8 /10 1 Votes
Country United States Series Spenser Pages 320 pp Genre Detective fiction | 4/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 2012 Originally published 2012 Preceded by Sixkill Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardback & paperback) and audio CD Followed by Robert B. Parker's Wonderland Similar Ace Atkins books, Spenser mystery books, Detective fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lullaby is the 41st novel featuring Robert B. Parker's fictional detective Spenser. It is the first official Spenser novel not written by Parker, but by Ace Atkins. Atkins was asked to write the novel after Parker's death in 2010.
Contents
Plot
Mattie Sullivan, a fourteen-year-old girl, recruits Spenser to solve her mother's murder four years earlier. The man convicted of her murder, Mickey Green, was a friend of Mattie's mother and Mattie believes he was framed. When an old mob figure named Jumpin' Jack Flynn appears to be involved (along with Spenser's longtime enemies the Broz family), Spenser calls in Hawk and Vinnie Morris for back up.
Recurring characters
Reception
Reviews for the first of Atkins' novels featuring Spenser were overwhelmingly positive. Most reviewers felt Atkins successfully imitated Parker's voice, pacing and the character's banter. They also praised the complexity of the plot.