Robert B. Parker's Booked
  • Published: 27 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593854402
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $65.00

Robert B. Parker's Booked

  • Alison Gaylin
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Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak . . . only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series.

Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak . . . only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series.

World famous author Melanie Joan Hart asks for Sunny's help in tracking down Book Babe, the screen-name of an enormously popular book reviewer, who has trolled her with a deeply insulting one-star review. This usually wouldn’t matter except that Book Babe has thousands of followers, and her unwarranted blast has Melanie's publisher threatening to pull all her books.

But Sunny's investigation reveals that the reviewer and Melanie have a rich history—in fact, she may even have good reason to hate the torn-up author. And when Book Babe suddenly turns up dead, casting Melanie as a possible suspect, Sunny finds herself in a complicated web, which, if she can't untangle fast enough, might just put a target on her back.
  • Published: 27 January 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593854402
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $65.00
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Praise for Robert B. Parker's Booked


Praise for Robert B. Parker’s Bad Influence

"One of the best mysteries I have read this year, and readers’ heads will be spinning long before the unexpected conclusion. I defy you to put this book down." —BookReporter

"Taking over the franchise for the first time, Gaylin proves the equal of Sunny’s creator in plotting….She doesn’t sound all that much like Parker; she sounds better. Gaylin brings Sunny to terms with contemporary social media even as she uncovers motives older than you can imagine." —Kirkus Reviews


Praise for the Sunny Randall Series

"A magnetic new gumshoe." —People

"Great stuff, Parker fans. Sunny’s back!" —Booklist

"Parker's trademark dialogue, chockablock with wit, has never been better, nor have his psychological insights." —Chicago Sun-Times  

"Splendid." —Publishers Weekly