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Shrink Rap
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Boston P.I. Sunny Randall goes on the road to protect a bestselling author-and uncovers a world of dark secrets- in the new novel by the Grand Master. Sunny Randall, the beautiful blond P.I. with a yen for dogs, painting, and her ex-husband, Richie, has won over even the most hard-core of Robert B. Parker's many fans. "The real deal", raved Publishers Weekly. "Parker's most tightly plotted mystery in years", proclaimed Entertainment Weekly of Perish twice. In Shrink Rap, Sunny tries to take down a stalker, and faces personal demons in the process. Melanie Joan Hall is a bestselling author in a bind, She is hysterically afraid of her ex-husband, a psychootherapist, so Sunny signs on as her bodyguard/escort on her book tour. When an incident at a bookstore leaves the ex bloodied and the author unconscious, Sunny decides to crack the case from the inside and enter therapy herself... while putting her life on the line. Gripping, nuanced, and filled with Parker's signature dialogue and psychological insight, Shrink Rap is a sure fire winner.

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Robert B. Parker. (2005). Shrink Rap. Unabridged Phoenix Books, Inc.

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Robert B. Parker. 2005. Shrink Rap. Phoenix Books, Inc.

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Robert B. Parker, Shrink Rap. Phoenix Books, Inc, 2005.

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Robert B. Parker. Shrink Rap. Unabridged Phoenix Books, Inc, 2005.

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