Praise for Robert B. Parker and The Spenser Novels
"One of the greatest series in the history of the American detective story!"--The New York Times
"[Spenser is] the sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye today."--The Cincinnati Post
"Spenser novels are addictive."--The Denver Post
"They just don't make private eyes tougher or funnier. The dialogue sparkles."--People
"Robert B. Parker has taken his place beside Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald."--The Boston Globe
"Spenser probably had more to do with changing the private eye from a coffin-chaser to a full-bodied human being than any other detective hero."--Chicago Sun-Times
"Parker is now the best writer of this kind of fiction in business today."--The New Republic
"The toughest, funniest, wisest private eye in the field these days."--The Houston Post