Robert B. Parkers Lullaby, Ace Atkins
Robert B. Parkers Lullaby, Ace Atkins
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Robert B. Parker's Lullaby

Author: Ace Atkins

Narrator: Joe Mantegna

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2012

Synopsis

When fourteen-year-old Mattie Sullivan asks Spenser to look into her mother’s murder, he’s not completely convinced by her claim that the police investigation four years ago was botched. Mattie is gruff, street-smart, and wise beyond her years, left to care for her younger siblings and an alcoholic grandmother in a dilapidated apartment in South Boston. But her need for closure and her determination to make things right hit Spenser where he lives—they’re the very characteristics he abides by.

Mattie believes the man convicted of the crime is innocent, and points Spenser to the Southie toughs she saw carrying her mother away hours before her murder. Neither the Boston PD nor the neighborhood thugs are keen on his dredging up the past, but as Spenser becomes more involved in the case, he starts to realize that Mattie may be on to something. He will need Hawk’s help to find peace for Mattie—a job that’s more dangerous than Spenser ever thought.

About The Author

Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Marianne on 2012-11-16 16:29:55

This novel was probably in an unpublishable format at the time of Parkers untimely death. It has characters we know and love, Susan, Quirk, Hawk, Boz father & son. However, about 3/4 way through, it became more bloody and brash and unParker like. Hawk, especially, took on sense of darkness. He was unlike the Hawk of earlier times...I hope that its just me and others see him as before. But, sad to say, for me, this novel says that it will be very hard to find another like the books namesake.

Goodreads review by Kemper on March 28, 2018

Robert B. Parker is dead! Long live Robert B. Parker! Here we have the first Spenser novel done by Ace Atkins who was chosen to take over the series after RBP shuffled off this mortal coil. How did Atkins do? Pretty damn well. In fact, he outshines a lot of the later RBP books. Spenser gets hired by a......more

Goodreads review by H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on July 31, 2019

Spenser has to channel the father instincts that he has less practice with than most men of a certain age. The object is Mattie Sullivan who walks into his office one winter day and sizes him up for the job of finding the real killer of her mother---a crime that took place four years previously. Mat......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on September 26, 2016

Spenser holds an odd but prominent position in my landscape of beloved characters. Usually, my favorites are a motley collection of the damaged, disreputable, and deadly; Spenser's my exception, the genuinely heroic character I genuinely like, who comes across successfully as both a real character i......more

Quotes

 “Handpicked by the Parker estate to be the keeper of the flame for the Spenser franchise, award-winning author Ace Atkins rises flawlessly to the occasion.”—Kirkus Reviews

 “Atkins succeeds. He doesn’t sound like somebody trying to emulate Parker. He sounds like Parker in a book that hits all the usual Spenser notes. He has the wisecrack-filled dialogue down and Parker’s cadences, too: Spenser, thankfully, sounds like Spenser. You also get the vivid sense of place, flexing of muscles and spare plot that were hallmarks of Parker’s 39 Spenser books….It’s a feat when a writer creates characters who live and breathe on the page and make readers care and keep coming back for more. To manage that with someone else’s characters, let alone with an icon like Spenser, is a minor miracle. Ace Atkins pulls it off.”—Chicago Sun-Times

 “Even the most fanatical Parker fans would be hard pressed to identify any aspect of this Spenser novel that doesn’t read as if it were penned by Spenser’s late creator.…Atkins hits all the familiar marks...as he offers familiar pleasures.”—Publishers Weekly

 “A brisk read. Atkins gets the important things right, from Spenser’s dark sarcasm to the gritty attitude of Mattie Sullivan, a 14-year-old Southie girl trying to solve her mother’s murder.”—Boston Daily 

"Ace Atkins has proven an exceptionally talented writer.... Taking on the challenge of continuing the much-loved Spenser series is a daunting task. Ace Atkins responds with a knock-out punch in round one. Parker would most definitely approve.
                   —Shelf Awareness

“It’s all there:  The crisp, rhythmic sentences. The ironic banter. The distinctly Spenserian attitude toward life that Atkins adopted as his own. And yet, those who have read both Parker and Atkins closely may also detect a muted, indefinable quality that’s pure Atkins. And that’s a very good thing…. Parker lives. Spenser is back.”                    —Bruce DeSilva, Edgar Award Winning author of Cliff Walk
 “It's the real deal. Atkins captures Parker's distinctive voice, the sardonic, self-deprecating, sharply observant first-person narration that makes the Spenser books so compelling, and so much fun.”—Tampa Bay Times
 “In Lullaby, Ace Atkins has brought back everything we love about Robert B. Parker’s Boston P.I. Spenser, and he makes it look seamless and easy…. Atkins takes the reins of the Spenser series with self-assured ease. He also proves he’s the right man for the job.”—MysteryPeople.com 

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