Family Honor

A Sunny Randall Novel

By: Robert B. Parker

Narrated by: Andrea Thompson

With both the classic Spenser series and the more recent Jesse Stone novels, Robert B. Parker's spare prose and tight storytelling have earned him critical praise and popular success. In Family Honor, he creates an entirely new character - young, smart, and for the first time, female. Her name is Sunny Randall, a former cop turned Boston P.I.

Hired by a wealthy family to locate their teenage daughter, Sunny soon finds herself the bodyguard for a difficult teenager who refuses to return to her family. But before long, Sunny is facing greater problems than she ever imagined - including a criminal conspiracy that reaches to the top of the state government.

©2000 Robert B. Parker (P)2009 Phoenix

Critic reviews

"A bravura performance, this novel launches what promises to be a series for the ages." (Publishers Weekly)

If this book was a meal...

It would be a peanut butter sandwich.

Nothing wrong with a peanut butter sanwich, unless you were hoping for a steak.

I. Enjoyed the reading of the book

The person reading this book has a beautiful voice and is very expressive the story was interesting but the way she read it was what really sold it for me I enjoyed this book I like some of Robert B Parker’s but this one I enjoyed more

The unfolding narrative.

Liz Chaney’s integrity, her sense of duty, and her devotion to The Constitution are so rare in politics today that I find myself wishing she were running for President. Her courage to stand for what she believes in gives me hope that the highest values present at the founding of our country still live in the hearts of people today. I’ve never been a Conservative but Liz Chaney is beginning to make me question why.

Good interesting read

Interesting cast of characters, good plot, good set up for future works in the series

I wish she had continued to narrate

This was a typically great Parker book. However, I wish he had kept this narrator

Family Honor

This is my first Sonny Randall story. Her character is well developed. As the story unfolds. The narrator helps the story as does the character development of other players. The story is a good one that maintains the reader’s engagement. I’ll read another Sonny Randall tale.

Good detective yarn

Would you consider the audio edition of Family Honor to be better than the print version?

What a silly question.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Family Honor?

The thing that makes the story interesting is the relationship between the protagonist, Sunny, and her charge, the young Millicent. They form an interesting pair.

What does Andrea Thompson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She has a wonderful, adaptable voice, with enough bass to bring life to male characters, as well as female. She was able to create several distinct vocal choices for her characters. Her reading was insightful in most parts. There were only a few moments where I felt she missed the proper emphasis in delivering a line, and there were plenty where I smiled at the choice she made in emphasizing the dialogue between characters. It is, after all, the dialogue where this story shines, and the reader, Ms. Thompson, does a good job of bringing that to life. Thompson gets better as she warms up to the story. The last two thirds of the book is where she really shines.

The beginning of the novel must have had some sort of prologue because there is a male reader who I really did not like and have no idea what or why he was involved in the project. He sounded like he was trying to narrate a porno. The musical introduction was really annoying, too, and obscured the first few lines of the reading. Thank goodness it only appears twice!

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Underestimate her...at your peril.

Any additional comments?

The whole experience was great, and I was very sorry to see that book 2 in the Sunny Randall series is not offered on Audible!

Good story

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story is gripping and is well narated.

I found it enjoyable

This was the first Sunny Randall I have read. I found it entertaining. I will definitely read more of her stories.

Audiobook

The reader moved at just the right pace , it was easy to keep the characters apart. Hi