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The Godwulf Manuscript 32 reviews Robert Parker
Dell, 1992
35 YEARS LATER- STILL THE LEGITIMATE HEIR TO CHANDLER AND HAMMETT
+ Good Start to a Great Series + Great Start + Quick & Fun
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Coal & Coca-Cola 13 reviews Linda G. Shelnutt
Amazon, 2007
The Majesty That Reposes In Ordinary People
+ Never Bet Against a Female Bulldog. + Poignant Nostalgia + A Wonderful Tribute
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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
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Taming a Seahorse 11 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 ...
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Crimson Joy 18 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 ...
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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
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God Save the Child 18 reviews Robert Parker
Dell, 1987
Follow That Guinea Pig! (A Culture Is As a Culture Clues & Eats?)
+ Solid Spenser Read + Fun and solid PI genre + Solid, early Spenser (an audiobook review) + A vast improvement over the first Spenser novel
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Mortal Stakes 14 reviews Robert Parker
Dell, 1987
Batter's Up! Pitcher Pauses. Crack that Ball! Spenser's Heaven Visits Hell.
+ Home Run + Great Early Spenser + HIgh Stakes Indeed
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Valediction 16 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
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Dreams in Blue: "The Real Police" 6 reviews Richard Neal Huffman
PublishAmerica, 2006
Our Police Carry A Heavy Load
+ The Best Book I have read in a while. + Good Action Against Bad Bullies + Get into the mind and heart of law enforcement
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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
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School Days (Spenser) 78 reviews Robert B. Parker
Putnam Adult, 2005
Spenser On His Own
+ Spenser is once again a white knight, seeking justice for a disturbed boy + Engaging + Is this the handwriting on the wall for Susan?
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Playmates 14 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?
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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!
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Early Autumn 32 reviews Robert Parker
Dell, 1992
A Great Spenser Novel
+ The Absolute Best Spenser Ever + Favorite Spenser Story + Spenser is just a big ol' softie . . . + Oh, yeah!
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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?
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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 ...
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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
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Family Honor (Sunny Randall) 110 reviews Robert B. Parker
Berkley, 2000
"You Wouldn't Understand," she said - Rachel Wallace. This novel is Spenser's Reply.
+ The master at work + Sharp, witting and entertaining... + Sunny is sentimental and deadly even when not dressed for the role
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Back Story (Spenser) 67 reviews Robert B. Parker
Berkley, 2004
Hippy Hi-jinks, Hep to the Hey-Day
+ My first Robert Parker + Lite, fun reading
Paul Giacomin brings one of his friends to Spenser, a young woman named Daryl. Her mother was killed in a bank robbery 28 years ago - blame was accepted by a revolutionary group calling themselves the Dread Scott Brigade, although no one ever discovered who it was that pulled the trigger and ...
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