Robert B. Parkers Slow Burn, Ace Atkins
Robert B. Parkers Slow Burn, Ace Atkins
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Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn

Author: Ace Atkins

Narrator: Joe Mantegna

Unabridged: 6 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/03/2016


Synopsis

Boston PI Spenser faces a hot case and a personal crisis in this adventure in Ace Atkins’ iconic New York Times bestselling series.

The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast, lighting up Boston’s South End and killing three firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later, as the city prepares to honor their sacrifice, there are still no answers about how the deadly fire started. Most at the department believe it was just a simple accident: faulty wiring in a century-old building. But Boston firefighter Jack McGee, who lost his best friend in the blaze, suspects arson.

McGee is convinced department investigators aren’t sufficiently connected to the city’s lowlifes to get a handle on who's behind the blaze—so he takes the case to Spenser. Spenser quickly learns not only that McGee might be right, but that the fire might be linked to a rash of new arsons, spreading through the city, burning faster and hotter every night. Spenser follows the trail of fires to Boston’s underworld, bringing him, his trusted ally Hawk, and his apprentice Sixkill toe-to-toe with a dangerous new enemy who wants Spenser dead, and doesn’t play by the city’s old rules. Spenser has to find the firebug before he kills again—and stay alive himself.

About The Author

Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring police chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole–Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. 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.   Ace Atkins is the Edgar Award–nominated author of seventeen books, including the forthcoming Quinn Colson novel The Redeemers, and was selected by the Robert B. Parker estate to continue the Spenser novels, most recently the New York Times bestsellers Robert B. Parker’s Kickback and Robert B. Parker’s Cheap Shot.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on February 09, 2017

Spenser tries to track down a serial arsonist. I sure hope he doesn’t get burned by the experience…. OK, I apologize for that one. Three firefighters were killed in a blaze of undetermined origin, and a year later there are still no answers. That doesn’t sit well with a fireman friend of Spenser who t......more

Goodreads review by James on June 28, 2018

This is the forty-fourth book in the Spenser series and the fifth to be written by Ace Atkins in the wake of Robert B. Parker's death. As any number of other reviewers have noted, Atkins has pretty effectively restored the series to its glory years, and with this many books under his belt, he is beg......more

Goodreads review by Jack on January 28, 2024

4 Stars. Lot's of action - who's burning Boston? A number of arsons have the city on edge. Especially the fire department. It started with an old abandoned church and picked up speed. I enjoy the straight-forward writing style and the unusual sarcasm and colourful witticisms of Spenser, our lead pri......more

If you aren't a fan of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series, read no further. It has been over half a decade since Ace Atkins has taken over the Spenser franchise. This is one of his best. I just listened to it on a 400 mile drive with Joe Montegna doing the narration. Montegna did many of the audio bo......more

Goodreads review by Bill on June 28, 2024

Boston is burning. Fires are consuming the city nightly. Spenser needs to find out why, and who is responsible, before more innocent lives are lost.......more


Quotes

Praise for Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn

“Scene-by-scene, line-by-line pleasures are authentic.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
“Atkins tosses in a surprising change to his lead’s status quo, and series fans will be eager to see what he does with it in Spenser’s next outing.”—Publishers Weekly

“A 5-alarm thriller...Atkins deftly recreates the Spenser character and his Boston milieu.”—Associated Press
 
“Sizzling...Slow Burn rises to a blazing finish and leaves Spenser with some major decisions to make. Can’t wait to find out how it goes.”—Tampa Bay Times

Praise for Ace Atkins and the Spenser Series

“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. In addition to the signature dialogue, all the familiars are fully resurrected: Susan, the sexy shrink; Pearl, the wonder dog; Hawk, the wonder sidekick; good cop Quirk, and, of course, Spenser himself, that consummate knight errant for the twenty-first century.”—Kirkus Reviews

“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

“Atkins does a wonderful job with the characters created by Parker.”—Booklist
 
“Classic Spenser—the Spenser of wry wit, tasty food and drinks, hard workouts and lethal confrontations...Once again, Atkins has delivered a thriller that evokes the best of Parker’s Spenser series, not least the punchy back-and-forth of the dialogue.”—Associated Press

“Atkins has done a splendid job of capturing the voice of the late Robert B. Parker.”—Publishers Weekly