Robert B. Parker's Wonderland

ISBN-13: 9780425270660 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2014 / 352 str.

Ace Atkins

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Old friends. Small favors. Bitter rivals. Stirred together, it all makes for one explosive cocktail. Spenser can feel the heat stretching from Boston to Vegas--and people are about to get burned.

Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A developer is trying to buy up Henry's condo on Revere Beach--with a push from local thugs. Soon Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, are on the trail of a mysterious woman, a megalomaniacal Las Vegas kingpin, and a shady plan to turn a chunk of land north of Boston into a sprawling casino. As alliances shift and twisted dreams surface, the Boston political machine looks to end Spenser's investigation one way or another--and once and for all.

"Atkins...has managed to nudge this venerable series in a new direction while staying true to its core, seemingly channeling its creator at every turn. It's a magnificent accomplishment that is not to be missed." --Bookreporter.com

Recenzje

Praise for Robert B. Parker's Wonderland

[Atkins] has captured the essence of Parker s storytelling moral complexity, deft characterizations, spare, rhythmic dialogue and reinvigorated it. The Arizona Republic

Atkins crafts the talk between the characters so well. He also tells the sory in tight, short chaptersthat keep the story moving again, so Parker-like. Deseret News

Atkins has masterfully captured the essence of Parker s creation. Lansing State Journal

These books are real gems...the old Spenser magic is back. Aspen Daily News

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

O autorze

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, the first two of which The Ranger and The Lost Ones were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (he also has a third Edgar nomination for his short story, Last Fair Deal Gone Down ). 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.