Parker, Robert B. 1932-2010
Overview
| Works: | 1,039 works in 5,974 publications in 14 languages and 330,406 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Detective and mystery fiction Drama Made-for-TV movies Detective and mystery films Film adaptations Detective and mystery stories, American Western fiction Television adaptations Domestic fiction |
| Roles: | Author, Narrator, Originator, Editor, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of introduction, Creator, Contributor, Author of screenplay, Signer, Other, Compiler |
| Classifications: | PS3566.A686, 813.54 |
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Most widely held works about
Robert B Parker
- Appaloosa by Ed Harris( Visual )
- Jesse Stone by Robert Harmon( Visual )
- Jesse Stone( Visual )
- Jesse Stone( Visual )
- Jesse Stone by Tom Selleck( Visual )
- Jesse Stone by Tom Selleck( Visual )
- Jesse Stone( Visual )
- Sons of Sam Spade : the private-eye novel in the 70s : Robert B. Parker, Roger L. Simon, Andrew Bergman by David Geherin( Book )
- In pursuit of Spenser : mystery writers on Robert B. Parker and the creation of an American hero by Otto Penzler( Book )
- Behind the mystery : top mystery writers by Stuart M Kaminsky( Book )
- The Robert B. Parker companion by Dean James( Book )
- Profiling the American detective : Parker's prose on the coded game of sleuth and rogue, and the tradition of the crime story by Georg Schmid( Book )
- The Jesse Stone 9 movie collection( Visual )
- Stone cold by Robert B Parker( Visual )
- The Spenser companion : the Godwulf manuscript to Hugger Mugger : a reader's guide by Dennis Tallett( Book )
- The sea change by Robert B Parker( Visual )
- Robert B. Parker & John D. MacDonald share a happy hour by Bill Rayburn( )
- The Jesse Stone collection( Visual )
- Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone( Visual )
- Poodle Springs by Raymond Chandler( Recording )
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Most widely held works by
Robert B Parker
Split image by
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43 editions published between 2010 and 2016 in English and German and held by 4,678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
What initially appears to be a low-level mob hit takes on new meaning when a high-ranking crime figure is found dead on Paradise Beach. Jesse Stone and private investigator Sunny Randall team up to solve two cases involving the gunshot murder of Petrov Ognowski and a religious cult holding an 18-year-old girl against her will
43 editions published between 2010 and 2016 in English and German and held by 4,678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
What initially appears to be a low-level mob hit takes on new meaning when a high-ranking crime figure is found dead on Paradise Beach. Jesse Stone and private investigator Sunny Randall team up to solve two cases involving the gunshot murder of Petrov Ognowski and a religious cult holding an 18-year-old girl against her will
Night and day by
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44 editions published between 2009 and 2014 in English and held by 4,552 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paradise, Massachusetts, Police Chief Jesse Stone must deal in his own laconic way with the town's rights and wrongs, including a Peeping Tom, the Paradise Free Swingers, and a firestorm of protests at the junior high school
44 editions published between 2009 and 2014 in English and held by 4,552 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Paradise, Massachusetts, Police Chief Jesse Stone must deal in his own laconic way with the town's rights and wrongs, including a Peeping Tom, the Paradise Free Swingers, and a firestorm of protests at the junior high school
Painted ladies by
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44 editions published between 2006 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 4,446 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Boston PI Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen
44 editions published between 2006 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 4,446 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Boston PI Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen
The professional by
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54 editions published between 1999 and 2016 in English and held by 4,434 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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. Shaw hires Spenser to make Eisenhower "cease and desist," so to speak, but when women start turning up dead, Spenser's assignment goes from blackmail to murder
54 editions published between 1999 and 2016 in English and held by 4,434 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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. Shaw hires Spenser to make Eisenhower "cease and desist," so to speak, but when women start turning up dead, Spenser's assignment goes from blackmail to murder
High profile by
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56 editions published between 2007 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: 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. When another dead body-that of a young woman-is discovered just a few days later, the pressure to solve the crimes becomes almost unbearable. Two victims in less than a week should provide a host of clues, but all Jesse runs into are dead ends. Yet 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. Forced to delve into a world of stormy relationships, Jesse soon comes to realize that knowing whom to trust is indeed a matter of life and death
56 editions published between 2007 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: 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. When another dead body-that of a young woman-is discovered just a few days later, the pressure to solve the crimes becomes almost unbearable. Two victims in less than a week should provide a host of clues, but all Jesse runs into are dead ends. Yet 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. Forced to delve into a world of stormy relationships, Jesse soon comes to realize that knowing whom to trust is indeed a matter of life and death
Rough weather by
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45 editions published between 2006 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,393 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Parker once again proves he is a force of nature in this mystery where a hurricane hinders a kidnapping and Spenser goes on a search for the man responsible--the infamous Gray Man, who has both helped and hunted Spenser in the past
45 editions published between 2006 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,393 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Parker once again proves he is a force of nature in this mystery where a hurricane hinders a kidnapping and Spenser goes on a search for the man responsible--the infamous Gray Man, who has both helped and hunted Spenser in the past
Now and then by
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49 editions published between 2007 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Investigating a new client's unfaithful wife, Boston private eye Spenser finds himself in trouble when the case goes terribly wrong and three people wind up dead, a situation that reveals the wife's lover's ties to a terrorist organization
49 editions published between 2007 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Investigating a new client's unfaithful wife, Boston private eye Spenser finds himself in trouble when the case goes terribly wrong and three people wind up dead, a situation that reveals the wife's lover's ties to a terrorist organization
School days by
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52 editions published between 2005 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 4,296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lily Ellsworth the grand dame of Dowling, Massachusetts hires Spenser to investigate her grandson Jared Clark's alleged involvement in a school shooting. Though seven people were killed in cold blood, and despite Jared's being named as a co-conspirator by the other shooter, Mrs. Ellsworth is convinced of her grandson's innocence
52 editions published between 2005 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 4,296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lily Ellsworth the grand dame of Dowling, Massachusetts hires Spenser to investigate her grandson Jared Clark's alleged involvement in a school shooting. Though seven people were killed in cold blood, and despite Jared's being named as a co-conspirator by the other shooter, Mrs. Ellsworth is convinced of her grandson's innocence
Sixkill by
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32 editions published between 2011 and 2018 in English and Italian and held by 4,290 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When infamous actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of rape and murder, the Boston PD calls on Spenser to make heads or tails of the case. Although the evidence is mounting against Jumbo, Spenser makes a break when he teams up with Jumbo's bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, and uncovers some secrets involving the murder victim
32 editions published between 2011 and 2018 in English and Italian and held by 4,290 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When infamous actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of rape and murder, the Boston PD calls on Spenser to make heads or tails of the case. Although the evidence is mounting against Jumbo, Spenser makes a break when he teams up with Jumbo's bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, and uncovers some secrets involving the murder victim
Sea change by
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41 editions published between 2005 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 4,260 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When the body of a divorced Florida heiress washes ashore in Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone learns of the woman's past appearances in an erotic video and finds it suspicious that the victim's family seems unaffected by her death
41 editions published between 2005 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 4,260 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When the body of a divorced Florida heiress washes ashore in Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone learns of the woman's past appearances in an erotic video and finds it suspicious that the victim's family seems unaffected by her death
Hundred-dollar baby by
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44 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 4,206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spenser, a Boston PI, is once again hired by April Kyle who was a teenage runaway that turned to prostitution. Now she is a madam of an up-scale, all-female operation that some men are trying to take away from her. April claims she doesn't know who is after her business, but Spenser finds ties to organized crime. Spenser without much surprise also finds that April, the thugs and everyone else involved is lying to him
44 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 4,206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spenser, a Boston PI, is once again hired by April Kyle who was a teenage runaway that turned to prostitution. Now she is a madam of an up-scale, all-female operation that some men are trying to take away from her. April claims she doesn't know who is after her business, but Spenser finds ties to organized crime. Spenser without much surprise also finds that April, the thugs and everyone else involved is lying to him
Back story by
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48 editions published between 2003 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 4,204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Thirty years after an unsolved bank robbery leaves a woman dead, Paul Giacomin, whom Spenser regards like a son, and Daryl Gordon, the son of the robbery victim, turn to Spenser to seek out clues about the crime
48 editions published between 2003 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 4,204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Thirty years after an unsolved bank robbery leaves a woman dead, Paul Giacomin, whom Spenser regards like a son, and Daryl Gordon, the son of the robbery victim, turn to Spenser to seek out clues about the crime
Blue screen by
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49 editions published between 2006 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Sunny Randall, the Boston P.I. with a personal life as tangled as that of her clients, is hired on as bodyguard to an up-and-coming starlet, and discovers some ugly truths behind her glossy facade." "Buddy Bollen is a C-list movie mogul who made his fortune producing films of questionable artistic merit. When Buddy hires Sunny Randall to protect his rising star and girlfriend, Erin Flint, Sunny knows from the start that the prickly, spoiled beauty won't make her job easy. And when Erin's sister, Misty, is found dead in the lavish home they share with sugar daddy Bollen, there doesn't seem to be a single lead worth pursuing." "But then Sunny meets Jesse Stone, chief of police in Paradise, Massachusetts, under whose jurisdiction the case falls. It immediately becomes clear that Jesse and Sunny have much in common. While searching for the killer, they learn an awful lot about each other - and themselves."
49 editions published between 2006 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Sunny Randall, the Boston P.I. with a personal life as tangled as that of her clients, is hired on as bodyguard to an up-and-coming starlet, and discovers some ugly truths behind her glossy facade." "Buddy Bollen is a C-list movie mogul who made his fortune producing films of questionable artistic merit. When Buddy hires Sunny Randall to protect his rising star and girlfriend, Erin Flint, Sunny knows from the start that the prickly, spoiled beauty won't make her job easy. And when Erin's sister, Misty, is found dead in the lavish home they share with sugar daddy Bollen, there doesn't seem to be a single lead worth pursuing." "But then Sunny meets Jesse Stone, chief of police in Paradise, Massachusetts, under whose jurisdiction the case falls. It immediately becomes clear that Jesse and Sunny have much in common. While searching for the killer, they learn an awful lot about each other - and themselves."
Widow's walk by
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52 editions published between 1992 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 4,145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When 51-year-old Nathan Smith, a once-confirmed bachelor, is found in his bed with a hole in his head made by a .38-caliber slug, it's hard not to imagine Nathan's young bride Mary as the one with her finger on the trigger. Spenser hires on to investigate as Mary's vacant past starts to look meaner and darker
52 editions published between 1992 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 4,145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When 51-year-old Nathan Smith, a once-confirmed bachelor, is found in his bed with a hole in his head made by a .38-caliber slug, it's hard not to imagine Nathan's young bride Mary as the one with her finger on the trigger. Spenser hires on to investigate as Mary's vacant past starts to look meaner and darker
Spare change by
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49 editions published between 2007 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: Hi, Phil, You miss me? I got bored, so I thought I'd reestablish our relationship. Give us both something to do in our later years. Stay tuned. Spare Change. When a serial murderer dubbed "The Spare Change Killer" by the Boston press surfaces after three decades in hiding, the police immediately seek out the cop, now retired, who headed the original task force: Phil Randall. As a sharp-eyed investigator and a doting parent, Phil calls on his daughter Sunny to help trap the criminal who eluded him so many years before. When the killer strikes a second time, and a third, the murders take a macabre turn, as, eerily, the victims each resemble Sunny. While her father pressures her to drop the case, her need to create a trap to catch her killer grows. In a compelling game of cat-and-mouse, Sunny Randall uses all her skills to draw out her prey, realizing too late that she's setting herself up to become the next victim
49 editions published between 2007 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: Hi, Phil, You miss me? I got bored, so I thought I'd reestablish our relationship. Give us both something to do in our later years. Stay tuned. Spare Change. When a serial murderer dubbed "The Spare Change Killer" by the Boston press surfaces after three decades in hiding, the police immediately seek out the cop, now retired, who headed the original task force: Phil Randall. As a sharp-eyed investigator and a doting parent, Phil calls on his daughter Sunny to help trap the criminal who eluded him so many years before. When the killer strikes a second time, and a third, the murders take a macabre turn, as, eerily, the victims each resemble Sunny. While her father pressures her to drop the case, her need to create a trap to catch her killer grows. In a compelling game of cat-and-mouse, Sunny Randall uses all her skills to draw out her prey, realizing too late that she's setting herself up to become the next victim
Cold service by
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36 editions published between 2005 and 2014 in English and held by 4,071 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When his closest ally, Hawk, is brutally injured and left for dead while protecting bookie Luther Gillespie, Spenser embarks on an epic journey to rehabilitate his friend in body and soul"--Jacket
36 editions published between 2005 and 2014 in English and held by 4,071 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When his closest ally, Hawk, is brutally injured and left for dead while protecting bookie Luther Gillespie, Spenser embarks on an epic journey to rehabilitate his friend in body and soul"--Jacket
Death in paradise by
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51 editions published between 1999 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Paradise Men's Softball League has wrapped up another game, and Jesse Stone is lingering in the parking lot with his team-mates, drinking beer, swapping stories of double plays and beautiful women in the late summer twilight. But then a voice, scared, calls out to him from the edge of a nearby lake. He walks to the sound, where two men squat at the water's edge. In front of them, face down, is something that used to be a girl. The local cops haven't seen anything like this, but Jesse's LA past has made him all too familiar with floaters. This floating 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 the dead girl had a reputation and a taste for the wild life; and her own parents can't even be bothered to report her missing, or 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
51 editions published between 1999 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Paradise Men's Softball League has wrapped up another game, and Jesse Stone is lingering in the parking lot with his team-mates, drinking beer, swapping stories of double plays and beautiful women in the late summer twilight. But then a voice, scared, calls out to him from the edge of a nearby lake. He walks to the sound, where two men squat at the water's edge. In front of them, face down, is something that used to be a girl. The local cops haven't seen anything like this, but Jesse's LA past has made him all too familiar with floaters. This floating 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 the dead girl had a reputation and a taste for the wild life; and her own parents can't even be bothered to report her missing, or 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
Appaloosa by
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45 editions published between 2005 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 3,906 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in Appaloosa, they find a small, dusty town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg, a man who has so little regard for the law that he has taken supplies, horses, and women for his own and left the city marshal and one of his deputies for dead. Cole and Hitch, itinerant lawmen, are used to cleaning up after opportunistic thieves, but in Bragg they find an unusually wily adversary-one who raises the stakes by playing not with the rules, but with emotions
45 editions published between 2005 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 3,906 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in Appaloosa, they find a small, dusty town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg, a man who has so little regard for the law that he has taken supplies, horses, and women for his own and left the city marshal and one of his deputies for dead. Cole and Hitch, itinerant lawmen, are used to cleaning up after opportunistic thieves, but in Bragg they find an unusually wily adversary-one who raises the stakes by playing not with the rules, but with emotions
Potshot : a Spenser novel by
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53 editions published between 2000 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 3,902 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Boston P.I. Spenser returns, in the latest from bestselling author Robert Parker, to take on a ruthless local gang in the millionaire's paradise of Potshot, Arizona. Spenser heads west to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Arizona, to defend the town and its transplanted Los Angeles yuppie residents from a 21st-century posse of desert rats, misfits, drunks and scavengers who are robbing the town blind and threatening residents' newly-discovered sense of harmony
53 editions published between 2000 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 3,902 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Boston P.I. Spenser returns, in the latest from bestselling author Robert Parker, to take on a ruthless local gang in the millionaire's paradise of Potshot, Arizona. Spenser heads west to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Arizona, to defend the town and its transplanted Los Angeles yuppie residents from a 21st-century posse of desert rats, misfits, drunks and scavengers who are robbing the town blind and threatening residents' newly-discovered sense of harmony
Resolution by
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41 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 3,873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When greedy mine owner Eamon O'Malley threatens the loose coalition of local ranchers and starts buying up Resolution's few businesses, Hitch and Cole find themselves in the middle of a makeshift war between O'Malley's men and the ranchers. In a place where law and order don't exist, Hitch and Cole must make their own, guided by their sense of duty, honor, and friendship
41 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 3,873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When greedy mine owner Eamon O'Malley threatens the loose coalition of local ranchers and starts buying up Resolution's few businesses, Hitch and Cole find themselves in the middle of a makeshift war between O'Malley's men and the ranchers. In a place where law and order don't exist, Hitch and Cole must make their own, guided by their sense of duty, honor, and friendship
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Related Identities
- Spenser (Fictitious character)
- Stone, Jesse (Fictitious character)
- Randall, Sunny (Fictitious character)
- Mantegna, Joe Other Performer Actor Narrator
- Hitch, Everett (Fictitious character)
- Cole, Virgil (Fictitious character)
- Atkins, Ace Author
- Brandman, Michael Scenarist Author
- Naughton, James 1945- Actor Narrator
- Knott, Robert 1954- Scenarist Bibliographic antecedent Author
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Adultery American fiction Art thefts--Investigation Art thieves Attempted murder Bergman, Andrew Bodyguards Cole, Virgil (Fictitious character) Connelly, Michael, Criminal investigation Cults Detective and mystery stories, American Detective and mystery stories--Authorship Extortion Hitch, Everett (Fictitious character) Hurricanes Irish American copper miners Jakes, John, Kidnapping Kidnapping victims Landowners Literature Mafia Man-woman relationships Massachusetts Massachusetts--Boston Mobs Money laundering Murder Murder--Investigation Novelists, American Parker, Robert B., Peace officers Police Police chiefs Private investigators Ranchers Randall, Sunny (Fictitious character) Rich people--Crimes against Sex crimes--Investigation Simon, Roger L.--(Roger Lichtenberg), Spenser--(Fictitious character) Spillane, Mickey, Stone, Jesse--(Fictitious character) Undercover operations United States, West Voyeurism Wambaugh, Joseph Widows Women private investigators
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Brandman, Michael.
Brown, Robert Parker.
Pākā, Robāto B.
Parker, Robert B.
Parker, Robert B. 1932-
Parker, Robert B. 1932-2010
Parker, Robert B. (Robert Brown), 1932-
Parker, Robert B. (Robert Brown), 1932-2010
Parker Robert Brown
Parker, Robert Brown 1932-
Parker, Robert Brown 1932-2010
Robert B. Parker Amerikaans schrijver
Robert B. Parker auteur de romans policiers, professeur à Boston
Robert B. Parker US-amerikanischer Krimi-Schriftsteller
Robert Brown Parker scrittore e accademico statunitense
Robert Parker
Паркер Роберт Б.
Роберт Паркер
Робърт Б. Паркър
רוברט ב. פארקר
رابرت بکر پارکر
رابرت بی. پارکر نویسنده آمریکایی
روبرت باركر
রবার্ট বি. পার্কার
パーカー, ロバート
パーカー, ロバート・B
パーカー, ロバート B. 1932-2010
ロバート・B・パーカー
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