Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn (Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series) - Hardcover

Atkins, Ace

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410485382 ISBN 13: 9781410485380

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2016

Synopsis

Boston PI Spenser faces a hot case and a personal crisis in the latest adventure in the iconic "New York Times" bestselling series from author Ace Atkins.
The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast, lighting up Boston s South End and killing three firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later, as the city prepares to honor their sacrifice, there are still no answers about how the deadly fire started. Most at the department believe it was just a simple accident: faulty wiring in a century-old building. But Boston firefighter Jack McGee, who lost his best friend in the blaze, suspects arson.
McGee is convinced department investigators aren t sufficiently connected to the city s lowlifes to get a handle on who's behind the blaze so he takes the case to Spenser. Spenser quickly learns not only that McGee might be right, but that the fire might be linked to a rash of new arsons, spreading through the city, burning faster and hotter every night. Spenser follows the trail of fires to Boston s underworld, bringing him, his trusted ally Hawk, and his apprentice Sixkill toe-to-toe with a dangerous new enemy who wants Spenser dead, and doesn t play by the city s old rules. Spenser has to find the firebug before he kills again and stay alive himself."

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Review:

Praise for "Robert B. Parker s Kickback"
It s great to see Spenser tackle a social evil with its roots in real life. "Kirkus Reviews"
A topical plot line propels bestseller Atkins s engrossing fourth Spenser novel . . . Once again, Atkins has done a splendid job of capturing the voice of the late Robert B. Parker. "Publishers Weekly"
Praise for Ace Atkins s Quinn Colson novels:
Atkins finds his natural-born storytellers everywhere. It s all music to these ears. Marilyn Stasio, "The New York Times""

About the Author:

Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring police chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.
Ace Atkins is the Edgar Award nominated author of seventeen books, including the forthcoming Quinn Colson novel "The Redeemers," and was selected by the Robert B. Parker estate to continue the Spenser novels, most recently the "New York Times" bestsellers "Robert B. Parker s Kickback" and "Robert B. Parker s Cheap Shot.""

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1410485382
• ISBN 13: 9781410485380
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368