Robert B. Parkers Payback, Mike Lupica
Robert B. Parkers Payback, Mike Lupica
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Robert B. Parker's Payback

Author: Mike Lupica

Narrator: Kate Burton

Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/04/2021


Synopsis

In her latest thrilling adventure, PI Sunny Randall takes on two serpentine cases that converge into one deadly mystery.

PI Sunny Randall has often relied on the help of her best friend Spike in times of need. When Spike's restaurant is taken over under a predatory loan agreement, Sunny has a chance to return the favor. She begins digging into the life of the hedge fund manager who screwed Spike over - surely a guy that smarmy has a skeleton or two in his closet - and soon finds this new enemy may have the backing of even badder criminals.

At the same time, Sunny's cop contact Lee Farrell asks her to intervene with his niece, a college student who reported being the victim of a crime but seems to know more than she's telling police. As the uncooperative young woman becomes outright hostile, Sunny runs up against a wall that she's only more determined to scale.

Then, what appear to be two disparate cases are united by a common factor, and the picture becomes even more muddled. But one thing is clear: Sunny has been poking a hornet's nest from two sides, and all hell is about to break loose.

About The Author

Mike Lupica is a prominent sports journalist and the New York Times-bestselling author of more than forty works of fiction and non-fiction. A longtime friend to Robert B. Parker, he was selected by the Parker estate to continue the Sunny Randall and Jesse Stone series.Kate Burton has appeared in such films as August and Life with Mikey. Her theater work includes Broadway appearances in Doonesbury and the revival of Stephen Sondhein's Company. She has previously read Running with the Demon, Crooked Little Heart, and Intensity for Random House AudioBooks.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Monnie on March 19, 2021

I've said this before more than once, but of the late Robert B. Parker's three primary characters - Spenser, Jesse Stone and Sunny Randall - my least favorite was Sunny. But then Mike Lupica happened - and the Sun has risen a notch. By the time I was a quarter of the way through this one, my instinc......more

Sigh. I really don't like Sunny Randall. I want to like her. I started out kind of liking her, years and years ago. I like her name. I like her dad. I like her ex, Richie. I like her friends. I even like her enemies. I just don't like her, and I'm going to place the blame on author Mike Lupica. His......more

Goodreads review by Abibliofob on April 02, 2021

I love the fact that Robert B. Parkers great creations live on, even better when they meet up in books. Payback by Mike Lupica is one of those. It's about Boston investigator Sunny Randall but Jesse Stone is a big part of her life now. The bad guys from jesse Stone and Spenser also makes appearances......more

Goodreads review by Diane on May 04, 2021

I started out really liking this book but as I got further in I lost interest. I liked it enough to finish the book but it wasn’t a book I couldn’t put down. You had to pay close attention because there were a lot of characters to keep track of. There were also a lot of twists in the story, I didn’t......more

Goodreads review by Scott on May 31, 2021

I have been reading Robert B. Parker’s “Spenser” mystery series since the 1980’s when my English professor introduced the first book in the series “The Godwulf Manuscript” to me and invited me to write a paper comparing and contrasting Spenser with some classic character that I can no longer remembe......more


Quotes

"Lupica makes smart-mouthed Sunny as fully realized as Parker’s better-known gumshoe, Spenser. Readers are sure to look forward to her next outing."—Publishers Weekly

"Lupica powers his way through the plot in fast-talking Parker style, reveling in the banter and the nicely delineated relationships between Sunny and various other Parker players....It's all smart-alecky good fun in the hard-boiled tradition."—Booklist