Spenser · Book 44
Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot
- A continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser, written by Ace Atkins.
- Published
- 1 January 2014
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN-13
- 9781843444497
- Type
- novel
About this book
Published in 2014 at 224 pages, Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot is Ace Atkins's continuation-era entry in the Spenser series, the 44th book overall. In the reading order it comes right after Robert B. Parker's Wonderland and just before Robert B. Parker's Kickback.
Its place in Spenser
Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot is book 44 in the Spenser series. It follows Robert B. Parker's Wonderland. It is followed by Robert B. Parker's Kickback. See the full Spenser reading order.
Spenser is a Boston private investigator -- ex-boxer, Korean War veteran, gourmet cook, wisecracking romantic -- whose one-name toughness (never explained beyond a nod to the Elizabethan poet) masks a code of honor as rigid as any knight's. Robert B. Parker launched the series in 1973 with The Godwulf Manuscript and spent nearly four decades refining a template that became the genre standard: terse, dialogue-driven prose, a hero who talks his way through trouble as often as he fights his way out, and a real…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781101926871
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780449807958
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781410466655