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taralecleree's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
This definitely isn’t the genre of book i typically read, which is probably why it wasn’t my favorite. I enjoyed parts, parts i didn’t enjoy and parts i wasn’t fully following. Always good to try something different though.
duparker's review against another edition
3.0
Very solid Spenser novel. The smoochy boochy with Susan is down, and the riff with riff raff is up. All in all a good outing, with some vintage Hawk babble.
papidoc's review
4.0
Well, it has taken a while for Atkins to successfully channel Parker, but this one is pretty close. Still a little more bad language than I remember from Parker (why does a literate detective need that?), but on the whole, its a faithful rendition of Spenser, Hawk, and other characters. Witty dialogue, literary references, and a fairly decent story to boot. Spenser tracks down a con man on behalf of one of Susan's clients, and finds he has grabbed the tail end of a snake.
jbarr5's review
4.0
Robert B. Parker's Little White lies
Fast paced mystery thriller book where PI Spenser gets a case from a woman who's been swindled by a man, a land deal where she lost millions.
It leads to not only the streets of Boston but ones in Lynn where I had a neighbor who was raised there.
Also travel to the south on more leads and also an inside man that sometimes helps.
Like how this ends and I can see more from this author along the same lines.
Love that it also involved Walden Pond in Concord as we've visited there...
Like also that he's involved with a woman himself now.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Fast paced mystery thriller book where PI Spenser gets a case from a woman who's been swindled by a man, a land deal where she lost millions.
It leads to not only the streets of Boston but ones in Lynn where I had a neighbor who was raised there.
Also travel to the south on more leads and also an inside man that sometimes helps.
Like how this ends and I can see more from this author along the same lines.
Love that it also involved Walden Pond in Concord as we've visited there...
Like also that he's involved with a woman himself now.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
dynila's review against another edition
3.0
Ace Atkins is no Robert Parker, but I lurve Spenser too much to not read these continuations. And every now and then Atkins offers a glimpse or a beautiful line that reminds me of the original author.
constantreader471's review
4.0
4 stars for a book that I read in 3 days. This is a fast paced thriller. Since the bad guys are identified early on, it is more of a thriller than a mystery. A woman comes to Spenser and wants to hire him to get her money back from a con man. Connie Kelly gave $260,000 to M. Brooks Welles, who promptly disappeared.
This is book 45 in the series, but it would work as a stand alone. Spenser sets out to find Welles, who told Kelly than he was ex CIA, Navy SEAL and was now working on a land investment sure to make her money. She trusted him because she had seen him on a news talk show where he was identified as an expert on terrorism, because of his CIA experience. Spenser soon finds out that he has never been in the Navy, or any branch of the military. While this may seem far fetched, there was a man who appeared regularly on Fox "news" as their terrorism expert because of his experience in the CIA. Subsequently he was arrested and convicted for swindling a woman out of her life savings. It was then revealed that he had never worked for the CIA.
Spenser keeps on investigating and soon finds himself involved in a huge illegal gun smuggling scheme. He is attacked several times and nearly killed, but he does solve the case. The ending is bittersweet.
I recommend this book to Parker fans. Ace Atkins has done a good job of carrying on the tradition of Parker's wisecracks and humor, even when dealing with bad guys.
One quote, describing a crook: "He's so crooked he has to screw himself into a pair of pants to get dressed every morning."
This is book 45 in the series, but it would work as a stand alone. Spenser sets out to find Welles, who told Kelly than he was ex CIA, Navy SEAL and was now working on a land investment sure to make her money. She trusted him because she had seen him on a news talk show where he was identified as an expert on terrorism, because of his CIA experience. Spenser soon finds out that he has never been in the Navy, or any branch of the military. While this may seem far fetched, there was a man who appeared regularly on Fox "news" as their terrorism expert because of his experience in the CIA. Subsequently he was arrested and convicted for swindling a woman out of her life savings. It was then revealed that he had never worked for the CIA.
Spenser keeps on investigating and soon finds himself involved in a huge illegal gun smuggling scheme. He is attacked several times and nearly killed, but he does solve the case. The ending is bittersweet.
I recommend this book to Parker fans. Ace Atkins has done a good job of carrying on the tradition of Parker's wisecracks and humor, even when dealing with bad guys.
One quote, describing a crook: "He's so crooked he has to screw himself into a pair of pants to get dressed every morning."
csdaley's review against another edition
4.0
Ace Atkins continues to deliver good Spenser novels. I will say this was my least favorite of his. It was a little light on plot and heavy on Spenser and Hawk. This is a good fun summer formula but it a little worrisome since his first few Spenser books were so amazing because the plot was amazing with it. Here is hoping this is not a trend.
jonmhansen's review against another edition
4.0
Twisty! And as always, I enjoy a good crossover down into Georgia.
loreofthebooks's review
2.0
It took me a long to read this book. It kept dragging...and dragging...and dragging some more. I snoozed my way through most of it, and it did not make me want to read any of the other books in the series.
I mean, the writing, is not bad.
Just the plot.
Was.
So.
Very.
Boring.
I kept thinking it was ending...and then it didn't.
And then again. I was relieved when it did end, because I might have DNF with ten pages left.
I mean, the writing, is not bad.
Just the plot.
Was.
So.
Very.
Boring.
I kept thinking it was ending...and then it didn't.
And then again. I was relieved when it did end, because I might have DNF with ten pages left.