Spare Change
When a serial murderer dubbed "The Spare Change Killer" by the Boston press surfacesafter three decades in hiding, the police immediately seek out the cop, now retired,who headed the original task force: Phil Randall. As a sharp-eyed investigator and adoting parent ("You're smart. You're tough. You, too, are a paradigm of law enforcementperfection, and you're my kid"), Phil calls on his daughter, Sunny, to help catch thecriminal who eluded him so many years before.Sunny is certain that she's found her man after interviewing just a handful of suspects.Though she has no evidence against Bob Johnson, she trusts her intuition. And she knowsthe power she has over him - she can feel the skittishness and sexual tension heradiates when he's around her - but persuading her father and the rest of the task forceis a different story.When the killer strikes a second and third time, the murders take a macabre turn, as thevictims each eerily resemble Sunny. While her father pressures her to drop the case,Sunny's need to create a trap to nab her killer grows. In a compelling game of cat-andmouse,Sunny uses all her skills to draw out her prey, realizing too late that she's settingherself up to become the next victim.
Robert B Parker was the best-selling author of over 60 books, including Small Vices, Sudden Mischief, Hush Money, Hugger Mugger, Potshot, Widows Walk, Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Family Honor, Perish Twice, Shrink Rap, Stone Cold, Melancholy Baby, Back Story, Double Play, Bad Business, Cold Service, Sea Change, School Days and Blue Screen. He died in 2010 at the age of 77.
Author: Robert B Parker
Format: Paperback, 192 pages, 129mm x 198mm
Published: 2015, Bedford Square Publishers, United Kingdom
Genre: Crime, Thriller & Adventure
When a serial murderer dubbed "The Spare Change Killer" by the Boston press surfacesafter three decades in hiding, the police immediately seek out the cop, now retired,who headed the original task force: Phil Randall. As a sharp-eyed investigator and adoting parent ("You're smart. You're tough. You, too, are a paradigm of law enforcementperfection, and you're my kid"), Phil calls on his daughter, Sunny, to help catch thecriminal who eluded him so many years before.Sunny is certain that she's found her man after interviewing just a handful of suspects.Though she has no evidence against Bob Johnson, she trusts her intuition. And she knowsthe power she has over him - she can feel the skittishness and sexual tension heradiates when he's around her - but persuading her father and the rest of the task forceis a different story.When the killer strikes a second and third time, the murders take a macabre turn, as thevictims each eerily resemble Sunny. While her father pressures her to drop the case,Sunny's need to create a trap to nab her killer grows. In a compelling game of cat-andmouse,Sunny uses all her skills to draw out her prey, realizing too late that she's settingherself up to become the next victim.
Robert B Parker was the best-selling author of over 60 books, including Small Vices, Sudden Mischief, Hush Money, Hugger Mugger, Potshot, Widows Walk, Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Family Honor, Perish Twice, Shrink Rap, Stone Cold, Melancholy Baby, Back Story, Double Play, Bad Business, Cold Service, Sea Change, School Days and Blue Screen. He died in 2010 at the age of 77.