18 books like Looking for Rachel Wallace

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The Widening Gyre Robert B. Parker · 1983 · ★ 4.0 · 183p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The adoring wife of a senatorial candidate has a smile as sweet as candy and dots her "i's" with little hearts. A blond beauty, she is the perfect mate for an ambitious politician, but she has a little problem with sex and drugs -- a problem someone has managed to put on videotape. The big boys figure a little blackmail will put her husband out of the race. Until Spenser hops on the candidate's… Shares: Spenser, Private investigators in fiction, Massachusetts, Boston

The Judas Goat Robert B. Parker · 1978 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Private eye Spenser returns to take on the terrorists who killed his client's wife and daughters in a London bombing, chasing them across Europe to the Montreal Olympics and a devastating climax. Shares: Spenser, Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators

God Save the Child Robert B. Parker · 1974 · ★ 4.0 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate God Save The Child is the second book in Robert B. Parkers Spenser series and first published in 1974. In this tale, Spenser is hired to find Kevin Bartlett, a missing 15-year-old boy, by the childs parents. This novel introduces the detectives longtime love interest, Susan Silverman, and his friend Lieutenant Healy. Shares: Spenser, Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators

Ceremony Robert B. Parker · 1982 · ★ 4.0 · 231p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Spenser tracks down a young high school dropout who has run away from home to a life of prostitution. Shares: Spenser, Private investigators in fiction, Massachusetts, Boston

Sudden Mischief Robert B. Parker · 1998 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Brad Sterling - former Harvard football player, ne'er-dowell, and Susan Silverman's long-out-of-touch ex-husband - is, by all appearances, a successful businessman. But when he is charged with sexual harassment in the course of running a vast fund-raiser called Galapalooza, he turns to Susan for help. Though Brad denies the charge, he's desperate, behind in alimony and child support to other… Shares: Spenser, Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators

A Catskill Eagle Robert B. Parker · 1985 · ★ 4.0 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Spenser loves just one woman, even though she's the one he's just lost. So when her desperate letter arrives, he doesn't think twice. He has to free his best friend from a life sentence, and get Susan out of trouble. Shares: Spenser, Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators

Mortal Stakes Robert B. Parker · 1975 · ★ 4.0 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Everybody loves a winner, and the Rabbs are major league. Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone except the blackmailer out to wreck her life. Is Marty throwing fast balls or throwing games? It doesn't take long for Spenser to link Marty's performance with Linda's past...or to find himself trapped between a crazed racketeer and an enforcer toting an M-16.… Shares: Spenser, Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators

Pale Kings and Princes Robert B. Parker · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Spenser is hired to determine whether a reporter was killed by dope dealers or by an irate husband. Shares: Spenser, Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators

The Friends of Eddie Coyle George V. Higgins · 1972 · ★ 4.0 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Eddie Coyle is a small-time punk with a big-time problem - who to sell out to avoid being sent up again. Eddie works for Jimmy Scalisi, supplying him with guns for a couple of bank jobs. But a cop named Foley is onto Eddie, and he's leaning on him to finger Scalisi, a gang leader with a lot to hide. And then there's Dillon, a full-time bartender and a part-time contract killer pretending to be… Shares: Massachusetts, Boston

Painted Ladies Robert B. Parker · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Boston PI Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen. Shares: Spenser, Boston, Private investigators

Darkness, Take My Hand Dennis Lehane · 1996 · ★ 4.4 · 511p · ≈ 17h · Moderate The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in this terrifying tale of darkness and redemption. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro's latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know something about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets… Shares: Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators, Mystery

A Drink Before the War Dennis Lehane · 1994 · ★ 4.1 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Taking on a seemingly simple assignment to pinpoint the whereabouts of a cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential State House documents, private investigators Patrick Mckenzie and Angela Gennaro uncover a ring of extortions, assassination, and child prostitution. Shares: Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators, Mystery

The Professional Robert B. Parker · 2009 · ★ 3.9 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A knock on Spenser's office door can only mean one thing: a new case. This time the visitor is a local lawyer with an interesting story. Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at the Boston law firm of Shaw & Cartwright, and over the years she's developed a friendship with wives of very wealthy men. However, these rich wives have a mutual secret: they've all had an affair with a man named… Shares: Spenser, Boston, Private investigators, Mystery

Gone, Baby, Gone Dennis Lehane · 1998 · ★ 4.2 · 510p · ≈ 17h · Moderate PI Patrick Kenzie is hired to find a four-year-old girl, abducted while the mother was out drinking. The search takes Kenzie through Boston's underworld of drug dealers, kidnapers and pedophiles. Shares: Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators, Mystery

Dead meat William G. Tapply · 1987 · ★ 3.9 · 225p · ≈ 7h · Moderate ''Dead Meat'' (album), a 2023 album by The Tubs Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Massachusetts, Boston, Mystery

Sacred Dennis Lehane · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane brilliantly interweaves beauty and violence, integrity and evil in this thrilling, powerfully resonant novel.A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. And a lot of money. Enter saavy, tough-nosed private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Rooted in the no-nonsense streets of… Shares: Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators, Mystery

Crimes by Moonlight Charlaine Harris · 2010 · ★ 3.6 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Moderate An all-new mystery anthology edited and featuring a new story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime. #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris edits and contributes an all-new story-set in her Sookie Stackhouse universe-to this anthology from the Mystery Writers of America. Other authors include:Steve BrewerDana… Shares: American Detective and mystery stories, Mystery

Family Honor Robert B. Parker · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Moderate PI Sunny Randall of Boston searches for a rich man's daughter who ran away to be a prostitute. After finding her Sunny must guard her because the girl is on a hit list. She witnessed a conspiracy involving state government. Shares: Massachusetts, Boston, Private investigators

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