Robert B. Parker, whose best-selling series about a Boston detective spawned the TV show "Spenser: For Hire," died at the desk in his Massachusetts home at 77. A spokeswoman for the Cambridge police ...

Christopher Farnsworth says it seemed like just another email from his agent. But then Farnsworth, the author of thrillers such as “The President’s Vampire” and “Killfile,” opened it, and everything ...

Robert B. Parker, the blunt and beloved crime novelist who helped revive the hard-boiled genre and branded a tough guy of his own through his “Spenser” series, died Monday in Cambridge, Mass. He was ...

Ted gives an overview of Parker's writing, focusing on the Spenser character from books and TV. Robert B. Parker created the characters of Spenser and Jesse Stone, as well as many others. His mystery ...