A review by mr_bartleby
Bad Business by Robert B. Parker

2.0

As far as detective stories go, this was pretty bland. At no point did it feel like the protagonist wouldn't be able to snark or hit his way into a neat little solution. While the plot tried pretty hard to be convoluted, it was almost telegraphing that it would come together neatly. The dialogue at the denouement was pretty alright, but the author managed to hit just about every racist trope in the book when it came to writing Hawk.

This is apparently one of the weaker books in the Spenser series, and that shows. There are better quick and easy reads out there.