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A knock on Spenser´s office door can only mean one thing: a new case This time the visitor is a local lawyer with an interesting story Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at the Boston law firm of Shaw & Cartwright, and over the years she´s developed a friendship with wives of very wealthy men However, these rich wives have a mutual secret: they´ve all had an affair with a man named Gary Eisenhower_ and now he´s blackmailing them for money...

If your taste is for tough, wise-cracking private eyes in the Raymond Chandler/Philip Marlowe vein, you should make the acquaintance of Spenser. Robert B Parker's durable detective has been at the centre of a long-running and accomplished series, with Rough Weather a strong new entry in the canon.

Hired as a bodyguard at an exclusive society wedding, Spenser witnesses an unexpected crime: the kidnapping of the young bride, which opens the door for murder, family secrets, and the reappearance o

A blackmail attempt sees Spenser, Robert B. Parker´s legendary private eye, drawn into a world of corruption, vice and murder. Both Rober B. Parker and Spenser have a huge devoted fan base across the

The Paradise Men's Softball League has wrapped up another game, and Jesse Stone is lingering in the parking lot with his teammates, drinking beer, swapping stories of double plays and beautiful women in the late-summer twilight. But then a frightened voice calls out to him from the edge of a nearby lake. There, two men squat at the water's edge. In front of them, facedown, was something that used to be a girl.The local cops haven't seen anything like this, but Jesse's L.A. past has made him all too familiar with floaters. This girl hadn't committed suicide; she hadn't been drowned: she'd been shot and dumped, discarded like trash. Before long it becomes clear that she had a taste for the wild life; and her own parents can't be bothered to report her missing, or even admit that she once was a child of theirs. All Jesse has to go on is a young man's school ring on a gold chain, and a hunch or two.

Tony and Brianna Lincoln just moved into Paradise, but friendly they aren't. In fact, these urbane thrill killers are knocking off the neighbors one by one, and Jesse Stone is next.

After a busted marriage kicks his drinking problems into overdrive and the LAPD unceremoniously dump him, 35-year-old Jesse Stone's future looks bleak. He is shocked, however, when a small Massachusetts town called Paradise hires him as their police chief. Once on board he doesn't have to look for trouble in Paradise - it comes to him. For what is on the surface a quiet New England community quickly proves to be a crucible of political and moral corruption - replete with triple homicide, tight Boston mob ties, flamboyantly errant spouses, maddened militiamen and a psychopath-about-town who has fixed his violent sights on the new lawman. He finds he must test his mettle and powers of command to emerge a local hero - or the deadest of dupes.

The murder of a notorious public figure places Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone in the harsh glare of the media spotlight.When the body of controversial talk-show host Walton Weeks is discovered hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Paradise, police chief Jesse Stone finds himself at the center of a highly public case, forcing him to deal with small-minded local officials and national media scrutiny. When another dead body-that of a young woman-is discovered just a few days later, the pressure becomes almost unbearable.Two victims in less than a week should provide a host of clues, but all Jesse runs into are dead ends. But what may be the most disturbing aspect of these murders is the fact that no one seems to care-not a single one of Weeks's ex-wives, not the family of the girl. And when the medical examiner reveals a heartbreaking link between the two departed souls, the mystery only deepens.Despite Weeks's reputation and the girl's tender age, Jesse is hard-pressed to find legitimate suspects. Though the crimes are perhaps the most gruesome Jesse has ever witnessed, it is the malevolence behind them that makes them all the more frightening. Forced to delve into a world of stormy relationships, Jesse soon comes to realize that knowing whom he can trust is indeed a matter of life and death.

Spenser, detective bostoniano, recibe un singular encargo: recuperar un manuscrito iluminado medieval de incalculable valor. El libro ha sido sustraído de una universidad por un grupo desconocido que exige un rescate para devolverlo. La investigacion se complica cuando aparece un cadaver. Y Spenser se vera envuelto en un caso en el que se entremezclan radicalismo politico, crimen organizado, trafico de drogas, adulterio, asesinatoY es que en la aparentemente tranquila y docta universidad, tanto los profesores como los alumnos tienen muchas cosas que ocultar.

Kevin Barlett, un muchacho de catorce años, ha desaparecido. Vivía en una de esas tranquilas zonas residenciales en las que aparentemente nunca pasa nada y en las que los chicos crecen felices y seguros. Pero el se ha esfumado sin dejar rastro. ¿Una fuga? ¿Un secuestro? Los progenitores contratan a Spenser para que les traiga de vuelta a su hijo y las pistas y giros inesperados se suceden: llega una nota pidiendo un rescate, el abogado de la familia aparece asesinado en casa de los padres, salen a la luz las extrañas amistades del muchacho, entre las que destaca un culturista al que el chico al parecer admiraba y con el que se podria haber fugado o que acaso sea su secuestrador…