Robert B. Parker: Back Story (UK 2014) From the Publisher: Enter Paul Giacomin, the closest thing to a son Spenser has. Twice before, Spenser's come to the young man's assistance; and now Paul is thirty-seven, his troubled past behind him. When Paul's friend Daryl Gordon-daughter of the long-gone Emily-decides she needs closure regarding her mother's death, it's Spenser she turns to. The lack of clues and a missing FBI intelligence report force Spenser to reach out in every direction-to Daryl's estranged, hippie father, to Vinnie Morris and the mob, to the mysterious Ives - testing his resourcefulness and his courageousness. Robert B. Parker: Back Story. A Spenser Novel. No Exit Press, ISBN: 9781843441687 (December, 2014), 192 p., £8.99.
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Robert B. Parker: Back Story (USA 2004) From the Publisher: Robert B. Parker: Back Story. A Spenser Novel. Berkley Publishing Group, ISBN: 0425194795 (March, 2004), 304 p., $7.99.
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Robert B. Parker: Back Story (UK 2003) From the Publisher: Enter Paul Giacomin, the closest thing to a son Spenser has. Twice before, Spenser's come to the young man's assistance; and now Paul is thirty-seven, his troubled past behind him. When Paul's friend Daryl Gordon-daughter of the long-gone Emily-decides she needs closure regarding her mother's death, it's Spenser she turns to. The lack of clues and a missing FBI intelligence report force Spenser to reach out in every direction-to Daryl's estranged, hippie father, to Vinnie Morris and the mob, to the mysterious Ives - testing his resourcefulness and his courageousness. Robert B. Parker: Back Story. A Spenser Novel. No Exit Press, ISBN: 1842430971 (November, 2003), 291 p., £6.99.
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Robert B. Parker: Back Story (USA 2003) From the Publisher: Enter Paul Giacomin, the closest thing to a son Spenser has. Twice before, Spenser's come to the young man's assistance; and now Paul is thirty-seven, his troubled past behind him. When Paul's friend Daryl Gordon-daughter of the long-gone Emily-decides she needs closure regarding her mother's death, it's Spenser she turns to. The lack of clues and a missing FBI intelligence report force Spenser to reach out in every direction-to Daryl's estranged, hippie father, to Vinnie Morris and the mob, to the mysterious Ives-testing his resourcefulness and his courage. Taut, tense, and expertly crafted, this is Robert B. Parker at his storytelling best. Robert B. Parker: Back Story. A Spenser Novel. Putnam's, ISBN: 0399149775 (March, 2003), 291 p., $24.95
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