Detective Fiction Weekly
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Robert B. Parker is one of the busiest writers in the country. A writer who produces a book a year is considered prolific. Since 2007, Parker has averaged three books a year. His Jesse Stone series is rapidly gaining popularity, as his westerns. He is also the author of a series six volumes Sunny Randall.
With all these people drawing attention to Parker, one can assume that its protagonist, the first and best, the private detective Spenser, is a bit neglected. Unfortunately, judging from the last bid Spencer Parker, the assessment may be accurate. The professional section is 38 of the Spenser series, and fans have become spoiled by the exploits of the detective read and write, gourmet cuisine. Spare prose and witty dialogue Parker has no equal. But his latest effort suggests the unthinkable - that the author and his detective without equal, which can be lost juice.
In the last volume, Spencer gets a visit from a lawyer representing a group of women who need this assistance alone can not provide. Women have several things in common: all are in their thirties, all are interesting, and all married men are much richer than they are. They are also connected - pun intended - with the same man: a skillful opportunist named Gary Eisenhower-talking. Mr. Eisenhower has forged a niche and lucrative for itself, bedding for rich women, married to a "certain age", to obtain visual evidence of appointment and singing women. Four of these women were contacted a lawyer hoping Eisenhower cease and desist, but none of the women want to involve the police because they want their husbands to get the wind out of his indiscretions.
Enter Spenser.
Does not take much time to the detective Eisenhower found, it is not a Mensa candidate, but Spenser learns more, the situation becomes more confusing. Shortly after taking the case, doubtful underworld figures involved, he plants a lingering question in your mind: What causes infidelity extortion / crimelords with and legbreakers?
The Most cases that fans expect Spenser are there: writing clear and rapid patter, and some of the best support characters in crime fiction. There is also interaction between humor Spenser Hawk and Susan, and vivid descriptions, loving the city of Boston. The problem, in my not so humble estimate is just that Spenser. Robert B. Parker is 77 years, and his detective the youngest is in his mid-sixties. Hawk, a friend of Spenser ultra-violent (Hawk is deeply offended to be considered a "partner") is - or should be - of a comparable age. In his day, were undoubtedly the most difficult duo in the history of black American novel, but it is a bit long in the tooth to walk the streets of those days. The lack of action scenes in professional reflects this, and since it was Parker never strong suspense, the book lacks two essential elements of a good thriller.
Of course, Robert B. Parker is probably not capable to write a bad book. As an old fan of Spenser, I'll continue reading the series, if Parker continues to add. However, he placed the bar at a height that this novel does not come close. The author would do well to give a lead detective little attention.
