Robert B Parker
Author
Series
Spenser novel volume 38
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at the Boston law firm of Shaw & Cartwright, and over the years she's developed a friendship with wives of very wealthy men. However, these rich wives have a mutual secret: they've all had an affair with a man named Gary Eisenhower--and now he's blackmailing them for money. Shaw hires Spenser to make Eisenhower "cease and desist," so to speak, but when women start turning up dead, Spenser's assignment...
Author
Series
Spenser novel volume 38
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Boston PI Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen.
3) Sixkill
Author
Series
Spenser novel volume 40
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When infamous actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of rape and murder, the Boston PD calls on Spenser to make heads or tails of the case. Although the evidence is mounting against Jumbo, Spenser makes a break when he teams up with Jumbo's bodyguard, Zebulon Sixkill, and uncovers some secrets involving the murder victim.
4) School days
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 33
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Lily Ellsworth the grand dame of Dowling, Massachusetts hires Spenser to investigate her grandson Jared Clark's alleged involvement in a school shooting. Though seven people were killed in cold blood, and despite Jared's being named as a co-conspirator by the other shooter, Mrs. Ellsworth is convinced of her grandson's innocence.
5) Early Autumn
Author
Series
Spenser novel volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Hired to kidnap a boy from his father, Spenser heads for the Maine woods to give a puny fifteen-year-old a crash course in survival.
“A bitter divorce is only the beginning. First the father hires thugs to kidnap his son. Then the mother hires Spenser to get the boy back. But as soon as Spenser senses the lay of the land, he decides to do some kidnapping of his own. With a contract out on his life, he heads for the Maine woods, determined to give...
6) Resolution
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After a bloody confrontation in Appaloosa, Everett Hitch heads into the afternoon sun and ends up in Resolution, an Old West town so new the dust has yet to settle. He takes the job as lookout at Amos Wolfson's Blackfoot Saloon and quickly establishes his position as the protector of the ladies who work the back rooms. When a greedy mine owner threatens the loose coalition of local ranchers, Hitch finds himself in the middle of a makeshift war between...
7) Hush money
Author
Series
Spenser novel volume 26
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two new cases will test Spenser's resolve, and his sleuthing skills--the first involving a university professor who may be protecting a murderer, and the second, a stalking victim who has taken a shine to Spenser. Reprint.