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Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer, primarily of fiction within the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser.
Appaloosa (2005) is a novel set in the American Old West written by Robert B. Parker. [1] A film of the same name based on the novel was released in 2008. [2] Parker published a sequel, Resolution, in June 2008, and a third novel featured the characters of Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, Brimstone, in May 2009. [3]
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A Savage Place is a detective fiction novel by American writer Robert B. Parker, the 8th book in the Spenser series. The title is from the Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's poem " Kubla Khan ". The book's epigraph is an excerpt from the poem, from "And there were gardens" to "A savage place! as holy and enchanted / As e'er beneath a waning moon was ...
Also since this film was made after the Stone Cold film adaptation, Abby Taylor's murder is referenced. Jesse struggles with guilt over her death and is shown visiting her grave. The main plot differs significantly. In the film, Shaw is framed for Billie's murder by a man named Leo Finn. Alan Garner is not involved in the plot at all.
Pale Kings and Princes is a Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker. The title is taken from John Keats's poem La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad. Following the murder of a reporter, Spenser is hired by a newspaper to investigate drug smuggling around the area of Wheaton, Massachusetts. There he encounters many troubles, including the death of a ...
The novel's hero is Spenser, a private investigator in Boston.Spenser, who served as an infantryman in the 1st Infantry Division during the Korean War [1] and as a former State trooper, is hired by Boston aristocrat Loudon Tripp to investigate his wife's murder, and Spenser soon uncovers upper-class scandals and a corpse who might not be dead after all.
A subplot involves Jenn being stalked and raped. She tells Jesse that a man came to her apartment, raped her and was still stalking her. Jesse enlists Sunny Randall's help in finding the stalker.