{"product_id":"books-pale-kings-and-princes-by-robert-b-parker","title":"Pale Kings and Princes","description":"\u003cb\u003eEbullient 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\u003eCrackling 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","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53775295774993,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780385295383.jpg?v=1783991193","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-pale-kings-and-princes-by-robert-b-parker","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}