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Robert Brown Parker (September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010) was an American writer of fiction, primarily of the mystery/detective genre. His most famous works were the 40 novels written about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the mid-1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge of the Boston metropolitan area. The Spenser novels have been cited by critics and bestselling authors such as Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Dennis Lehane as not only influencing their own work but reviving and changing the detective genre.

Parker also wrote two other series based on an individual character: He wrote nine novels based on the character Jesse Stone and six novels based on the character Sunny Randall. Parker wrote four Westerns starring the duo Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. The first, Appaloosa, was made into a film with Ed Harris.

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På det ansete Taft College verserer der løse rygter om, at universitetets basketballhold, der står til at vinde den landsdækkende turnering, snyder med pointene. Bostondetektiven Spenser bliver hyret af universitetsledelsen til at rede trådene ud. Tilsyneladende er det en let sag. Stjernespilleren Dwayne Woodcock er åbenlyst i lommen på illegale bookmaker-kredse. Måske er flere spillere involveret. Men Spensers uortodokse metoder er ikke populære hos hans arbejdsgivere. Han bliver fyret fra sagen.

Men Spenser giver ikke op så let. Han har færten af dobbeltspil og korruption med racistiske undertoner i de ellers så respektable akademiske kredse. Situationen udvikler sig faretruende, og kun med hjælp fra sin veldrejede psykiater-veninde Susan Silverman og følgesvenden, den sorte lejemorder Hawk, undgår Spenser at ende med kroppen fuld af bly. Privatdetektiven Spenser fra Boston er hovedperson i over 40 kriminalromaner af den amerikanske forfatter Robert B. Parker. Heraf er de seks oversat til dansk. Den amerikanske forfatter Robert B. Parker (1932-2010) debuterede i 1974 med sin første roman om Boston-privatdetektiven Spenser. Spenser var hovedperson i mere end 40 bøger, men Robert B. Parker skrev også adskillige andre romaner. Flere af dem er filmatiseret, blandt andet "Appaloosa", der ramte biograflærrederne i 2008.
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Publish date18 Feb 2019
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ISBN epub9788726030860