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"Parker's dialogue is always cutting and laugh out loud funny" - Donna Leon, The Sunday Times; "I fell in love with his books" - Helen Hunt; "Very readable, slick and professional." - Evening Standard; "Non-stop, awesome characters and overall kick-ass entertainment." - Janet Evanovich; "Robert B parker's Spenser is one of the best private detectives in fiction." - Sunday Telegraph; "Parker has gone into brilliant overdrive." - The Literary Review
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In the first British publication of this classic thriller from Parker's highly acclaimed Spenser crime series, things take an unnexpected and thrilling turn for this dashing detective. When Spenser comes to the aid of his long-time love, Susan, in her efforts to help her ex-husband Brad Sterling, he finds himself caught up in a twisted battle against some very bad men, shadowy mob connections, and a woman tormented by her past.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
If you are a Spenser fan you'll like this book which builds out more of Susan's background than ever before - and it's a interesting background. The plot is not bad, but not great and the character of Susan's husband is a bit cheesy. However the dialouge is classic Parker and that's always top notch. I enjoyed the book but having read many a Spenser novel and having read Hush Money before hand I can definitely say there are better Spenser books to read first. Hush Money is excellent, and so is Walking Shadow.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I love all of Parker's Spenser novels. However, lately he seems to forget the background he's given some of them. Susan is a good case in point. Many books ago(maybe A Catskill Eagle?) Susan tells Spenser she is the youngest of three. Now, amazingly, she was an only child. Which is it? Seems Parker is not interested enough in this character to be consistent. And enough of her whining already. She has become a stereotype. Hawk/Spenser dialogue is the best part of the novels. Not enough of that here. Still, looking forward to the next installment.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
but I agree with everyone else... Please get rid of Susan's angst! It seemed to stymie, rather than clarify, Parker's plot in this one. And the way the plot has been strung together... I think he's produced better in earlier novels, hasn't he?
Still, we're so fond of Spenser (and not the Ulrich TV version, either! i listen to the Burt Reynolds audio books) that we can excuse a lot, including lame dialogue and weak plotting. Sigh... such beautiful memories of earlier excursions, but I'm sure Spenser will rise again to fight the evils of the world and eat plenty of good oysters and merlot.And it's okay if Susan's there, too. I admire his devotion, but she might eventually annoy me if I ever read all 25 Spenser novels.
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Relocation
Every Spenser novel I have ever read clearly identifies his location as Boston. Has the person who wrote this summary ever read one ?
Published on 24 Oct 2008 by D. Phillips
A landmark installment in the series...
This is a pivotal novel, one in which Susan has to face some things she would prefer not to.
Susan's ex-husband comes to her for help. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2003 by Neal C. Reynolds
weak
About to stop reading Spenser novels if Parker doesn't stop emphasizing Susan in this series.
Published on 14 Aug 1999
A TV Show In A Book
A predictable disappointment: The book reads like a treatment for an episode of the old Spenser For Hire TV Show. Read more
Published on 11 July 1999
I skip the Susan parts
In reading the past three or four books, I skipped right over the inter-chapters depicting Spenser with Susan. It makes for quick reading and I miss nothing.
Published on 8 July 1999
This book bring out more of Susan's character
I liked this book a lot; putting me in the minority, apparently. It's interesting to see Susan as a more fallible person, less of a goody two shoes. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 1999
The time has come to dump Susan
I have read all the Spenser books until now, but unless Susan goes, I may not read the next one. I would trade 10 Susans for one Hawk.
Published on 1 Jun 1999
self congratulatory pseudo feminist psychobabble tripe
I am still a big fan of the Spenser novels.Always fun to read (and a fast read too); Spenser's repartee with Hawk is still my favorite part. Read more
Published on 17 April 1999
Who would have thunk it?
Spenser as Alan Alda-oozing-type male feminist? Come on Robert B!... Spenser USED to be a very sexy character - a girl likes a bit of sensitivity, but that cotton candy stuff has... Read more
Published on 17 Mar 1999
A major disappointment
I coudln't have agreed more with the review of a female reader from the SW part of The United States. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 1998
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