{"product_id":"robert-b-parkers-wonderland-isbn-9780425270660","title":"Robert B. Parker's Wonderland","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOW THE NETFLIX FILM \u003ci\u003eSPENSER CONFIDENTIAL\u003c\/i\u003e STARRING MARK WAHLBERG AS SPENSER!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOld friends. Small favors. Bitter rivals. Stirred together, it all makes for one explosive cocktail in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling thriller that has Spenser feeling the heat...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry 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.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eRobert B. Parker's Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“[Atkins] has captured the essence of Parker’s storytelling—moral complexity, deft characterizations, spare, rhythmic dialogue—and reinvigorated it.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Arizona Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeseret News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Atkins has masterfully captured the essence of Parker’s creation.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLansing State Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“These books are real gems...the old Spenser magic is back.”—\u003ci\u003eAspen Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Ace Atkins and the Spenser Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Atkins does a wonderful job with the characters created by Parker.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Atkins has done a splendid job of capturing the voice of the late Robert B. Parker.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert B. Parker\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAce Atkins \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which—\u003ci\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Ones\u003c\/i\u003e—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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the\u003ci\u003e St. Petersburg Times\u003c\/i\u003e, a crime reporter for the\u003ci\u003e Tampa Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and, in college, played defensive end for the undefeated Auburn University football team (for which he was featured on the cover of \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e). He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300298182885,"sku":"NP9780425270660","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425270660.jpg?v=1767735844","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/robert-b-parkers-wonderland-isbn-9780425270660","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}