Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252)
Contents:
Introduction / Otto Penzler Songs Spenser taught me / Ace Atkins Voice of the city / Dennis Lehane They like the way It sounds / Lawrence Block Spenser's code of humor / Parnell Hall Parker and Spenser: a collaboration / Loren D. Estleman Bob, Boston and me: a remembrance / Jeremiah Healy A man for all seasonings / Brendan DuBois Spenser and the art of the family table / Lyndsay Faye Looking for hawk / Gary Phillips Who is Silverman, what is she? / S.J. Rozan A look at Spenser: for hire / Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens Go East, young man: Robert B. Parker, Jesse Stone, and Spenser / Reed Farrel Coleman Parker saddles up: the Westerns of Robert B. Parker / Ed Gorman Spenser: a profile / Robert B. Parker A bibliography of the works of Robert B. Parker Contributors