Pastime (A Spenser Mystery) eBook

The most personal and revealing Spenser thriller of all, Pastime is an electrifying masterpiece of crime fiction - a startling game of memory, desire and danger that forces Spenser to face his own past. Ten years ago, he saved a teenage boy from a father''s rage. Now on the brink of manhood, when Paul Giacomin seeks answers to his mother''s sudden disappearance. Spenser is the only man he can turn to.

''Witty, wonderful fun'' Cosmopolitan

Paul''s missing mother Patty has become involved with the mob - and disappeared under mysterious circumstances. But what starts as a routine search has unusual consequences, for if he is to find Patty in time, Spenser must delve into his own past, and search his own soul.

''In a wise and witty tour-de-force, Robert B. Parker brings back the unforgettable characters of his classic Early Autumn, one of the Boston PI''s most personal, resonant cases'' Kirkus