They call him the "Red Rose Killer" because he leaves one on the body of each woman he kills. But then the madman's eyes turn to Susan Silverman, and Spenser is on the case. For when Susan's life is in danger, Spenser becomes a hard-fisted, unstoppable locomotive--determined to bring the criminal to justice no matter what the odds!((Dell--Fiction)

Pastime

by Robert B. Parker

Certain that his mother's shady boyfriend is behind her disappearance, Paul Giacomin calls upon the skills of Spencer to help him find his missing mother. Reprint. AB. PW.

Promised Land

by Robert B. Parker

Acclaimed mystery author Robert B. Parker continues to win an even greater audience with each new Spenser novel. For all crime fiction lovers who discovered Parker through his latest bestsellers "Pastime" and "Double Deuce", his entire Dell backlist is now available in attractively repackaged editions.

Early Autumn

by Robert B. Parker

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... (more)

Thin Air (Spenser)

by Robert B. Parker

When Lisa St. Claire, the beautiful young bride of a Boston police detective, vanishes mysteriously, Spense joins the search for the missing woman, following a perilous trail that leads him to a sociopathic ex-lover and into a deadly confrontation with Lisa's past. Reprint. NYT. PW.

Double Deuce (Spenser)

by Robert B. Parker

When two people are shot outside of a housing project, Spenser and Hawk must battle street gangs and lethal drug dealers in order to track the killer. By the author of Playmates. Reprint. PW. K.

Sudden Mischief (Spenser)

by Robert B. Parker

Spenser's back. And Susan's ex is quaking in his boots... 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:... (more)

The Judas Goat

by Robert B. Parker

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... (more)

A Catskill Eagle

by Robert B. Parker

Spenser's girlfriend Susan goes away with another man, Jerry Costigan, the son of a very rich and dangerous criminal. Spenser and his friend, Hawk, go to find Susan. Soon they are in the world of the CIA, guns and murder.

God Save the Child

by Robert B. Parker, Robert B Parker

Appie Knoll is the kind of suburb where kids grow up right. But something is wrong. Fourteen-year-old Kevin Bartlett disappears. Everyone thinks he's run away -- until the comic strip ransom note arrives. It doesn't take Spenser long to get the picture -- an affluent family seething with rage, a desperate boy making strange friends...friends like Vic Harroway, body builder. Mr. Muscle is Spenser's only lead... (more)

Chance

by Robert B. Parker

Spenser and Hawk investigate the disappearance of Anthony Meeker, the husband of mafia daughter Shirley Meeker, and begin to suspect that his wife, father-in-law, and associates miss him for darker purposes. Reprint.

Trouble in Paradise (Jesse Stone Novels (Hardcover))

Jesse Stone novels: Book 2

Trouble in Paradise (Jesse Stone Novels (Hardcover))

by Robert B. Parker

Robert B. Parker and his legendary Spenser series have long been considered the ne plus ultra of detective fiction. But the critics' praise for Jesse Stone's debut in Night Passage proved there was room for an addition to the Parker literary canon. "A novel as fresh as it is boldParker's sentences flow with as much wit, grace, and assurance as ever, and Stone is a complex and consistently interesting new... (more)

The Godwulf Manuscript

by Robert B. Parker

"Robert B. Parker has taken his place beside Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross MacDonald".--The Boston Globe.

Empire's End (Empires End)

by Allan Cole

The Empire is in chaos. The once-great Imperial Navy has been shattered in battle and lies burning in space, riven by a civil war that threatens to engulf humanity’s future. For the revered Eternal Emperor is not the man his subjects thought him to be—and may not even be human at all. And it is Sten—Imperial bodyguard, spy, assassin, renegade—who now leads humanity’s fight for survival. Taking command of the last... (more)

Hush Money (Spenser Mysteries)

by Robert B. Parker

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. "One of the great series in the history of the American detective story!"-- The New York Times ... (more)

Taming a Sea-Horse (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

Taming a Sea-Horse (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

by Robert B. Parker

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 himself traveling amidst the sleaze of Times Square where sex is a commodity, and young girls are the currency. This phenomenal bestseller, with a million-copy paperback first printing is supported by national TV... (more)

A Savage Place

by Robert B. Parker

Stardust (Spenser)

by Robert B. Parker

Spencer is assigned to protect a TV star in a mission that takes him to murder and beyond. 2 cassettes.

Discworld: Book 25

The Truth

by Terry Pratchett

While filling his pages with reports of local club meetings and pictures of humorously shaped vegetables, William accidentally discovers dark forces plotting to overthrow the city's ruler.

Shelfari Book Activity

Tags: _location_a01

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker, Robert B Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Allan Cole

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Robert B. Parker

by Terry Pratchett