The Boxer and the Spy, Robert B. Parker
The Boxer and the Spy, Robert B. Parker
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The Boxer and the Spy

Author: Robert B. Parker

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 4 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/28/2009


Synopsis

His name was Jason Green and he was dead. When a shy high school student’s body is found washed up on the shore of a quiet New England beach town–an alleged suicide linked to steroids–fifteen-year-old boxer-in-training Terry Novak isn’t quite sure what to think. Something just doesn’t add up. Artsy and withdrawn, Jason wasn’t exactly the type to be doing ’roids.

So Terry, with the help of his friend Abby, decides to do some investigating of his own. It doesn’t take long, though, before they learn that asking questions puts them in grave danger and that survival is going to be a fight.

Fortunately, Terry has learned a thing or two about fighting.

About The Author

Robert B. Parker recipient of the Grand Master Edgar Award, is a pillar of American detective fiction. He is the author of more than fifty books for adults, including the New York Times bestselling Spenser and Jesse Stone novels. The Boxer and the Spy is his second book for young readers. A lifelong resident of Massachusetts, he and his wife, Joan, currently live in Cambridge, where Mr. Parker has on more than one occasion stepped into the boxing ring–but just for the fun of it.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Claude's on September 16, 2021

CW: (view spoiler)[references to suicide, teacher sexually harasses students, discussion of steroid abuse (hide spoiler)] Well whilst the writing was a little bit stilted that was still a satisfying YA murder mystery. I thought Terry and Abby made great sleuths as they tried to puzzle together the cause of a classmates death. Robe......more

Goodreads review by Zachery on September 23, 2020

In my opinion, this was by far my favorite book I have ever read. Everything about it is just amazing. Not once did I ever find myself even thinking about abandoning it. This book is geared more towards a teenage audience, mainly boys. I would recommend it to anyone that first of all enjoy boxing, a......more

Goodreads review by Denise on May 04, 2022

The audiobook was bogged down with "Terry said, Abbie said's"- so I switched to a (signed!) hard book from library. LOVED this teen drama! The good kids prove a classmate was indeed murdered to cover up a multi-layered criminality. Fun dialogues.......more


Quotes

[U]ndeniable appeal to teen readers. School Library Journal