Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic (Spenser)

Atkins, Ace

ISBN 10: 1432850717 ISBN 13: 9781432850715

Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print, 2018

Synopsis

A New York Times Bestselling Author
A Spenser Novel

Iconic Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate an unsolved crime of legendary proportions. The heist is still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought they were lost forever. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen arrive at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's help.

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Review

Praise for Ace Atkins and the Spenser Series

"Handpicked by the Parker estate to be the keeper of the flame for the Spenser franchise, award-winning author Ace Atkins rises flawlessly to the occasion. In addition to the signature dialogue, all the familiars are fully resurrected: Susan, the sexy shrink; Pearl, the wonder dog; Hawk, the wonder sidekick; good cop Quirk, and, of course, Spenser himself, that consummate knight errant for the twenty-first century."--Kirkus Reviews

"It's a feat when a writer creates characters who live and breathe on the page and make readers care and keep coming back for more. To manage that with someone else's characters, let alone with an icon like Spenser, is a minor miracle. Ace Atkins pulls it off."--Chicago Sun-Times

"Atkins does a wonderful job with the characters created by Parker."--Booklist

"Classic Spenser--the Spenser of wry wit, tasty food and drinks, hard workouts and lethal confrontations...Once again, Atkins has delivered a thriller that evokes the best of Parker's Spenser series, not least the punchy back-and-forth of the dialogue."--Associated Press

"Atkins has done a splendid job of capturing the voice of the late Robert B. Parker."--Publishers Weekly

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 New York Times bestselling author of the Quinn Colson novels, two of which were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. In addition, he is the author of several New York Times bestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times, a crime reporter for the Tampa Tribune, and, in college, played defensive end for the undefeated Auburn University football team (for which he was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated). He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1432850717
• ISBN 13: 9781432850715
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 411