All Our Yesterdays

I read an interview with Robert B. Parker in which he said that he thought All Our Yesterdays was probably his best book, but that it was also one of his worst selling ones. It was certainly among his most ambitious and came just before his Spenser books started a serious decline in quality. Would RB......more

This is really an extraordinary book. I expected a typical non-memorable crime/thriller story, of which I read many. Instead, here is a brilliantly constructed multi-generational exploration of the very interesting lives of some very flawed people. And does Parker ever make me care about these peopl......more

Another hit by Robert B. Parker This book has everything that a cop mystery should have. There was crooked cops, money laundering and just about the hole ten yards of a large City like Boston! The family of Conn Sheridan was a cop family until his grandson, Chris came along. Chris went to Harvard and......more

Surprise, surprise, a Robert Parker that does not feature Hawk or Spencer and does not even have a private detective. I think this is one of his best yet. Spanning three generations it follows the men of the Sheridan family, greatly flawed, who seek to redeem themselves of an obsession for violence......more

I've read so many RBP books, mostly the Spenser series, and I want and need to read Parker's books faster to get them off my shelf. (The shelf is sinking!) Chose this one because it wasn't a Spenser and looked pretty interesting. Wish I could say it was. RBP said he thought it was his best book writ......more