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Promised Land (Hardcover)

by Robert B. Parker (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd (6 Oct 1977)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0233969225
  • ISBN-13: 978-0233969220
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,363,334 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Spensers take on love and marriage; Hawk's first appearance,, 17 Jun 2003
By Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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"Promised Land" starts with the expected Spenser beginning, where our hero shows up in Cape Code to investigate a runaway wife but quickly discovers the situation is a lot more complicated than that and will require, as such cases invariably do, his special touch to save the day. What will stand out in this fourth novel in Robert B. Parker's series is not so much the Spensarian dissection of the feminist movement or the first appearance of the character of Hawk, but Susan Silverman telling Spenser that she loves him and waiting for him to make some sort of appropriate reply. Clearly their relationship has settled down from the previous novel and now it is just a question of putting it into words the two of them can agree upon. "Promised Land" is not so much a departure from the earlier books as it is a reminder that Parker is not going to fall into a predictable formula. The fight sequences are neither as brutal or as long, the action is out of town so there is less cooking than usual, and Spenser spends more time counseling his clients than investigating. Most of his time is spent trying to figure out what to do about the problems at hand takes up more time than determining exactly what is going on this time around. Given Susan's declaration this is rather appropriate, since there is an unhappy marriage at the root of all the extra curricular troubles. Still, Spenser is rubbing people the wrong way, rarely finding an appreciative audience for his acerbic wit, which is fun since the whole point is that the audience is the only one in on most of the jokes. You will be well into the downhill part of the book before it becomes clear what the shopping bag and rifle on the cover have to do with the story, but the ironic meaning of the title will become clear early on. This book qualifies as an average Spenser mystery, which still makes it a great read for those of us living the commuter life style.
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