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'''Sunny (real name Sonya) Randall''' is the heroine of one of Robert B. Parker's series of novels. The series got its start when Helen Hunt asked Parker to create a character she could play in a film. The film never materialized, so Parker spun the character off into her own series. The character was introduced in the novel ''Family Honor'' (1999).
A former police detective and now a private investigator, Sunny takes on numerous cases while trying to sort out her life and her relationship with her ex-husband, Richie, and taking care of her English bull terrier, Rosie.
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* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Sunny and Richie, for the most part. They still get along well and spend quite a bit of time together, to the detriment of their other relationships.
* {{spoiler|[[Attempted Rape]]}}: This happens at the end of "Shrink Rap", though Sunny {{spoiler|took something to counteract the drug John Melvin gave her. Unfortunately for Melanie Joan, it got far past the attempted stage.}}
* [[Broken Bird]]: Melanie Joan. She hides it well under her public persona, but John Melvin did serious damage to her psyche.
* [[Canine Companion]]: Rosie the bull terrier.
* [[Can't Live
* [[Crossover]]: Sunny's therapist is [[Spenser|Susan Silverman]]. Later on she begins a relationship with [[Jesse Stone]].
* [[Daddy's Girl]]: Sunny was (and still is) very close to her father.
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* [[Generation Xerox]]: Sunny and her father are very similar, and at the end of "Spare Change" {{spoiler|it turns out that the killer is the son of the Spare Change killer from decades before}}.
* [[Hard Gay]]: Recurring character Spike is gay and able to beat the tar out of pretty much anybody.
* [[High
* [[Intimate Healing]]: In a very twisted way, {{spoiler|John Melvin convinces his patients that the only way to cure them is to let him drug them and have sex with them. [[Squick|Then he brings in his friends...]]}}
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: "Shrink Rap" has an obvious stand-in for [[Tom Cruise]] named Hal Race threaten to walk out on a movie deal, but he eventually stays due to [[Money, Dear Boy]].
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* [[Psycho Psychologist]]: John Melvin.
* [[Single-Issue Psychology]]: Lampshaded and mocked in "Shrink Rap", where Sunny's investigation of John Melvin has her go to a legitimate therapist who tells her that this method, which John Melvin uses, is bogus.
* [[Stalker
* [[Taking the Kids]]: Played with, since while Richie and Sunny didn't have children, they do have their dog, Rosie, who they share custody of.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Averted, since while initially reluctant Sunny ends up seeing one after the events of ''Shrink Rap'' to work out her relationship troubles.
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