The Godwulf Manuscript32 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
  
  











  



  
Coal & Coca-Cola13 reviews
Linda G. Shelnutt

Amazon, 2007

The Majesty That Reposes In Ordinary People

+ Never Bet Against a Female Bulldog.
+ Poignant Nostalgia
+ A Wonderful Tribute
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
God Save the Child18 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
  
  











  



  
Mortal Stakes14 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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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?
  
  











  



  
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?
  
  











  



  
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!
  
  











  



  
Early Autumn32 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!
  
  











  



  
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?
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
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 ...