Books by Robert B. Parker
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review 1: I was introduced to the Jesse Stone character through the TV series starring Tom Selleck. Now having read several of the books, I think he captures the character well. I mention that because if you read these books for all the familiar characters, it's a fun quick read. If you di...
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review 1: Very disappointing from Robert Parker. I love the Spenser mystery books, but this is not one of them. Listened to it on audio CD going to SLC and it was not good. It is all dialogue, no description, so that made it even worse listening to it. It is almost a Spenser story (as ...
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review 1: The story was interesting and entertaining. A couple of short tales from the life of your Spenser. The book took less than 2 hours to read. The writing style was bad, just a lot of short incomplete sentences my english teachers would have flunked me for using. But it is the t...
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review 1: This book was an easy read. It followed the format of the classic detective story with a tough private detective and the mysterious client. It had a few twists and turns in the plot. However, since this was the second book in this series, the author didn't bother to introduce mos...
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review 1: I am always happy to run across a Spenser book that I haven't read. This one has Spenser working with a law firm to try and discover whether a thoroughly distasteful movie star is actually guilty of the murder of a young girl that the police have accused him of. No Hawk in this ...
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review 1: The novel that I read this term was Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker. This Spencer novel is a story about how a private investigator, Mr. Spencer, (his first name is never revealed) gets involved with the kidnapping of Heidi Bradshaw`s daughter and the murder of her son in law....
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review 1: I liked it, because who couldn't like Spenser, but I got the feeling that this was very far on in the series and becoming a bit formulaic. Having checked on goodreads, I've realised that its book 38 in the series, which in itself should be applauded, but confirmed what I was thi...
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review 1: Paradise police chief Jesse Stone has some unusual cases to deal with. First, he’s asked to investigate a school principal who’s violated her students’ rights by personally checking to ensure that they’re wearing proper underwear before attending a school dance. The second is tha...