CONTENTS

Otto Penzler

INTRODUCTION

Ace Atkins

SONGS SPENSER TAUGHT ME

Dennis Lehane

VOICE OF THE CITY

Lawrence Block

THEY LIKE THE WAY IT SOUNDS

Parnell Hall

SPENSER’S CODE OF HUMOR

Loren D. Estleman

PARKER AND SPENSER: A COLLABORATION

Jeremiah Healy

BOB, BOSTON, AND ME: A REMEMBRANCE

Brendan DuBois

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONINGS

Lyndsay Faye

SPENSER AND THE ART OF THE FAMILY TABLE

Gary Phillips

LOOKING FOR HAWK

S.J. Rozan

WHO IS SILVERMAN, WHAT IS SHE?

Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens

A LOOK AT SPENSER: FOR HIRE

Reed Farrel Coleman

GO EAST, YOUNG MAN: ROBERT B. PARKER, JESSE STONE, AND SPENSER

Ed Gorman

PARKER SADDLES UP: THE WESTERNS OF ROBERT B. PARKER

Robert B. Parker

SPENSER: A PROFILE

A Bibliography of the Works of Robert B. Parker

Contributors