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VJ Books Presents Robert B. Parker!
Robert B. Parker has long been acknowledged as the Dean of American Crime Fiction. His novel featuring the wise-cracking, street-smart Boston private-eye Spenser have earned him a devoted following and reams of critical acclaim, typified by R.W.B. Lewis’ comment, “We are witnessing one of the great series in the history of the American detective story” (The New York Times Book Review).
Parker’s other works include the classic Poodle Springs, a novel completed from an unfinished manuscript begun by the late Raymond Chandler, and Perchance To Dream, the sequel to Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep. Ironically, Parker wrote about Chandler in a chapter of his doctoral thesis about the evolution of the American Hero, beginning with the colonial period and ending with the twentieth century mystery writers. As fate would have it, Parker has now become one of the best of them: "Robert B. Parker has taken his place besides Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross MacDonald" (The Boston Globe).
Born and raised in Massachusetts, Parker attended Colby College in Maine, served with the Army in Korea, and then completed a Ph.D. in English at Boston University. He married his wife Joan in 1956; they raised two sons, David and Daniel. Together the Parkers founded the Pearl Productions, a Boston- Based independent film company named after their short-haired pointer, Pearl, who has also been featured in Parker’s last few novels.
Parker began writing his Spenser novels in 1971 while teaching at Boston’s Northeastern University. Little did he suspect then that his witty, literate prose and psychological insights would make him keeper-of-the-flame of America’s rich tradition of detective fiction.
Parker was named Grand Master of the 2002 Edgar Awards by the Mystery Writers of America, an honor shared with earlier masters such as Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen.
On January 18, 2010, Parker died suddenly of a heart attack at his desk in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 77.
To see Robert B. Parker's bibliography, click here or scroll to the bottom of the page. |
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Robert B. Parker Bibliography
The Spenser Series
1. The Godwulf Manuscript - 1974
2. God Save the Child - 1974
3. Mortal Stakes - 1975
4. Promised Land - 1976
5. The Judas Goat - 1983
6. Looking for Rachel Wallace - 1980
7. Early Autumn - 1980
8. A Savage Place - 1982
9. Ceremony - 1982
10. The Widening Gyre - 1983
11. Valediction - 1987
12. A Catskill Eagle - 1985
13. Taming a Seahorse - 1986
14. Pale Kings and Princes - 1987
15. Crimson Joy - 1988
16. Playmates - 1989
17. Stardust - 1992
18. Pastime - 1991
19. Double Deuce - 1992
20. Paper Doll - 1994
21. Walking Shadow - 1994
22. Thin Air - 1995
23. Chance - 1996
24. Small Vices - 1997
25. Sudden Mischief - 1998
26. Hush Money - 2000
27. Hugger Mugger - 2000
28. Potshot - 2001
29. Widow’s Walk - 2001
30. Back Story - 2003
31. Bad Business - 2004
32. Cold Service - 2005
33. School Days - 2005
34. Hundred-Dollar Baby - 2006
35. Now and Then - 2007
36. Rough Weather - 2008
37. The Professional - 2009
38. Painted Ladies - 2010
39. Sixkill - 2011
40. Robert B. Parker’s Lullaby (by Ace Atkins) - 2012
The Jesse Stone Series
1. Night Passage - 1997
2. Trouble in Paradise - 2000
3. Death in Paradise - 2001
4. Stone Cold - 2003
5. Sea Change - 2006
6. High Profile - 2007
7. Stranger in Paradise - 2008
8. Night and Day - 2009
9. Split Image - 2010
10. Robert B. Parker’s Killing the Blues (by Michael Brandman) - 2011
The Sunny Randall Series
1. Family Honor - 1999
2. Perish Twice - 2000
3. Shrink Rap - 2002
4. Melancholy Baby - 2004
5. Blue Screen - 2006
6. Spare Change - 2007
The Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch Series
1. Appaloosa - 2005
2. Resolution - 2007
3. Brimstone - 2008
4. Blue-Eyed Devil - 2009 5. Ironhorse - 2013
Young Adult
· Edenville Owls - 2007
· The Boxer and the Spy - 2008
· Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel - 2009
Other Novels
· Wilderness - 1979
· Love and Glory - 1983
· Poodle Springs by Raymond Chandler - 1985
· Double Play - 2005
· Perchance to Dream - 1991
· All Our Yesterdays - 1994
· Gunman’s Rhapsody - 2001
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