Robert B. Parker

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Kansas

An Apache hit man arrives in Paradise to find a missing girl and snuff out her mother. But his conscience is getting the best of him. If he doesn’t make the hit, he’ll pay for it. So might Jesse Stone, who’s been enlisted to protect them all.

Stranger in Paradise

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Investigating allegations of lewd conduct on the part of the local junior high principal, police chief Jesse Stone finds efforts to bring the woman to justice thwarted by a high-powered attorney, a case that is further complicated by the activities of a twisted voyeur. Reprint. A best-selling thriller.

Night and Day

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This book has been read once but looks great and is ready to read for someone else


Will ship it fast when someone bought it

Virginia

The most personal and revealing Spenser thriller of all, Pastime is Robert B. Parker's electrifying masterpeice of crime fiction--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. Now, on the brink of manhood, the boy seeks answers to his mother's sudden disapearance. Spenser is the only man he can turn to.


This time, it's more than a routine search for a missing person--Spenser must search his own soul...

Pastime

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Maryland

A high-class New York madam hires Spenser to find a missing hooker, But when Spenser tracks down April Kyle, he uncovers the murder of yet another prostitute. Now Spenser is searching through a world of sex for sale. Because somewhere between Boston and a kinky Caribbean club, someone has a taste for young women, big money, and murder. . . .

Praise for Taming a Seahorse

"Irresistible!"--The Bergen Record

"A winner."--The Chicago Tribune

Taming a Seahorse

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Oregon

New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser series of crime thrillers--Book 1 in the series

"The toughest, funniest, wisest, private eye in the field these days."--Houston Chronicle

Spenser earned his degree in the school of hard knocks, so he is ready when a Boston university hires him to recover a rare, stolen manuscript. He is hardly surpised that his only clue is a radical student with four bullets in his chest.

The cops are ready to throw the book at the pretty blond coed whose prints are all over the murder weapon but Spenser knows there are no easy answers. He tackles some very heavy homework and knows that if he doesn't finish his assignment soon, he could end up marked "D"--for dead.

The Godwulf Manuscript

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Rhode Island

Fifteen-year-old Terry, an aspiring boxer, uncovers the mystery behind the unexpected death of a classmate.

The Boxer and the Spy

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Book is in like new condition but has initials inscribed on the first inside page before the title page.  Dust cover shows some minor signs of shelf wear.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Sixkill

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Book is new and has never been read.  It has a special dedication and is signed by the author's wife.  I'm not entirely sure of the context of the message, but I found this copy completely by chance.

Painted Ladies

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Book has some minor wear to the cover but is in good condition overall.  No writing or marking on any of the pages.  There is a clear patch on the back cover that appears to be caused by a sticker, but it's not actually sticky in any way.

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

Hundred-Dollar Baby

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Book has very minor damage to cover and spine.  Pages inside are crisp and clean with no writing or marking. However, there is some minor writing on the first page prior to the title page as shown in the photo.  There is a crease on the back cover as shown in a separate photo.

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)

Promised Land

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Book is a former Library copy and has labels as such on the back cover.  See photos for details.  No marking or writing on the actual pages of the book, but there is a stamp on one of the pages for a preview of the next book in the back.  Cover and spine show minor signs of wear but overall the book is in crisp and clean condition inside.

"[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.

Early Autumn

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No major cosmetic damage on cover or spine.  No writing or marking on any of the pages inside.  Book is still in very crisp and clean condition.

Spenser goes back to school--to investigate corruption in college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash. And if Spenser doesn't watch his own footwork, the guilty parties will shave a few years off his life...

Playmates

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Book has some minor wear on the cover and spine but is in excellent condition overall.  There is some adhesive residue on the back cover as seen in the photo.  No writing or marking on any of the pages inside.

Book has some minor wear on the front cover but is in good condition overall.  There is some adhesive residue on the spine but no other major cosmetic defects.  No marking or writing on any of the pages inside.

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. But getting back the tape of the lady's X-rated indiscretion is a nonstop express ride to trouble--trouble that is deep, wide and deadly.

The Widening Gyre

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Book has some serious wear on the cover as shown in the photos provided.  Book is an older edition, and shows some signs of yellowing on the pages.  But overall the book is in fairly good condition outside of cover wear. No writing or marking on any of the pages.

"Crackling dialogue, plenty of action, and expert writing."--The New York Times

Rachel Wallace is a tough young woman with a lot of enemies. 

Spenser is a tough guy with a macho code of honor, hired to protect a woman who thinks that kind of code is obsolete. Privately, they will never see eye to eye.

But when Rachel vanishes. Spenser is ready to lay his life on the line--to find Rachel Wallace.

"A rare kind of book."--Chicago Sun-Times

Looking for Rachel Wallace

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Book has some creases on the front and back cover and minor wear to the spine.  There is some adhesive residue on both the front and back of the cover.  See photos for details.  Inside of book is in excellent condition with no writing or marking on any of the pages.  Book pages are still fairly crisp and clean.

The house looked right. And the neighborhood was perfect. And everything else was wrong. So Spenser took the parents' money and went after a runaway girl. Unfortunately, April Kyle had already traveled two lifetimes from her suburban home. Now she was caught up in a web of pinps, criminals, and exploiters--the kinf of people who won't listen to anything but money, or a gun. . . . 

Praise for Ceremony

"Sizzling."--The Pittsburgh Press

"Pick of the crop, this one. Genuinely involving."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Ceremony

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Book has very minor wear on the edges of the cover in two spots, but is in excellent condition overall.  Spine is still very crisp, and no marking or writing on any of the pages.

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.

A Savage Place

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Book has some minor wear on the cover and spine, but is in good condition overall.  No marking or writing on any of the pages.

Book has one crease on the back cover, and some wear to the spine.  Otherwise the book is in good condition with no marking or writing on any pages.

The most dangerous man to cross is one who isn't afraid to die. But the most deadly is one who doesn't want to live. And Spenser has just lost the woman who made life his #1 priority.

So when a religious sect kidnaps a pretty young dancer, no death threat can make Spenser cut and run. Now a hit man's bullet is wearing Spenser's name. But Boston's big boys don't know Spenser's ready and willing to meet death more than halfway.

Valediction

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Book has some minor wear to the spine, but no major cosmetic damage to the cover.  No marking or writing on any of the pages.

Ellis Alves is no angel. But his lawyer says he was framed for the murder of college student Melissa Henderson...and asks Spenser for help. 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 may die with him...

Small Vices

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Book has some minor wear on the spine as shown in photo, but is in good condition overall.  No writing or marking on any pages and no major cosmetic damage on the cover.

Everybody loves a winner, and the Rabbs are major league. Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone except the blackmailer out to wreck her life. 

Is Marty throwing fast balls or throwing games? It doesn't take long for Spenser to link Marty's performance with Linda's past...or to find himself trapped between a crazed racketeer and an enforcer toting an M-16. 

America's favorite pastime has suddenly become a very dangerous sport, and one wrong move means strike three, with Spenser out for good!

Mortal Stakes

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Book has a plain white label on the front cover as shown in photo, and it also has some signs of wear on the spine and front cover.  There are visible creases but overall the book is in pretty good shape inside. There is no writing or marking on any of the pages.

“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. . . .

A Catskill Eagle

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The book has a secondary barcode label on the back cover as shown in photo, and a bookstore stamp on the inside flap of the cover.  It has typical signs of wear on the spine and cover from being a used book, but overall is in good condition.  No writing or marking on the pages of the book.

Minor wear on the front and back of the cover, and a barcode label on the back as shown in picture.  Otherwise book is in excellent condition, and pages have no marking or writing.

"There is no halt to the breathless action!"--The New York Times Book Review

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.

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