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Spare change

When the Spare Change Killer resurfaces after three decades they call on retired cop, Phil Randall who headed the original investigation and he calls in his daughter Sunny for help. She's sure she has found the killer but has no proof. When the next two victims resemble Sunny her father insists...

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Main Author: Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010.
Other Authors: Burton, Kate.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: Santa Ana, CA : Books on Tape, p2007.
Edition: Library ed.
Series: Sunny Randall novels ; 6.
Subjects:
Randall, Sunny > (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women private investigators > Massachusetts > Fiction.
Boston (Mass.) > Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Summary: When the Spare Change Killer resurfaces after three decades they call on retired cop, Phil Randall who headed the original investigation and he calls in his daughter Sunny for help. She's sure she has found the killer but has no proof. When the next two victims resemble Sunny her father insists she drop the case, but she wants to create a trap to catch him.
Item Description: Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Physical Description: 5 sound discs (ca. 67 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9781415936382 :
1415936382 :
9780739318713
0739318713
Author Notes: Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 17, 1932. He received a B.A. from Colby College in 1954, served in the U.S. Army in Korea, and then returned to receive a M. A. in English literature from Boston University in 1957. He received a Ph.D. in English literature from Boston University in 1971.

Before becoming a full-time writer in 1979, he taught at Lowell State College, Bridgewater State College and Northwestern University.

In 1971, Parker published The Godwuff Manuscript, as homage to Raymond Chandler. The character he created, Spencer, became his own detective and was featured in more than 30 novels. His Spencer character has been featured in six TV movies and the television series Spencer: For Hire that starred Robert Urich and ran from 1985 to 1988.

He is also the author of the Jesse Stone series, which has been made into a series of television movies for CBS, and the Sunny Randall series. His novel Appaloosa (2005) was made into a 2008 movie directed by and starring Ed Harris. He has received numerous awards for his work including an Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1977 for The Promised Land, Grand Master Edgar Award for his collective oeuvre in 2002, and the Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. He died of a heart attack on January 18, 2010 at the age of 77.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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