The private-eye novel is the quintessential form of the American mystery story, and for the past 36 years its greatest practitioner was Robert B. Parker, who died on Jan. 18 at 77. In the genre’s ...

Of the many crime writers who have tried on Raymond Chandler’s mantle, few wore it as easily as Robert B. Parker. Parker, who died on January 18, wrote more than 60 books, many of them recounting the ...

When author Robert B Parker died in 2010, aged 77, he left behind a rich legacy of crime fiction, including nine novels featuring the troubled police chief from the small town of Paradise, ...

A high-profile homicide case, the shooting murder of Mayor Neil O’Hara, preoccupies Paradise, Mass., police chief Jesse Stone in Lupica’s solid second franchise contribution (after 2020’s Fool’s ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Author Robert B. Parker, one of America’s preeminent crime writers, has ...

A master of hard-boiled crime fiction and the creator of the beloved Spenser novels, Robert B. Parker, a Springfield native, died Monday at his Cambridge home. He was 77. Prolific to the end, Parker ...

Netflix has made a deal with Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg and the Robert B. Parker estate to bring back for a potential series of feature films Spenser, the poetry-spouting, wisecracking ...

Christopher Farnsworth says it seemed like just another email from his agent. But then Farnsworth, the author of thrillers such as “The President’s Vampire” and “Killfile,” opened it, and everything ...

Ted gives an overview of Parker's writing, focusing on the Spenser character from books and TV. Robert B. Parker created the characters of Spenser and Jesse Stone, as well as many others. His mystery ...

Bestseller Coleman’s exceptional sixth Jesse Stone novel finds Jesse, the police chief of Paradise, Mass., still adjusting to the revelation in 2018’s Colorblind that he fathered a now adult son, Cole ...