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Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker
Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker





Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker

a pleasant indulgence, the kind you don't have to feel guilty about." the best so far in his nine Spenser novels. But there is too much air in the book, too much introspection. Parker seems to have fallen into a routine here. mixes violence and compassion in a better-than-average way." Still, it has crackling dialogue, plenty of action and expert writing." "This is not one of the best Spenser books.

Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker

"The writing is as skillful as the previous Parker books have been." Parker does this kind of thing extremely well, and 'The Judas Goat' is altogether a superior specimen of its class." "There is no end to the breathless action. There is more naval-watching here than at a convention of gurus." "here are indications that the author is beginning to take his creation too seriously. So while Parker is a skillful enough writer. But he is never allowed to escape the conventions of the genre. "He is a pleasant enough fellow, this Spenser. Where 'Godwulf' read like a compilation of every private eyeįrom Chandler on, 'God Save the Child' has a great deal more personality and character."

Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker

"Parker must have learned a good deal from 'Godwulf' his new book is more deft, smoother and sharper in characterization. Its trouble is that it is simply too derivative to be anything more than lightweight." not notable for originality or ideas, but is at least well written and does have a point of view about life.

  • Marilyn Stasio Reviews 'Potshot' (March 25, 2001).
  • Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself' Boston Globe'Spenser is a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans' Milwaukee Sentinel'One of the great series in the history of the detective story' New York Times Book Review'Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenaline' Boston Observer'Robert Parker is still top gun in the tough-guy school of fiction' Playboy'Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity' Chicago Sun-Times'The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today.With News and Reviews From the Archives of The New York Times

    Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker

    Parker: 'Nobody does it better' Publishers Weekly'Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer. But can he uncover the person behind this nasty trail of blackmail before his cover is blown apart.?Praise for Robert B. When it seems the star pitcher of the Boston Red Sox baseball team is accepting bribes to lose games, private detective Spenser goes undercover as a baseball writer to find out the truth.







    Mortal Stakes by Robert B. Parker