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.
Praise for Robert B. Parker's Little White Lies "Atkins, a longtime
Spenser fan, understands the character and what makes him tick. He
knows Spenser's world and the people who inhabit it. He writes with
the same spare style as Parker and peppers the narrative with the
same wry wit."--Fort Worth Star Telegram "A taut, suspenseful story
line drives Edgar-finalist Atkins's sixth Spenser novel...which
deepens the relationship between the Boston PI and his significant
other, therapist Susan Silverman."--Publishers Weekly "Atkins
really hit his stride as steward for Parker's
characters."--Booklist 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
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