Book Description
A blazingly original new novel from the undisputed dean
of American crime fiction, featuring a sharp, tough, sexy new
P.I., Sunny Randall.
"Robert B. Parker has always been a master of
razor-sharp and witty dialogue, hard-driving suspense and
memorable characterization," says the Houston
Chronicle. With both the classic Spenser series and the
more recent Jesse Stone novels, Parker's spare prose and
tight storytelling have earned him critical praise and
popular success in equal measure. In Family Honor, he
creates an entirely new character--young, smart, and, for the
first time, female.
Her name is Sunny Randall, a Boston P.I. and former cop, a
college graduate, an aspiring painter, a divorcee, and the
owner of a miniature bullterrier named Rosie. Hired by a
wealthy family to locate their teenage daughter, Sunny is
tested by the parents' preconceived notion of what a
detective should be. With the help of underworld contacts she
tracks down the runaway Millicent, who has turned to
prostitution, rescues her from her pimp, and finds herself,
at thirty-four, the unlikely custodian of a difficult
teenager when the girl refuses to return to her family.
But Millicent's problems are rooted in much larger crimes
than running away, and Sunny, now playing the role of
bodyguard, is caught in a shooting war with some very serious
mobsters. She turns for help to her ex-husband, Richie,
himself the son of a mob family, and to her dearest friend,
Spike, a flamboyant and dangerous gay man. Heading this
unlikely alliance, Sunny must solve at least one murder,
resolve a criminal conspiracy that reaches to the top of
state government, and bring Millicent back into functional
young womanhood.
