Henry Carter Hull

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Boston's premier P.I investigates the murder of a prominent local banker, with family ties to the Mayflower - and perhaps the mob.

When fifty-one year old Nathan Smith, a confirmed bachelor, is found dead 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 as the one with her finger on the trigger. Even her lawyer thinks she's guilty....

“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Spenser is a tough guy with a macho code of honor, hired to protect a woman who thinks that kind of code is obsolete.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...

Spenser is hired by big-time Boston hoodlum Julius Ventura to find his daughter's missing husband, landing the private investigator smack in the middle of a gangland power struggle.

Overwhelmed by a mob-related murder, his relationship with his ex-wife, and his battle with alcohol, Jesse Stone agrees to help private investigator Sunny Randall when she comes into town for a case, but instead of taking Jesse's mind off his problems, his involvement only causes more headaches and greater dangers.

Spenser and Hawk solve the murder of an actor during the performance of a politically controversial play.

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...

When Spenser is hired to uncover the truth about a coed's murder, he finds twisted cops, spoiled rich kids, and an assassin's bullet.

Spenser is called in to investigate when actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of raping and murdering a young woman, and as Spenser tries to uncover the truth, he forms an unusual alliance with Jumbo's bodyguard, a young Native American known as Sixkill.

Spenser is a wisecracking former boxer turned private investigator and he is just settling into his new office when enters Harv Shepard, a beleaguered businessman who is looking for someone to help locate his runaway wife. So begins Promised Land, the fourth novel by Robert Parker, that follows the exploits of his cerebral but tough character, detective Spenser. Why Harv Shepard's wife abandoned her family and exactly where she has gone comprise only...

Spenser puts his life in danger after he fails his assignment to protect the person responsible for handing over ransom money for a stolen painting and decides to track down the thieves and retrieve the masterpiece on his own.