Robert B. Parker
1) Sixkill
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Spenser is called in to investigate when actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of raping and murdering a young woman, and as Spenser tries to uncover the truth, he forms an unusual alliance with Jumbo's bodyguard, a young Native American known as Sixkill.
2) Playmates
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Spenser, the tough-guy private eye from Boston, investigates Dwayne Woodcook, an arrogant athlete who the directors of Taft University suspect of shaving points in basketball games
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Thin ice: "When Jesse Stone's friend and fellow cop is shot during a visit to Boston, Stone risk is life and career to solve the crime while also investigating the disappearance of a missing child.
Stone cold: Chief of Police Jesse Stone must track down a pair of serial killers and lead an investigation while trying to recover from alcoholism.
Death in paradise: Stone tackles the mysterious murder of a teenage girl and the case of a battered wife...
4) Appaloosa
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1880s, the American West. Randall Bragg is a rich landowner who is wanted for murdering the town marshal. Lawman Virgil Cole and his deputy Everett Hitch are two friends who are hired to defend a lawless town from the murderous rancher. Their efforts become complicated and their friendship is tested when a young widow arrives in town.