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Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot
by Ace Atkins
4 stars for another entertaining mystery in the Spenser series started by Robert B. Parker and now written by Ace Atkins. This is book 42 in the series, but it can be read as a stand alone.
Atkins has done well with writing in Parker's style--short chapters, short sentences, snappy dialogue and Spenser's wisecracking character.
This book opens with Spenser being hired by a star New England Patriots football player to find out who has been following him. Kinjo Heywood is a 260 pound linebacker for the Pats and tried to shoot the person following him. The police suggest that he hire Spenser rather than confront the stalker. Spenser agrees. But then the case gets much more complicated when Kinjo's son is kidnapped.
Spenser does solve the case, with the help of two associates, Hawk and Zebulon Sixkill. There are some false leads and many players in the book to follow, including:
Connor, FBI SAC(Special Agent in Charge)
Nicole Heywood, KInjo's ex and mother of Akira, Kinjo's son
Cristal, Kinjo's wife
Susan Silverman, Spenser's Significant other
Tony Marcus, a pimp
One Quote, describing Tony Marcus: "He was wearing a canary-yellow suit with a white shirt and a black tie with a black handkerchief in the pocket."
I read this library book in 2 days.
Atkins has done well with writing in Parker's style--short chapters, short sentences, snappy dialogue and Spenser's wisecracking character.
This book opens with Spenser being hired by a star New England Patriots football player to find out who has been following him. Kinjo Heywood is a 260 pound linebacker for the Pats and tried to shoot the person following him. The police suggest that he hire Spenser rather than confront the stalker. Spenser agrees. But then the case gets much more complicated when Kinjo's son is kidnapped.
Spenser does solve the case, with the help of two associates, Hawk and Zebulon Sixkill. There are some false leads and many players in the book to follow, including:
Connor, FBI SAC(Special Agent in Charge)
Nicole Heywood, KInjo's ex and mother of Akira, Kinjo's son
Cristal, Kinjo's wife
Susan Silverman, Spenser's Significant other
Tony Marcus, a pimp
One Quote, describing Tony Marcus: "He was wearing a canary-yellow suit with a white shirt and a black tie with a black handkerchief in the pocket."
I read this library book in 2 days.