Spenser · Book 48

Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic

by Ace AtkinsContinuation author

  • A continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser, written by Ace Atkins.
Published
1 January 2018
Pages
382
ISBN-13
9781101982464
Type
novel

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About this book

Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic is the 48th Spenser novel, written by Ace Atkins as part of the series' officially licensed continuation. Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies comes before it and Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes after, in the reading order.

Its place in Spenser

Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic is book 48 in the Spenser series. It follows Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies. It is followed by Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes. 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…

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