{"product_id":"pale-kings-and-princes-robert-b-parker-9780440200048","title":"Pale Kings and Princes","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Ebullient entertainment.\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A hotshot reporter is dead. He'd gone to take a look-see at \"Miami North\"--little Wheaton, Massachusetts--the biggest cocaine distribution center above the Mason-Dixon line. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Did the kid die for getting too close to the truth . . . or to a sweet lady with a jealous husband? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spenser will stop at nothing to find out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Like Philip Marlowe, Spenser is a man of honor in a dishonorable world. When he says he will do something, it is done. The dialogues zings, and there is plenty of action . . . but it is the moral element that sets them above most detective fiction.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Crackling dialogue, plenty of action and expert writing . . . Unexpectedly literate-- Spenser is] in many respects the very exemplar of the species.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"They just don't make private eyes tougher or funnier.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Parker has a recorder's ear for dialogue, an agile wit . . . and, strangely enough, a soup on of compassion hidden under that sardonic, flip exterior.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A deft storyteller, a master of pace.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Spenser is] tough, intelligent, wisecracking, principled, and brave.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert B. Parker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0440200040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780440200048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.08h x 4.18w x 0.87d","brand":"Robert B. Parker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045018366207,"sku":"9780440200048","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_00f2855a-956c-4fda-9aa6-1d348a891032.jpg?v=1684976247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pale-kings-and-princes-robert-b-parker-9780440200048","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}