Valediction16 reviews Robert Parker Dell, 1992 Symbolism Steeps & Steams. Spenser Loses Sleep, Speaks-in-Tongues to Loss & Life + Another fine mystery... + Yet Another Solid Entry in the Series + In which, having no reason to care, Spenser goes on a bit of a rampage . . . + parker v kellerman v connelly etc             Small Vices (Spenser)46 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 1998 One of Parker's best... + great + This is a must-read in the Spenser series! + Satanic Voice of The Gray Blues. A Good Man is the child to nurture. He saves us from Evil physical and deadly. + Bravo!             Walking Shadow (Spenser)27 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 1995 All the world is a stage . . . + great ending + Pure Parker, as always Susan has become a board member for a theatre in Port City, a shabby district on the water front that contains a Chinese ghetto filled with many illegal immigrants, including the Death Dragons, a gang that is run by the dai low for the Kwan Chang tong. The dai low in this case is Ronnie Lu, whose ...             Hugger Mugger (Spenser)94 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 2001 Charming An Asp in A Southern Mansion + Quick and entertaining + Another hit by Parker! + Murder most genial + How can you not love Spenser?             Bad Business69 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 2005 Sex, corruption and murder most foul Robert Parker never fails to please with the Spenser series and he hits another home run with "Bad Business," an intricately plotted maze of corporate corruption, sex and murder most foul. It all begins simply enough when Maureen Rowley walks into his office, looking for someone to follow her ...             Hundred-Dollar Baby (Spenser)75 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 2007 Best Spenser in quite some time. Try it if you've been disappointed in recent years + Good read, baby! I've been reading Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels since they were first published in 1975, and I've never missed one since. So I'm speaking as a longtime fan. Yes, the series has had its ups and downs. Yes, lately the author is being self-referential, bringing back characters from previous ...             Stardust (Spenser)17 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 1991 Gold Dust Rising from Ashes of Coal Dust + Neurotic TV star adds bit of spice to Spenser's life What might burn to what purification and perfection, within the ashes of impoverished beginnings ... Again, a Spenser novel kept my focus away from the snow-packed, icy curves of a Rocky Mountain corridor over the Continental Divide on Colorado State highway 50, edging the high, steep cliffs ...             Taming a Seahorse11 reviews Robert Parker Dell, 1987 In the Arms of the Angels. This old, cold motel room... + The Greatest + Looking for April Kyle . . . again . . . I'm ashamed to admit this about my reading weakness. I did overcome it, given full use of the gift of Parker's skill as an author. The confession: The first few paragraphs of TAMING A SEA-HORSE worked more as the wrong end of a magnet than a draw into the story. My immediate, automatic ...             Thin Air (Spenser)20 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 1996 Catharsis, Cathexis, What's Next-us? Purgative Pushes to Personality Paradise + How well do any of us know one another? + fun in the car + RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "SPENSER MAKES DO WITHOUT HAWK!" + Solid Entry in the Spenser Series             High Profile (Jesse Stone)72 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 2007 another ho-hum reading experience, for the most part I did like the actual mystery in this one, but so many other things made it not a great read. I've been having a problem for a while with the way Jesse and Jen's "relationship" keeps plugging along. I will admit that I typically have problems with those relationships (real, fictional--it ...             Playmates14 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 1990 When the Day is Done and The Game is Won. Is The Playmate There for Dinner and Rum? + Spenser demonstrates again that he is a thug with a moral compass + "Spenser meets a 'Goodfella'" + How far will Spenser go to help somebody?             Now and Then65 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 2007 WOW! + first time Parker reader Nobody, but nobody, writes like Robert Parker. I've been a fan of Spenser since "Godwulf" came out, and he is second to none in packing volumes of wit and information into a few words. Even if the plots weren't great (and let's be honest here, sometimes they're not), he'd be worth reading just for ...             Potshot (Spenser)114 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 2002 Wild, wild west When a gang of thugs runs rough-shod over a town and a nice lady comes to Spenser to ask for help finding out who murdered her husband, Spenser finds himself in Potshot, a small town in the desert. It is never made really clear whether it is in California or Nevada or Arizona or where exactly in ...             Pastime (Spenser)21 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 1992 Vintage Vignettes on Varieties of Rain? Dining on Times Past? Casting Pearls Before Swine? Oh Yeah. Tim Taylor approved! + Resonant + Blood may be thicker, but water washes many transgressions away . . . + This is one of the Better Spensers             Crimson Joy18 reviews Robert Parker Dell, 1989 One of Parker's better Spenser books... + Good Spenser + High action; a true thriller in the real sense of the word Robert Parker's Spenser series is always good, and Crimson Joy is even better than many of the Spenser books. A serial killer has been targeting black woman. He ties up his victims, shots them, and leaves a red rose on each woman (thus he's been dubbed Red Rose by the press). Homicide ...             Hush Money (Spenser Mysteries)76 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 2000 The Young & The Jaded. Minors & Minorities Seethe in Stereotype City. Compulsion, Coercion, Connivance, Corruption. + Double the action + Twist and Turns + We learn some of the history of Hawk + hush money             Double Deuce (Spenser)23 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 1993 Casting Pearls Before Swine to find a Pearl in the Oyster. Reverse Right. Leave Left. + a study in contrasts + When 2 worlds collide, no one is the winner As a calculated contrast to life in the gang-infested DOUBLE DEUCE housing complex, scenes of daily doings in Susan's home provided prime parlay between Spenser and his lady, resulting in poignant posing in the DD bailiwick broken up by hearty humor in the SS Titanic. What a cartoon-funny ...             Pale Kings and Princes10 reviews Robert Parker Dell, 1988 Pillows Puffed for Wide-eyed Wallowing in Pages of a Plot + Parker Returns to Form with this Novel + Sex, drugs and Willie Nelson + A dip in the quality of the action, but the dialog is still excellent. + Back On Track             Paper Doll (Spenser)22 reviews Robert B. Parker Berkley, 1994 Color Crayons & Paper Dolls. Tigers Beware. + One of the Better Spensers + Overblown a bit + Boston favorite + Another winner in the Spenser series             Cold Service (Spenser Mysteries)103 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 2005 Not much action, plenty of being there when needed at whatever the cost + A Good Effort While serving as a bodyguard, Hawk is shot three times in the back and the man he was guarding killed. The story opens with Hawk recovering in a hospital room with Spenser at his side. Once his head is clear, Hawk vows revenge and Spenser, being the forever friend that he is, joins the action. At ...